Youths to play role in 2018 Film Festival

Dec 18, 2017 News

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. George Norton said during his budgetary presentation that, “The Guyana Film Festival would have a different focus in 2018”.
Norton said that in 2018, “New players in terms of producers will be coming on board with their own ideas and their own interpretation of the whole industry”.
In this regard, Norton, who is also responsible for Social Cohesion, stated that more young people who are very talented and informed in this field, will be involved in the Film Festival.
In response to a question, the Minister pointed out that the Ministry is hoping that with the group of young people on board, “more zest can be put into the exercise so that we can get a better outcome”.
Although plans have not yet been drafted as it relates to the location and date of the Guyana Film Festival, he said he is looking forward to the event.
The Guyana Film Festival is one which showcases local and regional films. It is produced by the Caribbean Film Academy and ‘Rewind and Come Again’.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport also responsible for Ministry of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton

This year marked two years that the event was being held.
The event is well known for the unity it brings to filmmakers and lovers of this medium. This year’s Film Festival was held in Georgetown during the months of May and June.
The festival lasted five days and featured over 26 short films from 14 different countries. The Festival also saw partnership with Trinidad and Tobago’s Green Screen Environmental Film Festival and Iwokrama.
As part of the Festival this year, screenings were held at different locations around the country.
These screenings were designed to share the films with a wider audience and provide opportunities for the use of the film not only as a storytelling tool, but also as a therapeutic tool.
This year’s Festival gave a perfect opportunity for the premiere of “Adero,” the short film shot in Guyana and directed by Kojo McPherson.
It was made as a part of the Caribbean Film Project, and is the first of the initial four films made, to be completed.
The Festival also featured a collection of some of the best short and feature length films in and around the Caribbean. In addition to “Adero,” the Guyana Shorts section featured films by Diaspora filmmakers of Guyanese heritage.

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