Lola Kenya Children's Screen
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Lola Kenya Screen is an audio-visual media platform (annual film festival, production workshop and market) for children and youth in eastern Africa.
Established in October 2005 by arts and culture journalist and creative writer Ogova Ondego in October 2005, Lola Kenya Screen derives its name from the widely spoken African Bantu language group which means to 'watch, view or see films'.
Among the main objectives of Lola Kenya Screen are to explore, identify and nurture creative talent among children and youth through hands-on skill-development programmes in areas such as journalism, filmmaking, arts appraisal and appreciation, and organisation and presentation of cultural and creative events.
The first edition of Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival was held in Nairobi
August 7–12, 2006. The 2nd and 3rd Lola Kenya Screen Film Festivals ran August 6–11, 2007 and August 11–16, 2008.
The 4th Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, that also incorporates the 3rd Kids For Kids Africa Festival Competition, is scheduled for August 10–15, 2009 in Nairobi.
The film festival focuses on films by children and youth, films by students for children and youth, films by amateurs for children and youth, films by professionals for children and youth, and films with children and youth.
During Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, that runs every second week of August, children (6-13-year-olds) and youth (14-25-year-olds) serve on the film selection committee, programme preparation and presentation (MC), film jury, festival press (creative journalism), and in the practical filmmaking workshop that produces at least five short films for children and youth.
In 2006, during the inaugural event, participants made nine short films that went on to win the Grand Prize at 1st Kids For Kids Africa Festival Competition/5th World Summit on Media for Children in South Africa in 2007. In 2007 and 2008, 14 films and three songs were made by children and youth that were not only showcased all over the world but won several accolades and awards: Won 2nd Kids For Kids Africa Competition grand prize in 2008; Won Special Jury Prize at 17th Jugend Medien Festival Berlin 2008; Represented Africa at the global Kids For Kids Festival Competition in 2008; Nominated for Best Animation at the 5th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009; Nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009.
These films are still on the festival circuit around the world http://www.lolakenyascreen.org
Lola Kenya Screen is a member of the International Centre of Cinema for Children and Young People (CIFEJ)—an organisation founded in 1955 under the auspices of UNESCO and UNICEF to promote excellence in cinema for children and youth.
A movement that uses appropriate and available technologies to deliver audiovisual media content that complements, enhances, entertains and promotes learning among children and youth in the promotion of literacy, gender equity, independent thought, human rights, environmental responsibility and global health, Lola Kenya Screen has between August 2006 and August 2008 trained 31 children in filmmaking, 14 in cultural journalism, 7 in Programme Planning and Presentation, 13 in Film Judging, 15 in TV Drama for children and youth, and 6 adults in making documentaries for children and youth.
Lola Kenya Screen 2008 attracted participation from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, with all participants coming in to watch the wide variety of films from 56 nations and to be equipped with skills for making films, appreciating and judging audiovisual media production, presenting programmes and filing daily reports on the festival.
Lola Kenya Screen has between 2006 and 2008 showcased more than 1200 films from 71 nations representing all the continents in various genres, formats and lengths in Kenya.
Lola Kenya Screen has in 2009 partnered with Africalia of Belgium on a network of film festivals in Africa that take African cinema/films to Africans. It is called Cinetoile and it is funded by the European Commission and the Belgian Development Cooperation. This arrangement helps in strengthening Lola Kenya Screen's school and neighbourhood film screening outreach programme.
Established in October 2005 by arts and culture journalist and creative writer Ogova Ondego in October 2005, Lola Kenya Screen derives its name from the widely spoken African Bantu language group which means to 'watch, view or see films'.
Among the main objectives of Lola Kenya Screen are to explore, identify and nurture creative talent among children and youth through hands-on skill-development programmes in areas such as journalism, filmmaking, arts appraisal and appreciation, and organisation and presentation of cultural and creative events.
The first edition of Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival was held in Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
August 7–12, 2006. The 2nd and 3rd Lola Kenya Screen Film Festivals ran August 6–11, 2007 and August 11–16, 2008.
The 4th Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, that also incorporates the 3rd Kids For Kids Africa Festival Competition, is scheduled for August 10–15, 2009 in Nairobi.
The film festival focuses on films by children and youth, films by students for children and youth, films by amateurs for children and youth, films by professionals for children and youth, and films with children and youth.
During Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, that runs every second week of August, children (6-13-year-olds) and youth (14-25-year-olds) serve on the film selection committee, programme preparation and presentation (MC), film jury, festival press (creative journalism), and in the practical filmmaking workshop that produces at least five short films for children and youth.
