Inaugural Kwetu festival brings together animation filmmakers
Tuesday April 13 2021
A poster of one of the films entered in the inaugural Kwetu International Animation Film Festival (KIAFF). PHOTO | COURTESY
Summary
According to the organisers, in future editions, the festival will become a place of intercultural exchange and a platform for the critical animated cinematic exploration of social and development issues.
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Kenyan Stanslaus Manthi is among film directors who scooped awards at the inaugural Kwetu International Animation Film Festival (KIAFF).
The festival that was screened online via KIAFF partner, NuellaTV, between April 2 and 3, attracted 50 animations of high quality works from around the world, which included features and TV commercials, and made in Africa films made by African animators in Africa.
Kenyan animators win big at Kwetu film fete KEVIN ROTICH Easter weekend was a time for binging on online animated films that were shown for free during the Kwetu International Animation Film Festival (KIAFF). For two days straight, April 2-3, the public had a chance to watch dozens of animated films, many of which were focused on Africa-related topics by African animators. Featuring everything from full-length feature animations and children’s cartoons to TV commercials, film shorts, and original films by African animators, the theme of the festival was ‘Between Art and Reality’. Launched late last year by Tanzanian filmmaker Daniel Nyalusi, former CEO and manager of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), the inaugural festival ran from April 1 through 3 with 48 hours-worth of nonstop animated films being shown to viewers watching from all over the world. “We screened 50 animated films out of the more than 1,660 submitted,” says Festival manage
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