Lola Kenya Screen

The jury of Lola Kenya Screen 2009 consisted of the following children aged between 7 and 15 years:

1. Wangari Mumbi Kiarie, president
2. Gertrude Awino
3. Vanessa Wanjiku
4. Samantha Wangui
5. Noella Akinyi
6. Danson Mureithi
7. Phoebe Wanjiru

While the jury comprising only children and youth—6-15-years—judges and awards the Lola Kenya Screen Golden Mboni Award for the best children’s film and the Lola Kenya Screen 14-Plus Award for the best youth film, the festival-goers give the Audience’s Choice Award.

Over the past four years, special prizes have been presented by the ArtMatters.Info Critics Guild/Mentorship Programme with the support of ComMattersKenya. However, starting from the 2010 festival (August 9-14, 2010), an academy—the Lola Kenya Screen Academy—will take over  this arduous but important task.

The Creativity Award for the best project at the Lola Kenya Screen Film Production Workshops is usually given by the film workshop facilitators and mentors in conjunction with the festival directorate.


Presented by ComMattersKenya in collaboration with Goethe-Institut, the partners of Lola Kenya Screen 2009 were UNESCO, Africalia, Jan Vrijman Fund/IDFA, ArtMatters.Info, and Cinematic Solutions.