Here is an interesting initiative in Nairobi...
The "Slum Film Festival" is starting this month of June.
It is a joint project of Embassy of Spain in Kenya, the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID), Slum TV and the Hot Sun Foundation, with the collaboration of the Nairobi Art Centre.
It is actually a contest, open to young people between the ages of 18-30 years with an interest in art and filmmaking in Kenya.
Artists from informal settlements - slum - are, of course, encouraged to enter.
Professional artist are not eligible, even if based in slums.
There are actually two categories:
1. Slum Film Festival LOGO.
These are going to be digital submissions, designed using any computer design software.
The submission must be saved as JPG, be less than 500MB in size and then be emailed to these address:
mercy@hotsunfoundation.org or info@slum-tv.org
With the following title in your submission e-mail: “Slum Film Festival LOGO”.
The deadline is 21st June 2011.
2. Slum Film Festival POSTER.
These submissions should be hard copy (paintings, drawings, sketches, etc) and should be dropped at either: Hot Sun Foundation offices in Kibera, Slum TV offices in Mathare or the Embassy of Spain at CBA Building in Upper Hill.
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The announcement of the finalists will be on 7th July 2011. The awards ceremony and the launch of the Festival (together with press conference) will occur on 29th July 2011 at the Embassy of Spain
Film Festival and the Celebration will take place from August 8th to 21st.
Details:
/http://nairobinow.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/slum-film-festival-poster-and-logo-contest-may-30-jun-21-2011/
Thanks for sharing Melissa. The Festival will be in August, for now we want to give artists - esp from slums a chance to design the poster and logo.
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