BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) — The 4th edition of the annual Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media festival for children and youth in eastern Africa will be held at Goethe-Institut in Nairobi, Kenya 2009 August 10–15.
Lola Kenya Screen shall exhibit films from 50 countries. It will train children and youth in the production, appreciation, promotion, distribution, and consumption of high-quality audiovisual media content.
The 3rd Kids For Kids Africa Festival Competition shall also be held in the framework of Lola Kenya Screen. A special programme of the Best of Kids For Kids Films 2008 will be on the cards, courtesy of CIFEJ.
The 2009 film exhibition programme is in three sections:
The skill-development workshops and seminars will run 09:00-16:00 hrs daily, Monday-Saturday.
A few chances for participation in the skill-development workshops are still open — deadline is 2009 June 30.
Parents and guardians are urged to assist their children in applying for these opportunities without any further delay. Offer is on ‘first-come-first-served’ basis.
Interested parties may direct their inquiries and application to director@lolakenyascreen.org.
More information is on the festival websites, lolakenyascreen.org and artmatters.info
Lola Kenya Screen will be presented by ComMattersKenya in conjunction with Goethe-Institut in Kenya — and this year is working with UNESCO‘s Prix Jeunesse International, and the International Center of Cinema for Children and Youth (CIFEJ).
The only festival in Africa exclusively designed for children and youth, Lola Kenya Screen was established in October 2005 to explore, identify and nurture creative talents among children and youth in areas of filmmaking, cultural journalism, events planning and presentation and critical appreciation of creativity.
Over the past three years, Lola Kenya Screen has, through hands-on mentorship workshops, helped add to Africa’s creative and cultural spectrum:
While Lola Kenya Screen has produced 20 short animation films and six short documentaries that have won — and continue to win — accolades and awards around the world, the festival has also showcased more than 1,200 films from 71 nations, representing all the continents in various genres, formats, and lengths.
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