By Ogova Ondego

BY OGOVA ONDEGO, NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMAMINIMA.COM)–

Lola Kenya Screen, the annual audio-visual media platform for children and youth in eastern Africa, is calling upon children and youth who are knowledgeable, opinionated and interested in film, journalism, creativity and cultural events to apply for participation in its four skill-development programmes during the 4th Lola Kenya Screen to be held in Nairobi between 2009 August 10 and 2009 aUGUST 15.

Selected candidates will serve as members of the Film Selection Committee, Film Jury,Film Press, Programme Planning and Presentation (MCs) team, and Production Workshop.

Ideal applicants must be aged between 6 and 16 years old (9-18 years for production workshop), both knowledgeable and interested in audio-visual media works and possess the ability to understand, speak and write in English besides thinking, typing and submitting between 500 and 1200-word articles on the activities at the festival daily (for film press). Additionally, candidates must be ready to work under strict deadlines and should be supported by their parents/guardians.

Interested children and youth must write an application letter including the following: • Intention • Expectations • School • Age • Email address • Telephone, preferably cell/mobile, contact • Physical address • Letter of permission from parent/guardian

Successful applicants will be guided through the skills of appreciating and judging films, reporting on events, and planning and presenting of creative and cultural events, and in the making of film before and during the festival.

Stories filed by members of the festival Press will be published daily during the six days of festivities on the lolakenyascreen.org and lolakenyascreen.or.ke websites and on the internationally-acclaimed pan-African creative and cultural portal, ArtMatters.Info.

Applications are sent to: The Director, Lola Kenya Screen, Philadelphia House, 4th Floor, Tom Mboya Street/Hakati Road junction, P O Box 20775-00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya (EA). Tel 254 20 315258/ 2213318 (o); 254 733 703374 and 254 722 486531 (cell). Email: director@lolakenyascreen.org.

Parents and guardians are requested to assist their children in applying for this opportunity that seeks to nurture their creative talent and potential and gives them international exposure. As in the previous three editions, offers are on ‘fist-come-first-served’ basis. However, preference is given to previous participants in Lola Kenya Screen programmes.

The deadline for application is April 15, 2009 at 5.00 PM EAT (14.00 hours GMT/UTC).

More about Lola Kenya Screen Lola Kenya Screen, a movement established in October 2005 to explore,identify and nurture creative talent among children and youth in areas such as journalism, filmmaking, arts appraisal and appreciation, andorganisation and presentation of cultural and creative events, has since 2006 helped add 31 child filmmakers, 14 journalists, 13 film judges, 7MCs, 15 producers of television drama for children and youth and 6 producers of documentary films for children and youth to eastern Africa’s creative and cultural spectrum. It has also enabled children and youth to create 20 short animation films and six short documentaries that are being showcased around the world and collecting awards and accolades along the way.

Lola Kenya Screen has showed more than 1200 best possible international films for children, youth and family from 71 nations representing all the continents in various genres, formats and lengths between 2006 August and 2008 August.

A recognised and respected international brand on issues related to children, youth, media and culture, the Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media initiative has been presented in several African and European countries over the past three years.

In 2008 Lola Kenya Screen attracted participation from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda 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.

Presented by ComMattersKenya in conjunction with Goethe-Institut in Kenya, the partners of Lola Kenya Screen in 2008 included Africalia of Belgium, the Jan Vrijman/IDFA of Holland and Kenya-based ArtMatters.Info.

BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA, (CINEMA MINIMA) —

Organisers of the Nigeria-based African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) have released guidelines for the 2009 edition of the awards billed to hold in Yenagoa, the capital of the oil-rich but politically volatile Niger Delta state of Bayelsa, on 2009 April 4.

Entries can be done online and submitted with the entry(ies) at the secretariat or at designated points in Lagos, (Nigeria) for West Africa, Nairobi (Kenya) for eastern Africa and Johannesburg (South Africa) for southern Africa.

