Staff Reporter
THE Namibia Film Commission is hosting the Kino Namibia workshop at the MICT Zambezi Regional Office ahead of the Kino Namibia Film Festival scheduled for 6 June, bringing together around 45 aspiring filmmakers for hands-on training in storytelling, scriptwriting and film production, with the aim of strengthening local creative capacity and promoting Namibian stories.
According to Media Officer Rebecca Malakia, the Kino programme is a film production training initiative designed to equip emerging filmmakers with practical skills across the filmmaking process while creating opportunities for them to showcase authentic local narratives.
The three-day workshop has attracted participants from across the Zambezi Region, who are currently undergoing intensive training before moving into a production phase in which they will create short films inspired by stories from their own communities.
Photos: MICT Zambezi Regional Office
Malakia said participants will be organised into three production teams, each tasked with producing a short film during the workshop. She added that the initiative is intended to expose young creatives to both the artistic and commercial aspects of filmmaking.
Head trainer Victoria Sanyume said participants have shown strong enthusiasm and are quickly adapting to the filmmaking process, despite many of them being first-time filmmakers.
Sanyume is a creative writer with experience in the advertising, film and theatre industries. She has worked on numerous award-nominated and award-winning local productions and was part of the Namibian screenwriting team for Breaking Borders, a SADC female filmmakers’ collaborative project.
The workshop will conclude with a public screening, where the completed short films will be showcased to the community at the Zambezi Regional Council auditorium.
