Sorry for the silence, its been a while since we’ve been here but the good news is that we’re very much moving and shaking (still!) around the globe!
Next stop is Silicon Valley African Film Festival, October 14-16th and then Nairobi…keep it locked here!
Congrats to the team! Fingers crossed…. Check out the link here!
Congratulations to Maqbul Mohammed for his Kalasha Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor! The Awards ceremony is on September 25th in Nairobi so fingers crossed!
The ActNow Foundation asks Wanjiru Kairu the tough questions on what inspires her as a director and what brought her to “Weakness”…then come watch the film this Wednesday at Littlefield in Brooklyn!
Check it out!
For all our friends and fans who missed our NY screening in April, you have another chance to catch “Weakness!” We’ll be showing as part of the ANF Short Film Collective Presents: Frantic on Wednesday August 11th, 2010 at the Littlefield Performance Art Space (622 Degraw St btwn 3rd and th Ave). Doors open at 6pm, screening at 7:15pm. Q&A after the screening. Suggested donation at the door $5. Come out and support, and be sure to tell your friends!
Comrades! “Weakness” is showing at Durban International Film Festival this coming week, then at ActNow Short Film Collective in Brooklyn this August, and the Imagem dos Povos Film Festival in Brazil in September. Stay tuned for more info to come!
Travel is good for the soul. It takes away your everyday worries, opens you up to a whole new world and for the emerging filmmaker it fills up your senses, giving you new insights & paints your imagination.
Ethiopia opened my mind in many ways; I have to admit I had very little expectations of the place, I just didn’t know what to expect. Now I’m considering learning Amharic and setting up there. Reason being, Ethiopia feels like my home.
The Images that matter film festival afforded me the opportunity to meet amazing people that I learnt a whole lot from and I’m really giving credit where it’s due -the workshops, filmmakers, mentors and staff – everyone was on point. So kudos!
However, the one thing that really got to me was the Ethiopian film club. The festival organized for its guests to meet the film club and together we would talk about our common goals and halve our problems.
When we got to the venue, over a hundred people both young and old came to meet us.
I’m talking about active members that diligently meet every week to watch and discuss their films.
My mind was blown and I had a quick flashback of a writers guild a few of us were trying to set up back home but seemed to have crushed and burned immediately it took off because, I suppose not everyone was committed to the common goal. The goal being new and improved films, one that would see us working and supporting each other.
As the plane taxied out of Addis I thought about the bigger picture and whether it’s possible for the Kenyan film community to be united?
What do you think?
1)What concerns or frustrates you about the films coming out of Kenya today?
2)What heights are we capable of reaching & where we are now?
3)Do we really have the time to sit and wait to get there?
Check out : http://www.ethiopianfilminitiative.org/
Dear Comrades,
“Weakness” has about 8 screenings at the Durban International Film Festival. Check out the schedule (we’re on page 103! under the Chakalaka group!) Don’t miss it!
Hey kids! Come over and “Like” us on Facebook (I know you’re all on there anyway!) that way you can easily keep up with the fabulous adventures of the little film that could!
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