Best African Short Film To be Screened At Lola Festival At Goethe.

The recently concluded Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards were full of pomp and colour as we reported here. More to that, two Kenyan shows XYZ and Lies That Bind emerged winners, and were widely celebrated. Read about XYZ here.

There seems to be one Kenyan entrant however, that has not been accorded the accolades and respect due. Yellow fever by Ng’endo Mukii was voted Best Short Film in Africa.

According to Lola screen festival, Ng’endo Mukii, shall be gracing the 64th monthly Lola Kenya Screen film forum on March 25, 2013 at 6.00PM. Besides the award-winning Yellow Fever, several of her other shorts shall be screened and discussed at Goethe-Institute.
Lola Kenya Screen Festival, is a specialised film screening, discussion and networking forum for practitioners in the eastern Africa audiovisual media sector. It is aimed at critiquing, encouraging and exploring ways of integrating film production in Kenya and eastern Africa with other socio-cultural and economic sectors in order to come up with a vibrant film industry.
LKSff is often one of the first places where new films can be seen and new talent spotted.

Ng’endo’s bio from thenge.com reads like poetry.

“On the ides of March, a creature with a fiery afro was born. Small in stature and withdrawn in nature, she led a reclusive life on the highlands of Kenya,overlooking the Savannah seas. Receiving her prymary education under the instruction of Catholic nuns, she left her home to experience the century’s super power. She later passed many moons, prancing in the queen’s country, nibbling on crumpets and seraching through. Today she can be found armed with a pressure sensitive stylus, and a macro lens. She spends her time between Nairobi and Tsavo, animating little children,photographing dung beetles and running away from scorpions.”

I think I’m in love. Please watch her here.