0 0 Read Time:3 Minute, 33 Second The Oscars Selection Committee Kenya is thrilled to invite you to submit your films for consideration in the 97th Academy Awards under the category of Best International Feature Film! Deadline: 6th September 2024, 5 PM For queries, email us at: [email protected] Learn more here Rushlake Media is glad to announce the acquisition of the worldwide rights of The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos by the Nigerian filmmaker group The Agbajowo Collective ahead of its world premiere at the 49th Toronto International. Film Festival. The film was backed by Durban FilmMart, The Sundance Institute and the Berlinale World Cinema Fund. The cast includes Temi-Ami Williams (This is My Desire) and Nollywood veteran Debo Adedayo. Read More GRANTS AND SUBMISSIONS CANNES FILM AGENCY PITCH The Cannes Film Agency Pitch Sessions are designed to support the development of short films, documentaries, and feature-length projects worldwide. We provide financial support and expert guidance to help filmmakers advance their projects. Submit your film project in development for a chance to pitch on stage to international financiers and distributors at the Cannes Film Agency Pitch Sessions held in Cannes in May. Details: https://bit.ly/3WKVZly 2. THE MATATU FILM LAB CALLING ALL ASPIRING FILMMAKERS, JOURNALISTS, AND CONTENT CREATORS! Film Possible, in partnership with the American Embassy and the American Film Showcase, is BEYOND EXCITED to present The Matatu Film Lab: Creative Storytelling Through Smartphone Technology! They are seeking aspiring filmmakers, journalists, and content creators from Kampala, Arua and Mbarara to join our free training program. Details: https://bit.ly/4fKcN4E TAKE 5! Shirleen Wangari is a Kenyan filmmaker, actress, writer, producer with a passion for telling African stories through collaborations. She started acting in high school where she won her first best actress award. She has acted in Various films and on TV series. Q: What do you like most about your job as a producer? A: I like to create, being a producer offers me the opportunity and the possibilities are endless. I think stories shape mindsets, when we look at the Americans we have watched so many Navy Seal films and series we actually believe a team of six can deal a whole army, it’s great storytelling. As a producer, I have the opportunity to create great sagas from Africa and change the world’s perception of us. Q: What do you consider your artistic process when it comes to making a film A: Being a writer I have so many concepts and a few written scripts, that’s where it all starts. I prefer working on things close to my heart, filmmaking can get rough and when tears well up your eyes it helps if you can remember why you started a particular project. Next I find a team. Kenya has some great people and some from outside the country, and we get creating, I like to trust that the people on my team know what the are doing because there are several aspects of filmmaking that I am not very familiar with, especially the technical. “What lens is that? What does it do? Oh”. The process ends when the audience watches our product. Q: Why did you start making films? A: I started out purely as an actress then evolved. I saw the opportunity to be a doctor, a pilot, a jewel thief, an assassin, a nun…. Who wouldn’t want such fun? Q: What are you currently watching? A: Mmmh, Good girls. Yeah, I’m late to the Manny Montana party Q: Any advice to those starting out in the film A: This is the right time to join filmmaking, there’s too much room for improvement, too many untold African stories. This is the time. EDITOR’S CHOICE Tucked in a small shed, Safari’s solitude gets interrupted by the neighboring kid Kiki.Bothered by Safari’s lock up, Kiki chatters on about her exploring adventures of animals she has seen. This drives Safari to expresse his lifelong desire to see Jumbo, his favorite elephant. Kiki convinces Safari to go travel the Kenyan country. Soon Safari learns that Jumbo died at the hands of poachers and his former househelp, Chege, was involved in the poaching syndicate… WATCH TRAILER HERE Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn About Post Author Rahab Kimani [email protected] Happy 0 0 % Sad 0 0 % Excited 0 0 % Sleepy 0 0 % Angry 0 0 % Surprise 0 0 % Related Post navigation 🔉🔉Last Call!!!🔉🔉 for the Moving Pictures Incubator Program? The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos.