BY OGOVA ONDEGO. OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO (CINEMA MINIMA) —.

Lola Kenya Children’s Screen Productions Nominated for Africa Movie Academy Awards 2009

Films made by children aged 6-15 years during Lola Kenya Screen film production workshops have been nominated for the all-Africa Movie Academy Awards set for Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, on 2009 April 4.

Nominated for Best Animation are LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS by Adede Hawi, Samora Michelle and Karama Ogova (2007); MANANI OGRES by Joseph Hongo, Marcus Joseph, Norrick Joseph and Samuel Musembi(2007); and CHEPRONO (2008).

Whereas LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS and MANANI OGRES were made under the guidance of Finnish tutor Maiki Kantola with the support of the Danish Film Institute, the latter was made under the facilitation of Egyptian Dr Eid Abdel Latif with the support of Africalia of Belgium.

Also nominated for Best Documentary (Short Subject) is SANTOS THE SURVIVOR, a film on how an orphaned child survives in Nairobi made by Rupinder Jagdev in 2008 during a Lola Kenya Screen film production workshop—Children and Docs—facilitated by Dutch documentary filmmaker Duco Tellegen with the support of the Jan Vrijman Fund/IDFA of The Netherlands.

The nomination of Lola Kenya Screen films was made by AMAA CEO, Peace Anyiam Fiberesima, in Ouagadougou, on 2009 March 3 during the 21st Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).

Though Lola Kenya Screen films are made by children over a four-day period on zero-budget, they have since 2006 been able to successfully stand alongside those made by adult professionals and collected awards in the process.

More information about the Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media initiative for children and youth in eastern Africa is available by phone 78547017 (during FESPACO period, March 4-12, 2009) and also at www.lolakenyascreen.org and www.artmatters.info

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