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Georgetown Film Festival to host screening, workshop in August
Rae Wiltshire, Founder and Executive Producer of the Georgetown Film Festival
Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Film Festival (GFF) is scheduled to host its annual film screening and workshop on August 7 to 10, 2025 at the St. Roses High School auditorium. The screening will display short films from all variations including horror, comedy, thrillers, and documentaries, just to name a few. The workshop will provide training in cinematography, script writing, acting, directing and the importance of lighting.
The GFF is headed by its founder Wiltshire who is also the executive producer of the GFF, followed by Akbar Singh the Co-founder and head of admin and marketing, and Kevin Garbaran, the head of programming. Garbaran is also the writer and director of the short film, ‘Old Toy Train’.
Kevin Garbaran, Head of Programming at the Georgetown Film Festival and Writer and Director of the short film, “Old Toy Train”
Speaking with this publication, Singh the organization’s co-founder said that “The workshops will be held in collaboration with the Copix Foundation which is a company in Suriname which promotes the art of filmmaking.”
The idea for creating films and the group started off with Singh, Nickose Layne and Rae Wiltshire about six years ago with pieces they created and posted on YouTube, there things took a turn for the better.
“We used to just like, you know, play around with and these short clips and upload them on to YouTube and eventually we applied and got a grant from the Ministry of Culture which we use to pull off our very first workshop which is now our annual workshop,” Singh told The Waterfalls.
He noted that due to the success of the first workshop several people came together and decided that the event is an incredible way to promote films and the GFF was born.
The GFF was registered in March 2023 as a nonprofit organization and has been operating for little over three years. The aim of the group/ organization is to produce, distribute, screen and train people in film making. Over the past three years, GFF has received several international awards and nominations for its films.
To date, GFF films have been shown in over 35 countries worldwide.
Akbar Singh, Co-founder and Head of Admin & Marketing at the Georgetown Film Festival
In June 2025 the GFF won the Chief Judge’s Award and Viewers’ Choice Award for its short film, ‘Old Toy Train’ at the GATFFEST Film Festival in Jamaica, hosted by the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.
The film focuses on a young lady who had to take her ailing father to his childhood home in the Guyanese Countryside. She was faced with a difficult choice that had the potential to create a deep rift between her family members.
Anyone who may be interested in being a part of the GFF or attending the annual event can contact the ‘Georgetown Film Festival’ on all social media platforms or +592 710-8413 for additional information.
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