All submissions must be in triplicate entries and should be submitted before the set deadline on 2008 December 30 and certainly not later than the late entry deadline on 2009 January 9.

All films not produced in English must be sub-titled in English; the sub-titled also applies to pidgin, songs, proverbs, chants and other non-English expressions. Only films produced between 2007 December and 2008 December can be entered for the 2009 awards.

Short, feature and documentary films are accepted for the AMAA as are productions by Africans in Africa or the Diaspora, with a particular focus on Africa. Films must indicate the year of copyright and the Academy would only accept director’s cut of not more than 120 minutes for entries.

Address for Submission:

Nigeria/West Africa Att: Tony Anih AMAA Secretariat, 10a Obaladejobi St, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

South Africa: Att: Nerissa Solomon 3 Ferry Street – Unigray – South Hills – Johannesburg – South Africa - 7405

Eastern Africa Attn: Ogova Ondego ComMattersKenya, Philadelphia Hse, 4th Fl, Tom Mboya St, P O Box 20775-00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya. director@lolakenyascreen.org

BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) –

The Lola Kenya screen audiovisual media initiative for children and youth in eastern Africa was presented at the 1st Broadcast & Film Africa Conference & Exhibition in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 24, 2008.

Lola Kenya Screen, that has in 2008 been presented in Belgium, Germany and Tanzania, among other nations, was delivered in a session that looked at case studies from Kenya, Morocco, South Africa and the United Kingdom to see what could be achieved with the right strategy. Through the case studies, the session teased out what the role of Government funding can be and how limited resources might best be spent.

Lola Kenya Screen founder and director Ogova Ondego made the presentation on this audiovisual media initiative for children and youth in eastern Africa.

The 3rd Lola Kenya Screen, that ran August 11-16, 2008, equipped 10 children with filmmaking skills, three with programme presentation skills, seven with cultural journalism skills, and six with analytical skills with which to critically appreciate creativity.

While five short animations were made by the children, six child-friendly documentaries were made by practising filmmakers during Lola Kenya Screen 2008.

More than 300 films from 56 nations were screened at the Kenya National Theatre, Alliance Francaise and in select video halls in the Kibera informal residential neighbourhood in Nairobi. Presented by ComMattersKenya in conjunction with Goethe-Institut, Lola Kenya Screen 2008 was supported by Africalia of Belgium and the Jan Vrijman Fund/IDFA of Holland.

But perhaps the greatest honour to Lola Kenya Screen was in Little Knowledge is Dangerous, a production made by children in 2007 winning the grand prize at the Kids For Kids competition in Nairobi in August after winning a special jury prize at Jugend Medien Festival Berlin in Germany three months earlier. The films continue on the festival circuit around the world.

The 1st Broadcast & Film Africa Conference, on the theme ‘Broadcast & Film Convergence in the Digital Age’, ran at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi CBD September 23-25, 2008.

Among the organisations that Lola Kenya Screen participated alongside included African Broadcast Network, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Kenya Film Commission, Nation TV, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GTV, Ghana Telecom (IP-TV), Wide Net, African Telecoms, Media and Technology Fund, Hi-TV, Trend TV, Sonatel Multimedia (VoD TV), Big Ideas Entertainment, Mediae, Discop, Multichoice, Setanta Africa, MTV Networks Africa, Al Jazeera Network, Voice of America, A24 Media, Scopus Video Networks, MediaMerx, BT Media and Broadcast, Globecast, Kenya Data Networks, Broadcast Solutions Inernational, Adobe, Saracen Media, Steadman Group, Southern Africa Direct, Zanzibar International Film Festival, Africalia, UK Film Council, Altech UEC, Canis Media, Southern African Media Development Fund, Standard Group, Skyfire Group, Google, Rwanda TV, Broadcast TV and Film Training Centre, Nigeria Radio, Rancard Solutions, Mobile Planet, Television for the Environment, SuperSport Africa, Digital Development Communications, Earthly Creations, AdGroup, Kass FM, Film Corporation of Kenya, Metro TV, TV3, Joy FM, GT-One Touch, SABC, CTV Tanzania, African Films and Music, Gambia Radio and Television Services, and Multimedia Broadcasting.

