The Kalasha Film & Television Awards will be held in September. The awards that are on their second year are organised by the Kenya Film Commission. The call for entries and submissions of the same has already begun.
The upcoming 2010/2011 Awards have been designed to allow Kenyans to celebrate their cultural diversity, address various social cross-cutting issues, as well as recognize the role of Film within the Creative Economy.
Specifically, the Awards will seek to challenge Local filmmakers towards quality Film production by rewarding Filmmakers and Television producers; celebrating and recognizing excellence in the production of Local Kenyan movies and giving the Film industry the impetus to grow further as one of the emerging industries.
Additionally, the awards will encourage the growth of this industry which has the potential to create employment to our youth, generate income and promote the entertainment industry.
A great project by the Kenya Film Commission, they have done an excellent job with Kalasha.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been even nicer if the category slots were increased from 24 to cater for the fact that this is a joint award ceremony TV and Film; a Oscars-cum-Emmys of sorts