KENYA NATIONAL DRAMA AND FILM FESTIVAL 2024 UPDATES
1. Theme
“Unlocking opportunities for socio-economic transformation through drama and film”
2. Dates
a. National Festival
Reporting: 9th April
Action: 10th – 17th April
State concert: 18th April
Venue: University of Embu/Kangaru School
b. Regional Festivals
Group 1: Eastern, Coast, Western and Rift Valley
The week of 11th – 17th March
Group 2: Nairobi, Central, Nyanza and North Eastern
The week of 18th – 24th March
c. County Festivals
Group 1:Â Counties should be done by 5th March
Group 2: Counties should be done by 11th March
3. Categories and their Genres
Category A: Early Years Education (pre-primary and lower primary)
a. Pre-primary (PP1 and PP2)
– Singing games
– Solo verse
– Choral verse
b. Lower Primary (Grade 1 – 3)
– Solo verse
– Choral verse
– Film for early years
Category B: Primary schools
– Play
– Cultural creative dance
– Modern creative dance
– Solo verse
– Choral verse
– Narrative
– Solo dance
– Film
– Special Needs Education (SNE) items for special needs institutions which include: Play in KSL, Dance for MH, PH, HI and VI
Category C: Secondary Schools
– Play
– Play in French
– Play in KSL for SNE institutions
– Cultural creative dance
– Modern creative dance
– Solo verse
– Solo verse in French
– Choral verse
– Choral verse in French
– Spoken Word
– Narrative
– Film
– Dance for VI, PH and HI
– Stand-up comedy
– Solo dance
– Mime
Category D: Colleges (TTCs, TTIs and VTCs)
– Play
– Cultural creative dance
– Modern creative dance
– Solo verse
– Choral verse
– Spoken word
– Narrative
– Film
– Play in KSL
– Dance (SNE)
– Stand-up comedy
– Solo dance
– Mime
Category E: Universities
– Play
– Cultural creative dance
– Modern creative dance
– Solo verse
– Choral verse
– Spoken word
– Narrative
– Film
– Mime
– Stand-up comedy
– Solo dance
Category F: Junior Secondary
– Modern dance
– Solo verse
– Choral verse
– Solo verse in French
– Spoken word
– Narrative
– Stand-up comedy
– Solo dance
NB:
a. The film genres are done by all levels (apart from pre-primary) and include: short film, screen dance, screen narrative, screen verse, documentary and advert.
b. There are a raft of changes in cast and time in the different genres in the different categories. For this and more information acquire the 2024 rule book which will be available during the Regional workshop. Each book goes for 400/-
4. Regional workshop
We will have our Regional workshop in the second week of the term.
The tentative dates are 18th – 21st January. Once the dates are confirmed we will officially communicate.
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