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Slum Film Festival (SFF) 2012

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The Slum Film Festival (SFF) is an innovative community-based film event, featuring stories from, by, and about people living in urban slums everywhere. This edition of the festival will also incorporates film training workshops and art classes. The Festival focuses on films made by and about the slums. This imitative does not seek to legitimize the existence of these informal human settlements but aims to change people's perspectives towards these spaces and show that they are home to talented, creative and culturally active actors. This 2nd edition will be running from 6th to 13th August with evening screenings in Kibera and Mathare. This year's Festival has been expanded to include productions from other East African countries.

English

Slum Film Festival is the first ever film platform-featuring stories from slums, about slum realities and made by filmmakers from the slums in Africa – and beyond.  It is a celebration of the creativity of filmmakers living and working in slums.  It is also an opportunity to show a range of films within slum communities who have limited or no access to cinema.

 

The first pilot edition of the festival was celebrated with success in August 2011.   This program has now been extended and expanded in subsequent 4 editions between 2012 and 2014.  The festival has reached out for submissions from across Africa and indeed the world.  It has gathered audiences from thousands of slum dwellers and urban culture enthusiasts.

 

There are numerous international film festivals around the world, but the Slum Film Festival is exceptional in its mission to be celebrated within slums, and its dedication to sharing slum stories. More than just a festival, it is aiming to become an international film platform for young independent voices, and upcoming and established filmmakers from across the world.

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