The next edition of the annual Lola Kenya Screen is scheduled for August 10-15, 2009.More information on the initiative is available on lolakenyascreen.org, lolakenyascreen.or.ke and artmatters.info websites.

BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) –

The Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media initiative for children and youth in eastern Africa is calling for film entries in all genres, lengths, and formats from all over the world for the 4th Lola Kenya Screen (August 10-15, 2009).

Eligible films are those made by children and youth, made with children and youth, and those made for children and youth.

Lola Kenya Screen accepts films made by professionals, amateurs, youth, and children that focus on children, youth and family.

Experimental films, television series, internet games and even creatively packaged music videos tackling issues related to children, youth and family, are also accepted.

Film submission details, entry form and regulations are online at lolakenyascreen.org, i.e. http://www.lolakenyascreen.org/2009entry/pdf

The DEADLINE for receiving films in Nairobi, Kenya is April 15, 2009.

Films delivered in person or by courier are sent to: ComMattersKenya/Lola Kenya Screen Philadelphia (Old East) Hse, 4th Fl Tom Mboya St/ Hakati Rd junction Nairobi, Kenya.

If using the postal service, please send to: Lola Kenya Screen P O Box 20775-00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya (EA).

In case one requires more information than is available online, one may direct any inquiry to: E: director@lolakenyascreen.org T: 254 20 315258; 254 20 2213318 (07.00-13.00 hrs GMT, Mon-Fri). Cell: 254 733 703374; 254 722 486531 (04.00-20.00 hrs GMT).

The DEADLINE for receiving films in Nairobi is April 15, 2009.

More About Lola Kenya Screen

Established in October 2005, Lola Kenya Screen is a movement that uses appropriate and available technologies to deliver audiovisual media content that complements, enhances, entertains and promotes learning among the generation of today and tomorrow—children and youth—in the promotion of literacy, gender equity, independent thought, human rights, environmental responsibility and global health.

Lola Kenya Screen explores, identifies and nurtures creative talent among children and youth in areas such as journalism, filmmaking, arts appraisal and appreciation, and organisation and presentation of cultural and creative events. This is aimed at equipping children and youth with the skills to understand, appreciate, and create quality audiovisual productions in particular and arts in general.

Lola Kenya Screen has between August 2006 and August 2008 showcased more than 1200 films from 71 nations representing all the six continents in various genres, formats and lengths. Additionally, Lola Kenya Screen has helped add 31 child filmmakers, 14 journalists, 13 film judges, 7 MCs, 15 producers of television drama for children and youth and 6 producers of documentary films for children and youth to eastern Africa’s creative and cultural spectrum.

The unique Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media initiative has won awards in Africa and Europe besides being presented as a case study at various conferences, exhibitions and festivals targeting children, youth and family in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, Holland, Belgium, United Kingdom, China, Senegal, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Australia, Poland. The initiative is still on the festival circuit.

The next edition of Lola Kenya Screen will run in

BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) — Since 2006, Lola Kenya Screen — East Africa’s premier audiovisual media platform for children and youth — has showcased more than 1,200 films from 71 nations, representing all six continents in various genres, formats and lengths.

Lola Kenya Screen has added to eastern Africa’s creative and cultural spectrum — 31 child filmmakers, 14 journalists, 13 film judges, 7 MCs, 15 producers of television drama for children and youth, and 6 producers of documentary films for children and youth.

The Third Lola Kenya Screen (August 11-16, 2008), attracted participation from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Germany, Belgium and Holland. All participants came 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.

Established in October 2005 as a movement that uses appropriate and available technologies to deliver audiovisual media content that complements, enhances, entertains and promotes learning among the generation of today and tomorrow — children and youth — in the promotion of literacy, gender equity, independent thought, human rights, environmental responsibility and global health.

