Eastern Africa’s first and only audiovisual media festival, production workshop and market exclusively designed for children and youth, Lola Kenya Screen, is calling for film entries in all genres, lengths, and formats from all over the world for its 3rd edition, which runs from 4 to 9 August 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Announcing the opening of the film submission period as 1 December 2007 to 15 April 2008, the Lola Kenya Screen management says eligible films are those made by children and youth, made with children and youth, and those made for children and youth. In other words, Lola Kenya Screen accepts films made by professionals and amateurs that focus on children and youth. Lola Kenya Screen also accepts family films.
Nairobi-based Lola Kenya Screen, that caters to children (6-13 years), youth (14-25 years), and family, receives and processes films by students, by children and youth, with children and youth, experimental films, television series, Internet games and even creatively packaged music videos tackling issues related to children, youth and family.
Lola Kenya Screen serves films of all lengths, formats and in all conceivable genres. Film submission details and entry form is online at http://www.lolakenyascreen.or.ke/admin/filmentryform.rtf.
Also calling for films made by children in Africa over the past year is Kids for Kids Africa festival.
First held in Johannesburg, South Africa in March 2007, the 2nd Kids for Kids Africa festival will be held in the framework of Lola Kenya Screen.
Eligible films are those made by children resident in any part of Africa. All kinds of moving images—animation, experimental, documentary, fiction—will be considered.
Any film in a language other than English must be sub-titled in English. All entries will be received, processed, assessed and awarded by a film selection committee and jury comprising children selected by Lola Kenya Screen. Winning entries will represent Africa at Kids for Kids international festival later in 2008.
The 2nd Kids for Kids Africa festival is organised by Lola Kenya Screen, International Centre of Films for Children and Youth, and Children’s Broadcasting Foundation for Africa.
The deadline for receiving entries is 15 April 2008.
Films are submitted to:
Lola Kenya Screen
Philadelphia (Old East) Hse, 4th Fl
Tom Mboya St/ Hakati Rd junction
Tel 254 20 315258, 254 20 2213318, 254 733 703374
P O Box 20775-00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya (EA)
