Kenya Film Commission Newsletter March 2009

Dear {FIRST_NAME} {LAST_NAME},

Issue 6, March 2009

WORD FROM CEO

Welcome to the March 2009 issue of the Kenya Film Commission’s e-newsletter.

Film going for Kenyans for a very long time meant only Hollywood. Some even said that if there was a Kenyan culture, it was to a large extent the creation of … Hollywood.

Statement on Kalasha
Dear Stakeholders, The Kalasha Awards are alive and kicking in spite of all the set backs KFC has encountered in recent times. Indeed we were keen to keep everyone posted on the goings on but understandably we needed to communicate officially as soon as a replacement sponsor was found....
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New Television Series On Citizen Television “SIRI”
On Thursday 27th February 2009, was the official launch of the new television series “SIRI” at the NUMETRO at the Nakumatt Prestige Shopping Complex...
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KALASHA - KENYA FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS
We are excited to unveil the first ever Film and Television Awards in Kenya, the Kalasha Awards. We realize that it is time for the next phase in the growth of the Television and Film industries in Kenya. The industries have been growing in leaps and bounds with the quality of productions improving with every production released. Television producers and filmmakers have continued to pursue the art faithfully and this has resulted in immense growth of viewership.
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Wineland Film Festival in South Africa

Imagine yourself in South Africa’s world famous vacation spot! Stellenbosch Wine Valley, just a 45 minute drive from Cape Town...
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Screenwriters Workshop
The Kenya film Commission is partnering with M-NET Africa to sponsor special 6-day Screen-Writers Workshop to be held in Nairobi in March. This comes after a similar workshop held last year in conjunction with Kwani Trust and Charles Liburd...
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Mobile Cinema

As part of our mandate to promote local film and develop a screen culture, the Kenya Film Commission embarked on its monthly mobile screening initiative on January 24th 2009 at the Kawangware’s “Kongo stage grounds.”
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‘Formula X’ Launched
The Kenya Film Commission in conjunction with Serengeti Studio launched the film “Formula X” on the 13th of November, 2008 at the Nu metro Westgate...
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Screen Writing Course
Kenya Film Commission in collaboration with Kwani Trust held a screen writers workshop that encouraged, inspired and challenged...
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Turkana Cultural Festival
Opening of the exhibition was on Thursday 26th February 2009 at 6pm. The first Lake Turkana Cultural Festival took place last June in Loiyangalani...
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INDUSTRY NEWS


2009 MEDEVA TV and Radio Production Training!
Every year Media Development in Africa (MEDEVA) runs a TV and Radioproduction training that is free and open to the public...
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Panafrican Film and Television Festival

The Commission has seen it essential to sponsor 3 film makers to attend the FESPACO Film Festival...


Africala online Film Festival
The Kenya International Film Festival is collecting short films for the Africala online Film Festival...
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Talent Campus

The 30th Durban International Film Festival is proud to announce the 2nd edition of Talent Campus Durban ...

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