In 2006, during the inaugural event, participants made nine short films that went on to win the Grand Prize at 1st Kids For Kids Africa Festival Competition/5th World Summit on Media for Children in South Africa in 2007. In 2007 and 2008, 14 films and three songs were made by children and youth that were not only showcased all over the world but won several accolades and awards: Won 2nd Kids For Kids Africa Competition grand prize in 2008; Won Special Jury Prize at 17th Jugend Medien Festival Berlin 2008; Represented Africa at the global Kids For Kids Festival Competition in 2008; Nominated for Best Animation at the 5th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009; Nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 5th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009.
These films are still on the festival circuit around the world http://www.lolakenyascreen.org
Lola Kenya Screen is a member of the International Centre of Cinema for Children and Young People (CIFEJ)—an organisation founded in 1955 under the auspices of UNESCO and UNICEF to promote excellence in cinema for children and youth.
A movement that uses appropriate and available technologies to deliver audiovisual media content that complements, enhances, entertains and promotes learning among children and youth in the promotion of literacy, gender equity, independent thought, human rights, environmental responsibility and global health, Lola Kenya Screen has between August 2006 and August 2008 trained 31 children in filmmaking, 14 in cultural journalism, 7 in Programme Planning and Presentation, 13 in Film Judging, 15 in TV Drama for children and youth, and 6 adults in making documentaries for children and youth.
Lola Kenya Screen 2008 attracted participation from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, with all participants coming in to watch the wide variety of films from 56 nations and to be equipped with skills for making films, appreciating and judging audiovisual media production, presenting programmes and filing daily reports on the festival.
Lola Kenya Screen has between 2006 and 2008 showcased more than 1200 films from 71 nations representing all the continents in various genres, formats and lengths in Kenya.
Lola Kenya Screen has in 2009 partnered with Africalia of Belgium on a network of film festivals in Africa that take African cinema/films to Africans. It is called Cinetoile and it is funded by the European Commission and the Belgian Development Cooperation. This arrangement helps in strengthening Lola Kenya Screen's school and neighbourhood film screening outreach programme.
Objectives of the festival
- To make the means of film production accessible to new, up-and-coming talents
- To build an audience for African films by encouraging culturally relevant, audience-sensitive films in local languages, cultures and reality
- To promote film skills and develop talent in Kenya
- To produce at least six films each year from film production workshops
- To collaborate with national and international partners in the training of young talents who would like to further their expertise in the fields of screenplay writing, cinematography, art department, sound, acting, directing, producing.
External links
- http://www.lolakenyascreen.org
- http://www.artmatters.info/
- http://radio.weblogs.com/0108026/
- http://www.kenyan-animation.com/content.php?PushID=9 *http://www.silverlight-travel.com/copenhagen/index.php/.../lola-kenya-childrens-screen-represents-kenya-at-all-africa-film-awards-2009...
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- http://www.kenyafilmcommission.com/Home/News-&-Events *http://www.britfilms.com/festivals/browse/?id=C636CAF21b4bd2343EWmT1B4AC95
- http://www.animationsa.org/news-and-events/3rd-kids-kids-africa-competition
- http://www.mladiinfo.com/contests/lola-kenya-screen-2009-call-for-film-entries-for-youth.html
- http://www.creativecontent.unesco.org/news/item?item_id=84379 -
- http://www.speakafrica.org/lola_kenya_screen_2009_seeks_filmmakers_tv_drama_children_workshop
- http://www.modernghana.com/movie/4465/3/amaa-2009-artistes-at-war.html
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- http://www.krachtvancultuur.nl/en/current/2007/november/ogova_ondego
- http://www.idfa.nl/industry/news/news-archive/lola-kids-docs-workshop-in-kenya.aspx *http://cms.privatelabel.co.za/pls/cms/iac.page?p_t1=2054&p_t2=4718&p_t3=0&p_t4=0&p_dynamic=YP...
- http://www.cinetoile.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=4&lang=en
- https://www.blogcatalog.com/topic/lola+kenya+screen/ *http://www.cifej.com/en/panoramaDetails.php?festId=3180 -&http://www.goethe.de/Ins/ke/nai/acv/flm/2009/en3965702v.htm *http://www.screenafrica.com/news/industry/664149.htm *http://www.fepaci-film.org/Newsletter/Nl01-10-08-4.html *http://www.comminit.com/en/node/287866/ads
- http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117962519.html?nav=news&categoryid=1985&cs=1
- http://www.cinemawithoutborders.com/news/130/ARTICLE/1323/2007-07-18.html
- http://www.artsinitiates.co.zw/index.php/film/36-film/68-kenya-festival-releases-film-line-up-
- http://www.filmmaker.co.za/readarticle.php?article_id=400
- http://kenya.africancolours.net/content/12237
- http://www.kidsforkidsfestival.org/en/index.htm
- http://www.filmingkenya.com/localfilm.html
- http://www.kenyabuzz.com/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=223&extmode=view&extid=6302&recurdate=1249891200