Lola Kenya Screen

Lola Kenya Screen, the annual audio-visual media festival, production workshop and market for children and youth in eastern Africa, is calling upon children and youth who are knowledgeable, opinionated and interested in film, journalism, creativity and cultural events to apply for participation in her skill-development mentorship programmes during the 5th Lola Kenya Screen to be held August 9-14, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Selected candidates will serve on the Film Selection Committee, Film Jury, Festival Press, Programme Planning and Presentation (MCs), and Film Production Workshop.

Ideal applicants must be aged 6-16 years old (9-18 years for production workshop), both knowledgeable and interested in audio-visual media works and must have the ability to understand, speak and write in English besides thinking, typing and submitting between 500 and 1200-word articles on the activities at the festival daily (for film press). Additionally, candidates must be ready to work under strict deadlines and should be supported by their parents/guardians.

Interested children and youth must--themselves--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 by international experts.
Stories filed by members of the festival Press will be published daily during the six days of festivities on the lolakenyascreen.org, commatterskenya.com websites and on the internationally-acclaimed pan-African creative and cultural portal, artmatters.info.

Applications are to be sent to:
The Director
Lola Kenya Screen
Philadelphia House, 4th Floor
Tom Mboya Street/Hakati Road
P O Box 20775-00100 GPO
Nairobi, Kenya (EA)
Tel 254 20 315258/2213318
Cel 254 733 703374 and 254 722 486531
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Parents and guardians are requested to assist their children in applying for this opportunity that seeks to explore, identify and nurture their creative talent and potential and gives them international exposure. An equal opportunity organisation, Lola Kenya Screen offers—as in the previous four editions—are made on the ‘first-come-first-served’ basis.

NB: Preference is however given to previous participants and/or those based in Kenya.

The deadline for application is April 15, 2010 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 equip 47 children and youth from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Zanzibar with basic skills in filmmaking, 19 in creative journalism, nine in events organisation & presentation and 17 in critical appreciation of audiovisual media productions. The annual workshops, has enabled Lola Kenya Screen realise 20 short animations and eight documentaries.

Lola Kenya Screen has showed more than 1450 best possible international films for children, youth and family from 95 nations representing all the continents in various genres, formats and lengths between August 2006 and August 2009.

A recognised and respected international brand on issues related to children, youth, mass media, culture and development, the Lola Kenya Screen—a charity incorporated in Kenya—has been presented as an example of good practice in several African, European and Asian countries over the past four years.