Lola Kenya Screen 2008 Begins!
By Bethsheba Achitsa
After a long wait, the 3rd Lola Kenya screen festival kicked off at Alliance Fraincaise, Kenya National theatre and several video halls in Kibera. The event runs between Monday 11 and Saturday 16 August, 2008.scheduled to begin at 8.00 am the event did not start off as scheduled due to few hitches.
The event held annually, has attracted participants from Zimbabwe and the Eastern Africa region. Among the guests are (id Abdel Latif who is the facilitator for the production workshop), Duco Tellegen and Meike Statema.
The festival whose theme “peace-building for a just and sustainable future reflects what happened in various African countries. With the aim of placing audiovisual works in the hands of the children, participants in the skill development programs see the efforts made by the event and preach peace in later years so that we have no issues of internally displaced persons as witnessed in Kenya this year.
The films showcased on Monday the 11th at the Kenya National Theatre were exciting as they put across very informative messages to the families for instance All Girls Together.
The official opening ceremony took place at the Kenya National Theatre at 5 o’clock. The event presided over by Mr. Silver from the department of culture as the chief guest, he appreciated the efforts of the director for Lola Kenya screen for giving the children a chance to be. He discouraged parents from sacrificing their children’s ego by choosing for them what they should do.
He also insisted on sharing whatever little ideas that they have for through this do we help others realize their dream. He pledged to support the program as long as it lives in any possible way.
The director in his opening remarks expressed his dismay in that though the festival is based in Africa most of the filming was directed by people from the west countries. He wished to see someday the same being done by the Africans. He appreciated all who made it to the event.
Watch out for more actions from the venues. Have an eventful week wont you?
About the Writer:
Bethsheba Achitsa, 18, is a festival assistant with Lola Kenya Screen
After a long wait, the 3rd Lola Kenya screen festival kicked off at Alliance Fraincaise, Kenya National theatre and several video halls in Kibera. The event runs between Monday 11 and Saturday 16 August, 2008.scheduled to begin at 8.00 am the event did not start off as scheduled due to few hitches.
The event held annually, has attracted participants from Zimbabwe and the Eastern Africa region. Among the guests are (id Abdel Latif who is the facilitator for the production workshop), Duco Tellegen and Meike Statema.
The festival whose theme “peace-building for a just and sustainable future reflects what happened in various African countries. With the aim of placing audiovisual works in the hands of the children, participants in the skill development programs see the efforts made by the event and preach peace in later years so that we have no issues of internally displaced persons as witnessed in Kenya this year.
The films showcased on Monday the 11th at the Kenya National Theatre were exciting as they put across very informative messages to the families for instance All Girls Together.
The official opening ceremony took place at the Kenya National Theatre at 5 o’clock. The event presided over by Mr. Silver from the department of culture as the chief guest, he appreciated the efforts of the director for Lola Kenya screen for giving the children a chance to be. He discouraged parents from sacrificing their children’s ego by choosing for them what they should do.
He also insisted on sharing whatever little ideas that they have for through this do we help others realize their dream. He pledged to support the program as long as it lives in any possible way.
The director in his opening remarks expressed his dismay in that though the festival is based in Africa most of the filming was directed by people from the west countries. He wished to see someday the same being done by the Africans. He appreciated all who made it to the event.
Watch out for more actions from the venues. Have an eventful week wont you?
About the Writer:
Bethsheba Achitsa, 18, is a festival assistant with Lola Kenya Screen
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