'The Professor' at 3rd Lola Kenya Screen
By Joyce Wanja
He is jovial, optimistic and full of determination. He has a huge passion for film and zeal to make a difference as far as film is concerned. And he is facilitating the children’s film production workshop at 3rd Lola Kenya Screen in Nairobi, Kenya.
He is Eid Abdel Latif, a professor in the field of film. Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1968, Dr Latif attended Shubira Military School and thereafter the College of Fine Arts. He established an animation department at El Minia University, which is the only one in the Middle East.
He has won 12 international awards for his documentaries which are running in Germany, France and many other countries. These include, Chin Idia festiva, international youth creation in Germany, Grand prize of the international , First prize of graphic in Cairo, First prize in of painting in Cairo, Prize of the best documentation among others. He has done many films for children and has launched an annual animation film festival called Miniton in Egypt. The details about the festival are readily available at mimatoom.com.
He says that his inspiration was drawn from the late Mohammed who was his child hood friend. It was through a tragic incident that professor Abdul came to discover his call to film. It all happened when they were nine years old. His friend tried to practice what he had seen on a popular cartoon programme called Mickey Mouse, whereby Mickey ate peanuts and became super Mickey mouse in that he could fly and do other extra ordinary things.
Mohammed decided to try what he had seen since he believed he could do it. This act marked the end of Mohammed’s life when he jumped from the ninth floor of a certain building. Since then, the professor’s heart was full of questions on what was there in that film that made Mohammed believe that he could fly.
It was through the process of answer searching that led him to try his hand in film. Since then he has been teaching film and practicing the art himself. He believes that there is something magical that is in film
Joyce Wanja, 17, is a student at Moi Forces Academy in Lanet, Nakuru, Kenya
He is jovial, optimistic and full of determination. He has a huge passion for film and zeal to make a difference as far as film is concerned. And he is facilitating the children’s film production workshop at 3rd Lola Kenya Screen in Nairobi, Kenya.
He is Eid Abdel Latif, a professor in the field of film. Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1968, Dr Latif attended Shubira Military School and thereafter the College of Fine Arts. He established an animation department at El Minia University, which is the only one in the Middle East.
He has won 12 international awards for his documentaries which are running in Germany, France and many other countries. These include, Chin Idia festiva, international youth creation in Germany, Grand prize of the international , First prize of graphic in Cairo, First prize in of painting in Cairo, Prize of the best documentation among others. He has done many films for children and has launched an annual animation film festival called Miniton in Egypt. The details about the festival are readily available at mimatoom.com.
He says that his inspiration was drawn from the late Mohammed who was his child hood friend. It was through a tragic incident that professor Abdul came to discover his call to film. It all happened when they were nine years old. His friend tried to practice what he had seen on a popular cartoon programme called Mickey Mouse, whereby Mickey ate peanuts and became super Mickey mouse in that he could fly and do other extra ordinary things.
Mohammed decided to try what he had seen since he believed he could do it. This act marked the end of Mohammed’s life when he jumped from the ninth floor of a certain building. Since then, the professor’s heart was full of questions on what was there in that film that made Mohammed believe that he could fly.
It was through the process of answer searching that led him to try his hand in film. Since then he has been teaching film and practicing the art himself. He believes that there is something magical that is in film
Joyce Wanja, 17, is a student at Moi Forces Academy in Lanet, Nakuru, Kenya
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