Lola Kenya Screen is an annual international audiovisual media movement that seeks to place production tools in the hands of children and youth for the advancement of literacy, gender equity, self expression, and democracy in their world.

Lola Kenya Screen comprises a production workshop, film exhibition, and audiovisual media platform for marketing, promoting and distributing films all rolled into one.

We at Lola Kenya Screen believe that the comprehension of moving images is a basic skill at par with what education experts refer to as the 3 Rs-Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic-that contribute to development of societies and nations.

Lola Kenya Screen equips children and youth with the skills to understand, appreciate, and create quality audiovisual productions in particular and arts in general.

It was founded in October 2005 as an annual international film festival, production workshop and audiovisual media platform to empower children and youth with life skills.



Lola Kenya Screen is divided into three sections:
Festival, Production, Market.

Skill-Development Programmes
Lola Kenya Screen, through her Festival, Production and Market programmes explores, identifies and nurtures 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. This is aimed at equipping children and youth with the skills to understand, appreciate, and create quality audiovisual productions in particular and arts in general.

(a) Festival Platform

Film Jury
This programme seeks to inculcate in participants skills with which to critically appreciate and appraise creativity in general and film in particular. Thirteen participants had gone through the programme by the end of August 2008.

The Film Jury usually works on films selected by the Film Selection Committee that is composed of children, youth and adult professionals.

Programme Planning and Presentation (MCs)
This programe equips participants with the skills to plan and present cultural and creative events. Participants are usually in charge of preparing the daily programme of events and introducing them during the festival. Seven children and youth had by the end of August 2008 gone through this programme.

Festival Press
This is aimed at uplifting the standards of creative and cultural journalism in eastern Africa. Articles by the children and youth who go through thuis practical learning and practising programme are published throughout the festival on lolakenyascreen.org and artmatters.info websites and on various tailor-made blogs.
Some 14 participants drawn from Kenya, Uganda,Tanzania mainland, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe had gone through this programee between August 2006 and August 2008.

(b). Festival Screening
Lola Kenya Screen has showed more than 1200 best possible international films for children, youth and family from 71 nations representing all the continents in various genres,formats and lengths between August 2006 and August 2008.

Film Production
Lola Kenya Screen not only showcases best possible international films for children, youth and family but also empowers children and youth its hands-on production workshops to make at least five high quality, low-budget, moving images per year. Thirty-one participantsn had by August 2008 gone through this very popular Production Workshop from which 20 short animation and six short documentary films had been made.

Some 21 young people aged 19-25 years have also been trained in the production of television drama for children and youth and in making documentary films for the generation of today and tomorrow.

Such productions are showcased around the globe through film festivals, cultural events, schools and children's clubs.

Audiovisual Media Market
Lola Kenya Screen identifies nurtures and promotes talent among young people. It is a marketing platform for audiovisual media works from Africa and the world.

Products, services and messages targeting children, youth and family are promoted at Lola Kenya Screen.

Joel Sebunjo, a young Afro-fusion musician from Uganda, is now specialising in film sound track after having been exposed to the genre by Lola Kenya Screen.