Staying Alive, MTV International’s ongoing HIV and AIDS prevention campaign, and African music channel, MTV base, will hold the second edition of the film competition 48fest in Kenya for the first time. The competition gives 30 youth delegates from all over the world just 48 hours to write, shoot, edit, and deliver a short film of three minutes on a specific HIV and AIDS issue. It will take place during the International Women’s Summit in Nairobi from 3-5 July 2007,
For its African debut, 48fest Kenya will comprise five teams of six youth delegates to the International Women’s Summit. Each team will be assigned to create a film that focuses on one of five female-driven, HIV and AIDS-themed issues, including the feminisation of the disease, access to VCT, female condoms, HIV and pregnancy, and stigma and poverty.
The teams will be accompanied by MTV technical staff and youth experts based in Kenya, who will serve as mentors to offer balanced assistance and to sharpen their skills across all areas of filmmaking. All short films as well as a 30-minute documentary of the challenge will be available for broadcast in December for World AIDS Day across all of MTV’s worldwide platforms – on air, online, and on mobile – as well as to third party broadcasters and content distributors rights- and cost-free.
The Best Film will be announced by influential music video and motion picture director Bryan Barber at an intimate film screening and awards ceremony held at the Hilton Intercontinental, Nairobi on 5 July.
