International

^{Posted on monday, 21st January, 2007}

Lola Kenya Screen shows in Finland

^{African Folk Tales Animated, a three-film and three-song compilation made at 2nd Lola Kenya Screen in Nairobi in August 2007 has been selected for screening in Finland in March 2008.}

^{The 5th annual Children's and youth's Videotivoli festival (March 4-9, 2008) in Tampere, Finland, selected Lola Kenya Screen's Manani Ogres, Little Knowledge Is Dangerous and The Wise Bride from among 500 submissions they received from 35 nations around the world.}

^{Manani Ogres, a fascinating animation on the importance of vigilance, was created by Joseph Hongo, Marcus Joseph, Norick Joseph, and Samuel Musembi to show that drumming, music and dance must be employed where vigilance fails. Music, the short film shows, has power on every living thing, including man-eating ogres.}

^{Samora Michelle, Adede Hawi and Karama Ogova}

^{Made by Samora Michelle, Adede Hawi Nyodero and Karama Ogova, Little Knowledge Is Dangerous, on the other hand, shows that one who tries to shock others by clever-by-half antics, usually ends up frying in their own oil. The message is passed through Mjinga, Juha, and Mwehu with the playful use of Kiswahili to carry the message across. This film won the Most Creative Project at Lola Kenya Screen in 2007.}

^{The message passed through The Wise Bride is that when more than one suitor competes for a beautiful girl, only the girl's ingenuity carries the day. This film with a twist in the tale was conceived and executed by Alexandria Ngini, Aysha Satchu, Layla Satchu and Flora Wanjiru.}

^{First shown at the closing ceremony of Lola Kenya Screen on August 11, 2007 and also at KIFF in October 1, 2007, African Folk Tales were shown in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in October 2007. The compilation is scheduled for screening in Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, among other places.}

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