By Richard Johnson—-  Top: Renee Robinson Bottom: Participants in last year’s inaugural Jamaica Film Festival held in the Corporate Area—. THE second staging of the Jamaica Film Festival has been shifted to October from its original July date. This is among the new initiatives by newly appointed film commissioner Renee Robinson. She explained to Splash that the reasoning behind the shift is to make the event more accessible to members of the international film community.  “We want to ensure that our festival is aligned with the international film festival circuit, offering all players in the industry — distributors, executives, financiers, etc — an opportunity to attend. Last year, the festival was pitched as part of the Ministry of Tourism’s ‘90 Days of Summer’ mandate. However, the truth is a July staging cuts into the three weeks of vacation … Read entire article »