Through her programmes, Lola Kenya Screen explores, identifies and nurtures creative talent among children and youth in areas such as journalism, filmmaking, arts appraisal and appreciation, and organisation and presentation of cultural and creative events. This is aimed at equipping children and youth with the skills to understand, appreciate, and create quality audiovisual productions in particular and arts in general.

Lola Kenya Screen places production tools in the hands of children and youth for the advancement of literacy, gender equity, self expression, and democracy in their world through her production workshop, film exhibition, and audiovisual media platform for marketing, promoting and distributing films.

While the Festival Press is aimed at uplifting the standards of creative and cultural journalism in eastern Africa, the Production Workshop empowers children and youth to make at least five quality, low-budget, moving images per year. In 2008, this programme was made possible with the support of Africalia of Belgium.

Out of the recognition that unless adults are sensitised into creating for and with children, the aim of putting children and youth on the public agenda could become a cropper, Lola Kenya Screen 2008 also worked with practising filmmakers in the production of documentaries for children and youth. This was made possible with the support of the Jan Vrijman Fund/IDFA of The Netherlands.

Programme Presentation, as the title suggest, empowers children and youth to organise and present events and programmes. Such children are usually in charge of the programme during the six days of the festival.

The Film Jury, on the other hand, seeks to inculcate in participants skills with which to critically appreciate and appraise creativity in general and film in particular. The jury members watch and award films in competition. The official Lola Kenya Screen Jury consists only of children and youth.

At the end of the six-day festival, HOPPET | LEAPS AND BOUNDS by Peter Naess — an 86-minute feature about two brothers who flee US-occupied Iraq of Sweden — beat a strong field of 24 well crafted, award-winning international films that competed in seven categories, to the coveted Lola Kenya Screen Golden Mboni Award.

Saying that HOPPET had spoken to their heart, the official jury, comprising four children from Kenya and Zimbabwe, described HOPPET as “hopeful. Despite their many struggles, the two boys finally achieve their goals and get to their final destination where they are re-united with their parents.”

SIRI RAJA SIRI | KING SIRI by Somaratne Dissanayake of Sri Lanka took the Silver Mboni.

RAJA SIRI RAJA, the jury noted, “is a funny, uncomplicated film about a village boy who overcomes the discouragement of poverty.” The star of the 88-minute film, 11-year-old Sirimal excels in his national examinations to join a star college in he city that other materially well off children can only dream about. Despite encountering lots of social and economic challenges, he succeeds.

SUBIRA by Kenya-based Ravneet Sippy Chadha stars a strong-willed 11-year-old girl who rebels against tradition to be as free as her brother who plays freely. It made away with the Bronze Mboni. The jury was impressed by the 12-minute film “about a Muslim girl fighting for her rights despite the tyranny of the conservative community she lives in.”

Giving the Best Documentary Award to JOURNEY OF A RED FRIDGE by Lucian Muntean and Natasa Stankovic of Serbia, the jury noted that it “shows us the life of many children in Nepal. It is about a 17-year-old boy who earns a living as a porter.”

MAX’S WORDS, a film by Galen Fott and Jerry Hunt got the Best Animation Film Award for what the jury described as “an inspirational and original film, with beautiful images. It is a truly surprising film!”

For “a film we found well-made in every aspect — story, sound and image,” the jury gave the Best Short Film Award to PORQUE HAY CASA QUE NUNCA SE OLVIDIAN | THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEVER FORGET by Lucas Figueroa. “The plot was humouristic and the end had a surprising twist that made us laugh.” This 13-minute film is set in Naples, Italy, in 1950. It shows boys exacting their revenge on for an unforgivable crime: The destruction of their football by a vengeful old woman.

HELLO SPRING, a lyrical and philosophical 7-minute film directed by Masoone Jafari of Iran grabbed the Most Experimental Film Award at a two-hour ceremony held at the Kenya National Theatre in the Nairobi central business district. “This film is a musical adventure with the message that we should not be obsessed with the way we look. We are perfect!”, the jury intoned.

