Lola Kenya Screen to feature child reporters and judges
In its commitment to uplift the standards of the arts and culture in eastern Africa through journalism, ArtMatters.Info is calling upon children aged 6-14 years to apply for 12 positions of children’s film jury and children’s Press.
While some will sit on the Children’s Jury that will select Best Films others will form the Children’s Press that will file daily journalistic reports on Lola Kenya Screen (August 7-12, 2006). The articles will be published daily by ArtMatters.Info.
The selection of candidates is on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis and begins now.
A writers’ workshop for youth (15-24 years) will be conducted in August.
As the film entry deadline closed on April 15, 2006, more than 100 films from 29 nations across the world had been received by eastern Africa’s first children’s audiovisual festival.
Many of these award-winning and well crafted audiovisual productions have come in from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Congo-Kinshasa, South Africa, Israel, Iran, India, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Britain, Canada, USA, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Spain, Italy, France, and Greece.
With film submission over, Lola Kenya Screen now wishes to give children a chance to select their favourite films to be screened, judged and reported on in August 2006.
Interested children are asked to apply for this opportunity starting now.
Annual Film Festival, Production Workshop and Market for Children and Youth
Running August 7-12, 2006
At
Alliance Francaise & Goethe-Institut, Nairobi
Seeks
Children volunteers who are knowledgeable, opinionated and interested in film and journalism for the Lola Kenya Screen film festival’s
- Children films selection committee
- Children films jury
- Child Reporters/Press
- Child film/events presenters
The children must be:
- Aged 6-14 years old
- Knowledgeable about film
- Interested in audiovisual works
- Able to understand, speak and write in English
- Supported by their parents/guardians
- Able to work under strict journalistic deadlines
- Able to think, type and submit 500-1200-word articles daily (August 7-12, 2006)
Parents and guardians are kindly asked to allow their children to apply for this opportunity that seeks to nurture their creative talent and potential and gives them international exposure. Offers will be on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis. So apply today!
Application to include:
- Letter of intent
- Age
- School
- Expectations
- Letter of permission from parent or guardian
- Telephone contact
- Physical address
Applications are sent to:
Festival Director
Lola Kenya Screen
ComMattersKenya Ltd
House, 4th Floor
/ junction
Tel: 254 20 315258/213318
254 733 703374
00208
Ngong Hills,
Email: film@artmatters.info
Website: www.artmatters.info/film/articles/lola.php
Applications to reach Lola Kenya Screen before or on April 23, 2006
Successful applicants will be guided through skills of appreciating and judging films, film reporting and events presentations.
Stories filed by children will be published daily during the six days of festivities at the internationally-acclaimed arts and culture publication, http://www.artmatters.info
Part of the children’s work begins immediately after the application deadline, April 23, 2006.
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