Documentaries at KFI

Trained by specialists from IDTV KFI-students have recently made a total of four interesting real documentaries.

Barranco filming for clients

In their third year at KFI (Barranco) students are trained in obtaining assignments and making films for clients. The Dutch arts school HKU has helped KFI to establish Barranco.

Tazama TZ all over Tanzania!

First students filmed in Arusha. Now they film in all parts of Tanzania. To make items for KFI’s first television series: Tazama! tz Thanks to the generous support of the Tanzania Media Fund and Stichting DOEN

First foreign correspondent

Abisae, one of the senior KFI-students, has made several documentaries for Dutch digital television Mambapoint

Matchmaker between youth and clients

KFI has joined Kazi Kool, a matchmaker between creative youth (e.g. KFI-students) and potential clients. Sophie Besnard from Kazi Kool visited KFI to link KFI to Kazi Kool.

Tazama Tanzania: KFI starts producing its first television series!

New film about KFI. click here

Trainer Miriam (right) at work with KFI-students

KFI started the production of its first Television and Radio series: Tazama Tanzania, a cross-media journalistic newsmagazine that gives Tanzanians a platform to tell their stories in an informative and entertaining way. Lucas and Miriam, two Kenyan television journalists from MedevaTV who helped to produce Tazama Kenya, are now training our students to produce Tazama Tanzania! The first 13 episodes of Tazama should be ready by July to be aired on national television in Tanzania. Thanks to the generous support of Tanzania Media Fund

KFI crew makes a film for news agency Reuters!

KFI students with staff and foreign trainers

KFI has started making films for clients. Assignments from Reuters, BBC and others prestigious organizations. This way students get a training on the job and KFI receives some income- which is of course essential for the sustainability of KFI. We already had some assignments from small scale NGO’s and companies in the vicinity of KFI. But also from prestigious international clients like BBC, Reuters and Thomson Safaris. And they were all very enthusiast about the films we made for them. So please, don’t hesitate to contact KFI in case you need a film about your NGO, your company, your development project, your mountain hike, your wedding – or anything else for that matter. We can guarantee you international quality and a competitive prices!

Deloitte Reaching Peaks and other generous supporters of KFI.

The Deloitte team reaches the top!

The accountant firm Deloitte organized a charity walk for KFI last autumn. A team of ten employees and friends of Deloitte climbed the Kilimanjaro all the way to the top. they raised thousands of Euro for KFI. Deloitte reaching peaks, The Dutch development organization Cordaid decided to double their effort and donated also thousands of Euros to KFI. And the Dutch foundation Stichting DOEN agreed to support KFI with a generous donation for this year. Many thanks to Deloitte, Cordaid and DOEN

Student makes it to the top of KFI: Levina becomes assistant Manager

Levina, once a student camera operator. Now she is an assistant Manager!

For the first time a former KFI-student makes it to the top of Kilimanjaro Film Institute! Levina Kinyaiya has shown a great sense of leadership since she was selected to join KFI as a student camera operator nearly 3 years ago. First she made it to headmistress. And now she has been promoted to Assistant Manager of Kilimanjaro Film Institute. Congratulations Levina (levina@kilimanjarofilm.org).
I hope more students will follow her example.

Lingo Swahili Part 2: the famous Dutch Lucille Werner visits KFI

Lucile Werner (right) and her Tanzanian colleague, student Tinah. Abisae, one of the student of KFI, made a small film about Lucile Werner

The Dutch film and television production company IDTV gave its second Lingo training at KFI, in November. This time the famous Dutch television presenter Lucille Werner joined the training, together with Ton, Marie Clair and JP, the beloved Idtv trainer who also participated in the first IDTV training at KFI, last January. Lingo, as we all know by now, is the most popular letter game show on Dutch television, copied in more than 15 other countries. We hope that eventually Lingo can also be aired on Tanzanian television: Lingo Swahili, made by KFI students. Lingo Swahili was aired on Dutch Television on the 23rd of December.

Third successful mission of Dutch arts school students

HKU- student Paco in action at the KFI compound

The Dutch arts school HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrech) successfully finished its third training at KFI late last year. Four HKU students stayed at KFI for three months to train KFI students and to supervise assignments.Two Dutch students from audiovisual faculty (Colinda and Paco), one from media management (Joosje) and one from design (Chantal). We are looking forward hosting another group of students in March-June of this year. Thank you HKU!

Mambapoint : KFI foreign correspondent for Dutch television!

Ronald, Mambapoint trainer with a KFI student, Rogate John.

Three television journalists from the digital Dutch NCRV digital channel Mambapoint trained our students in how to become a foreign correspondent of Mambapoint. It was a real challenge for KFI. But some of the students are now ready to deliver items for Mambapoint. So please subscribe to mambapoint and watch their first films. Thank you Mambapoint!