The Child Rights Award went to QUAMAR | WORKING TO LIVE, a 24-minute film by Preeya Nair of India.

The jury said the film “shows the struggles of a girl being exploited by a shopkeeper where she works because she can’t count. She would like to go to school but her mother doesn’t think this is necessary for girls.”

For the second time since 2007 — when Films by Children for Children won the Grand Prize at the 5th World Summit on Media and Children/Kids for Kids Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa — a Lola Kenya Screen production took the Kids for Kids Africa prize at the 2nd Kids for Kids Africa held in the framework of the 3rd Lola Kenya Screen. The jury called it “a funny and educational film with a clear message that makes you just want to learn. It is a film for and by children.”

The film, LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS, was written, animated, shot, and directed by Samora Michelle, Adede Hawi NyOdero and Karama K Ogova during the 2nd Lola Kenya Screen film production workshop conducted by Maikki Kantola of Finland for Project Anima of Denmark in 2007.

Some eight films from Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe were in the 2nd Kids for Kids Africa Competition. They were UNCOVERING SECRETS OF THE WORLD by Mia Dupper of South Africa (2008); INGWAZI JIVE by Abigal Mlotshwa; FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY by Tinashe Maravanyika; NDAIFARA by Mercy Mafudze and Craig Kimu; OH MAMA by Thelma Maduma of Zimbabwe (made under the Postcards from Zimbabwe compilation [2006]); LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS by Adede NyOdero, Samora Michelle, and Karama Ogova; MANANI OGRES by Joseph Hongo, Marcus Joseph, Norrick Joseph, and Samuel Musembi; and THE WISE BRIDE by Alexandria Ngini, Aysha Satchu and Layla Satchu (2007).

Some of the resource people at Lola Kenya Screen 2008 were Signe Zeilich-Jensen, Duco Tellegen, and Meike Statema (Holland), Eid Abdel Latif (Egypt), and Florence Sipalla (Kenya).

Lola Kenya Screen 2008, held on the theme of “Peace-Building for a Sustainable Future”, attracted some of the best possible films for children and youth in the world from 56 nations.

Lola Kenya Screen accepts and showcases a film only if its content is creative and demonstrates artistic and technical mastery, speaks positively to children of diverse backgrounds and cultures and provides strong role models for both boys and girls.

Additionally, such a film is expected to be child-driven and the stories culturally authentic, timely, and of universal appeal.

Films and videos submitted to Lola Kenya Screen are made by, with and for children and youth rather than about children and youth.

The theme of Lola Kenya Screen 2008 was Peace-Building for a Just and Sustainable Future out of the realisation that tension and conflict are inevitable in healthy human relationships but that they need not result in the wanton destruction of life, property and livelihood.

Presented by ComMattersKenya in collaboration with Goethe-Institut in Kenya, Lola Kenya Screen 2008 was supported by Africalia of Belgium, and the Jan Vrijman Fund/IDFA of The Netherlands.

The next edition of Lola Kenya Screen, the fourth one, will run in Nairobi, Kenya, 2009 August 10-15. [ArtMatters.info]

BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) — Eastern Africas premier annual international audiovisual media platform for children and youth, Lola Kenya Screen, has announced the films to compete for its 3rd Golden Mboni Award. Some 24 films out of the more than 389 submitted shall seek to outdo one another during the festival that runs August 11-16, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. This award has been won by Ukraine and Israel in 2006 and 2007, respectively.

For a film to make it to the official Lola Kenya Screen competition, its content must be creative, demonstrate artistic and technical mastery, speak positively to children of diverse backgrounds and cultures and should provide strong role models for both boys and girls. Additionally, the action of such a film should be child-driven, with the stories being culturally authentic, timely, and of universal appeal. Above everything else, such films should be made by, with and for children and youth rather than about children and youth.

