Keeping Films for Children and Youth in Focus
Youth and children film and audio visual news from around the world.
By United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Published April 5, 2022 International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) have announced the 2022 PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival call for video submissions, encouraging youth worldwide to submit short…
By Khalifa Hemed Published March 18, 2022 Educationists around the world have welcomed the decision of International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of World Bank, that says it will no longer invest in Bridge International Academies. This announcement,…
By Iminza Keboge Published February 3, 2022 An exhibition that highlights the significance of archaeology in Senegal’s historical and cultural understanding has started on February 3, 2022. Organised by Cultural Engineering and Anthropology Research Unit (URICA) of Cheikh Anta Diop…
By Dominic Dipio Published January 7, 2022 What I am and what we all become is largely a result of our roots. For me, one of the most important qualities I have drawn from these roots is integrity that…
By Sharlene Versfeld Publishede December 14, 2021 The Last Shelter from Malian director Ousmane Samassékou is competing for the Academy Awards. In a town called Gao, in central Mali, at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, stands The House…
By Iminza Keboge Published November 21, 2021 Confederation of African Football (CAF), the body that governs football matters across Africa, is in March 2022 set to to begin an intercontinental schools football tournament for boys and girls. CAF says the…
By Khalifa Hemed Published Novemver 18, 2021 A television series that seeks to inspire and promote environmental protection among children in Africa has been launched in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Titled National Geographic Kids Africa, the programme, that is in…
By Iminza Keboge Published October 16, 2021 Would you like to have fun as you study film analysis on your smartphone, tablet or computer? You are in luck because Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire of France is presenting its online film…
By Human Rights Watch Published October 7, 2021 Tanzania’s ban on pregnant students and adolescent mothers attending school has denied tens of thousands of girls their right to education as public schools across mainland Tanzania continue to conduct compulsory pregnancy…
By Iminza Keboge Published August 12, 2021 A survey which measures the status of young people around the world has ranked Kenya in the 139th position out of 181 countries. While the data used in the 2020 Global Youth Development…