Lola Kenya Screen, or Lola Kenya Children's Screen is an audio-visual media festival and learning-by-doing mentorship for children and youth in eastern Africa. It encompasses film production, film criticism, cultural journalism, media literacy, marketing, and event planning and organisation. Origins Lola Kenya Screen was established in October 2005 by arts and culture practitioner Ogova Ondego, who has been its Managing Trustee and Creative Director since then. The name Lola Kenya Screen is Bantu and means "see or watch films in Kenya". Lola Kenya Screen aims to seek, identify, nurture and promote creative talent among children and youth through hands-on skills development programmes in areas such as journalism, film-making, arts appreciation, and organisation and presentation of cultural and creative events. Objectives The Memorandum and Articles of Association of Lola Kenya Screen are in Chapter 486 of the Laws of Kenya, under which Lola Kenya Screen is incorporated. Its main objectives are: To make the means of film production accessible to emerging talents; To build an audience for African films by encouraging culturally relevant, audience-sensitive films in local languages, cultures and reality; To promote film skills and develop talent in Kenya; To produce at least six films each year from film production workshops; To collaborate with national and international partners in the training of young talents who wish to further their expertise in screenplay writing, cinematography, art department, sound, acting, directing, and producing. Programmes Skills Development During the festival, children and youth serve on the film selection committee, programme preparation and presentation (Master of Ceremonies, MC), film jury, festival press (cultural journalism), and in the film-making workshop, which produces at least five short films for children and youth. The Festival Press programme aims to raise the standards of creative and cultural journalism in eastern Africa. The Production Workshop seeks to equip children and youth with the skills to make films. The Programme Organisation and Presentation (MC) programme mentors participants in the organisation and presentation of events and programmes. The Film Jury enables participants to develop critical appreciation of creative work in general and film in particular. The jury members, all of whom are children and youth, watch films and assign awards. The Media Literacy programme develops understanding of the opportunities and dangers inherent in modern mass media and how to avoid problems by informed participation. Since August 2006, when Lola Kenya Screen opened her doors to the first group of participants, some