A Special Screening of Origins, a Film Centered on Jamaican Mythology by Kurt and Noelle Wright

- January 15, 2026

A screenshot featuring Colleen Litchfield as Annie Palmer in pitch pilot Origins

Presenting The Work of Kurt Wright and Noelle Wright — A Fellowship Feature at the Alma Film Festival

As part of its Fellowship programming, the Alma Film Festival presents the work of Jamaican filmmakers Kurt Wright and Noelle Wright, fellows of the Dandelion Institute Film and Television Fellowship. A husband-and-wife creative team, they are the co-founders of Kerrmeleon, a Jamaica-based production company whose work engages cultural tradition with formal rigor and contemporary relevance.

The program is anchored by a screening of Origins, the pair’s award-winning short film shaped by Jamaican mythology and spiritual cosmology. Origins was selected for JAFTA PROPELLA, a national development initiative of the Jamaica Film and Television Association that supports emerging filmmakers through project incubation and mentorship. The film later received Best Local Film (Lennie Little-White Award) and the Audience / Viewers’ Choice Award at the Greater August Town Film Festival (GATFFEST), a community-rooted festival in Kingston dedicated to elevating Jamaican cinema and local creative voices.

A promotional image featuring Desmond Dennis as John Good Shot - also from the pitch pilot Origins

Rather than approaching mythology as metaphor or nostalgia, Origins treats it as narrative structure—an organizing logic through which past and present are brought into direct conversation. The film’s attention to form, rhythm, and symbolic language positions Jamaican myth not as cultural ornamentation, but as a central cinematic framework.

Presented within the context of the filmmakers’ broader practice, the Fellowship Feature situates Origins alongside a sustained commitment to authorship, cultural specificity, and disciplined storytelling. That commitment extends beyond the screen through a live reading of an original script by Noelle Wright, offering audiences a view into work currently in development and the evolution of her writing practice.

Conceived as an experience rather than a conventional screening, this Fellowship Feature positions Jamaican cinema as a site of inquiry and creative continuity—aligned with the Dandelion Institute’s emphasis on craft, process, and long-term artistic development.

A screenshot featuring Christopher Daley (as Quashie) and Wesley Hylton (as 3 Finger Jack) in the Kerrmeleon Productions pitch pilot Origins

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The Fellowship exists to nurture filmmakers from across the Global South—artists whose stories, perspectives, and cultural knowledge are essential to the future of cinema, yet too often remain under-resourced or unsupported beyond moments of visibility. Through mentorship, international exposure, and sustained support, we help ensure that their work doesn’t simply enter the world but has the opportunity to endure, circulate, and grow within a broader creative ecosystem.

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