Date: Saturday 31st August 2013
Venue: Tamambo Karen Blixen
Time: from 4pm to 7pm
After party from 7 pm until late
Film Aid Festival 2013, Aug. 21-23 2013 @ Alliance Française Auditorium
Film Aid Festival aims to promote the work of creative filmmakers from FilmAid’s film training programs in the Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee camps.
This program provides film making skills to eager youth who learn to write, shoot, direct and edit their own films, allowing them to tell their stories in their own voices, through their own artistic expression.
Dates: August 21-23, 2013
Venue: Alliance Francaise Auditorium
Entry: Free
The festival will showcase these films along with award-winning international documentaries and dramas, all of which relate to this year’s festival theme: The Right to Tell Our Stories.
Accompanying the films, there will be two discussion panels allowing the audience to engage and converse with experts on refugee issues. The topics to be discussed are as follows:
Thursday 22nd Panel: Media, Rights & Displaced Persons
Friday 23rd Panel: Xenophobia, Racism & Tribalism
Programme of Films
Beasts of the Southern Wild
21st August @ 2pm & 22nd August @ 5.30pm (With discussion panel)
Hushpuppy, a tenacious six years old, lives in an isolated bayou community. When her father succumbs to a mysterious malady, she sets out in a journey to save him.
Nickel City Smiler
21st August @ 5.30pm & 23rd August @ 2pm
Nickel City Smiler chronicle a refugee’s fight for survival and hope in the American rustbelt.
Finding Hillywood
22nd August @ 2pm & 23rd August @ 5.30pm (With discussion panel)
‘Finding Hillywood’ is a unique film about the very beginning of Rwanda’s Film industry
On the closing day, there will be an award ceremony for the best filmmakers from different categories.
Out of Town: Rift Valley Festival, Aug. 30-Sept. 1 2013 @ Fisherman’s Camp – Lake Naivasha
Rift Valley Festival has joined hands with Blankets & Wine to bring you a 3 day international music festival at Fisherman’s Camp on the shores of Lake Naivasha.
Dates: August 30-September 1, 2013
Venue: Fisherman’s Camp, Lake Naivasha
Tickets: Day tickets Kshs 2000, Weekend Tickets Kshs 4000
Acts: Just a Band, Mukoomba, Eric Wainaina, Racubah, Sou Sou & Maher, MC Matre, Paleface, Dela. Maia Von Lekow, Winyo, Barney Barrow, Foozak, The Dons Sofrito, Quantic, Dj Kuzi, Mr Sean, Yam Yam, Electrique Dj’s and the Beat Parade Band, Ska-Face, Owiny Sigoma Band, DJ Andre, DJK
Fisherman’s camp will have camping space available at 500/- per night on a first come first served basis from Friday morning – Aug. 31 2013.
Fish Eagle and Carnelleys directly next door are other recommended spaces for accommodation.
‘Out of Town’: Jahazi Literary & Jazz Festival, Aug. 30-Sept. 1 2013 @ Stone Town – Zanzibar
Dates: August 30-September 1, 2013
Venue: Stone Town, Lake Naivasha
Non-Resident Tickets [In Tanzanian Shillings*]: Festival 50K, Literary 15K & Jazz 20K
* 1 KSh is approximately 20 Tanzanian Shillings
Website: http://www.jahazifestival.com/
Acts: Eme Alfonso – CUBA, Sofi Hellborg – SWEDEN, Simon Spang-Hanssen & Rainbow Spirit – DENMARK and Yazz Latin Explosion – DENMARK.
Jahazi Literary & Jazz Festival: Inspiring Learning through Literature & Music
Out of Town: Bustani Arts Festival, Aug. 25 2013 @ Bustani Cottages & Gallery of Arts – Bungoma
Date: August 25, 2013
Venue: Bustani Cottages and Gallery of Arts in Bungoma
Time: from 1:30 onwards
Entry is free!
Lined up: Live music plus local painters, potters, bead work, fashion design and more! They will also be serving up nyama choma and drinks.
Out of Town: Closing Gala of Film Aid Film Festival 2013 ft Octopizzo, Aug. 17 2013 @ Kakuma Refugee Camp
Date: August 17, 2013
Venue: Clinic Four Basketball Court, Kakuma Refugee Camp
Entry: Free
Out of Town: Film Aid 7th Film Festival 2013 – The Right to Tell Our Stories, Aug. 12-16 2013 @ Kakuma & Dadaab
Dates: August 12-16, 2013
Venue: Kakuma & Dadaab
Theme of the Festival: The Right to Tell Our Stories
Programme
Celebrating Kenya @ 50 years: Art Exhibition by Edward Njenga & Leonard Kateete, Until Dec. 31 2013 @ National Museum
Opening: July 30, 2013
Venue: National Museum
Time: 5 pm
Guest of Honour: Hon. Dr Hassan Wario, Cabinet Secretary, Sports Culture & the Arts
Exhibition Dates: Until December 31, 2013
Showcasing: Edward Njenga A Son’s Dedication (1962 – 2013 ceramics) and Leonard Kateete Humanity through My Eyes portraits of the traditional African Family
Celebrating Kenya @50 with art
‘A son’s Dedication’ by 91 year old Kenyan ceramist Edward Njenga is an outstanding display of miniature human forms depicting events in Kenya’s history from 1962 to current. Njenga’s ceramics are modelled around the themes of history, health, education, family and relationships, religion, recreation, sports, sustenance, communication, technology and everything human.
The focus on Ugandan artist Leonard Kateete is his almost life-size oil paintings of African communities, commissioned and owned by Nation Media Group and loaned to the Nairobi National Museum for exhibition.
Art has no boundaries; Kateete who resides in Nairobi is responsible for several magnificent murals and sculpture installations in Kenya. An original print of Tears of Freedom (1990); an expressive portrait of Nelson Mandela in oils that is a collection on display at the Mandela Museum SA, will also be on show. Humanity through My Eyes is no doubt a magnificent contribution to the preservation and presentation of the physical history of the African people through art.
The two artists will exhibit in the Cultural Dynamism Gallery and the Ecology Gallery respectively for 6 months.
The Nairobi National Museum is home to some of the most celebrated heritage collections of Kenya and the East African region.
These two exhibitions aim to serve as a major attraction and a useful source of information on Kenya’s history, art and culture.