The films competing for the 3rd Lola Kenya Screen Golden Mboni Award are:

• SUBIRA by Ravneet Chadha, Kenya
• MANPASAND/The Perfect Match by Dhvani Desai, India
• I AM ZEINAB FROM LEBANON by Salwa Saab, Lebanon
• HELLO SPRING by Masoone Jafari, Iran
• THE MAGIC TREE: DEVOURERS OF BOOKS by Andrzeej Magescka, Poland
• WORMHEAD by Manauvaskar Kublall, USA
• STI SKIA/In the Shadows by Dimitris Apostolou, Greece
• MAX’S WORDS by Galen Fott and Jerry Hunt, USA
• MIT MEINEM VATER LEBTE ICH AM MEER by Anke Lanzon and Jan Stutz, Germany
• JOURNEY OF A RED FRIDGE by Lucian Muntean and Natasa Stankovic, Serbia
• SIRI RAJA SIRI/King Siri by Somaratne Dissanayake, Sri Lanka
• GAROTO COSMICO/Cosmic Boy by Ale Abreu, Brazil
• QUAMAR/Working to Live by Preeya Nair, India
• HOPPET/Leaps and Bounds by Petter Nss, Sweden
• FORORTSUNGAR/Kids in da Hood by Ylva Gustavsson and Catti Edfeldt, Sweden
• SUDEN ARVOITUS/Mystery of the Wolf by Raimo O Niemi, Finland
• CYKELMYGGEN OG DANSEMYGGEN/A Tale of Two Mozzies by Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Moller, Denmark
• ONNI VON SOPANEN by Johanna Vuoksenmaa, Finland
• STANDING ALONE by Gholam-Reza Ramezani, Iran
• KARLAS KABALE/Karla’s World by Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, Denmark
• PORQUE HAYCOASA QUE NUNCA SE OLVIDAN/ Because There Are Things You Never Forget, by Lucas Figueroa, Spain

Besides the official competition, Lola Kenya Screen 2008 plans to shows films in seven other categories: Films by Children, Kids for Kids Africa Competition, The Prix Jeunesse Window on the World, Eastern Africa Prism, Shorts of Africa, World Panorama, and La Matatena Associa De Cine Ninas Y Ninos. The full list of selected films is online.

All the films submitted to Lola Kenya Screen 2008, even those that did not make it to any of the eight official sections, will be available for private viewing during the festival.

The film submission to Lola Kenya Screen has for the third time demonstrated that Africa has a long way to go in the making of and promotion of films for children and youth. Only a handful of films came from Africa out of which only one made it to the 24-film official competition.

The countries continuing to register their interest in Lola Kenya Screen have increased from 39 and 46 in 2006 and 2007 to 53 in 2008.

The 2008 film submission came in from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Congo-Kinshasa, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tanzania, Uganda, USA, and Zimbabwe. [Artmatters.info]

BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) —.

Lola Kenya Screen, the annual international audiovisual media platform—festival, production workshop and market—for children and youth in eastern Africa held in Nairobi every second week of August, has changed its festival dates from August 4-9, 2008 to August 11-16, 2008.

In a Press Statement released in Germany on June 3, 2008, Lola Kenya Screen explained the change has been ocassioned by ‘unscheduled change in the holiday calendar of public schools in Kenya. Lola Kenya Screen regrets this change but cannot help it as our primary target audience are holidaying school-going children and youth.’

Lola Kenya Screen is represented at the bi-annual Prix Jeunesse festival in Munich, Germany. It is one of various projects of Prix Jeunesse and the only one from Africa in 2008. Also presented at this world’s leading television programmes for children and youth is AFRICAN FOLK TALES ANIMATED, the DVD compilation of short films made by children during the annual Lola Kenya Screen film production workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2007.

Lola Kenya Screen has also announced the short-listing of applicants to its various skill-development programmes and selected films from 52 nations. The organisation will release its festival line up to the media in Nairobi on June 10, 2008.