Call for Participants in Lola Kenya Screen 2009 Skill-Development Programmes







Lola Kenya Screen, the annual audio-visual media platform for children and youth in eastern Africa, is calling upon interested 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 August 10 and 15, 2009.

Selected candidates will serve as members of:

• Film Selection Committee

• Film Jury• Film Press

• Programme Planning and Presentation (MCs) team

• Production Workshop

Ideal applicants must be:

• Aged between 6 and 16 years old (9-18 years for production workshop)

• Knowledgeable about film• Interested in audio-visual media works

• Able to understand, speak and write in English

• Able to think, type and submit between 500 and 1200-word articles on the activities at the festival daily (for film press)

• Able to work under strict deadlines

• 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)

Cell 254 733 703374 and 254 722 486531


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, and organisation and presentation of cultural and creative events, has since 2006 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. 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 August 2006 and August 2008.


Now 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 as a case study in countries such as Belgium, Holland, Germany, South Africa, Senegal, Finland, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya, among others.


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.


A Lola Kenya Screen (http://www.lolakenyascreen.org/) Article

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