Filming Wild

Category: associations, background information, film showings, filming news | Date: Aug 28 2008 | By: filmingwild

First of all, apologies for the lack of blog entires these past few weeks: I’ve got so much on my plate at the moment, and blogging sadly just doesn’t seem to make it to the top of the list very often!

Nonetheless, there has been a lot of positive talk about AEFF on the net recently, which goes to show that more and more people are hearing about our educational film work and are interested in becoming involved with and supporting AEFF’s mission. Here are a few tasters of what is being said:

The Mara Conservancy has been reporting on screenings of AEFF’s film, Natural Security in the Dupoto Forest, where elders from the community who saw the film requested for it to be replayed so that they could round up all the children and other community members to watch it, a clear indication of the importance they attached to the messages conveyed in the film. You can read more about it and see photos of the outdoor film showing here:

READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE

You can watch a video of AEFF’s Simon Trevor filming scenes of a dead lion in a poachers’ camp and interviewing the rangers who caught the perpetrators in the Mara here:

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE VIDEO

I have also been busy with interview requests these past few weeks. Here I am on Babelgum TV, discussing the importance of film as an educational tool for conservation:

READ TANYA’S FULL INTERVIEW HERE

Safaritalk is a vibrant online forum for lovers of Africa and her wildlife. I recently conducted an interactive interview with members of this forum, resulting in a wide-ranging discussion covering a wide spectrum of African conservation and travel issues. Read the full interview here:

CLICK HERE TO SEE TANYA’S FULL SAFARITALK INTERVIEW

More publicity for AEFF was gained from my interview with ExpatWomen, which you can read here:

READ TANYA’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH EXPAT WOMEN HERE

Thanks to Matt Wilkinson, founder of Safaritalk, who kindly put in the time to create our profile, AEFF is now on Facebook - please come and join our network:

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Category: associations | Date: Mar 28 2008 | By: admin

AEFF has become a member of the Kenya Film and Television Professionals Association, which represents all aspects of the film industry here in Kenya. The Association allows film professionals in this country to speak with one voice and thereby leverage more influence when proposing measures and legislation which could boost the local film industry while also helping to attract international film companies to Kenya.

The power of film cannot be overstated, not only to educate but to put places “on the map”, thereby attracting tourism revenue and highlighting issues of importance like conservation.  The recent reinvigoration of this Association is a good sign of the film industry in this country banding together to drive positive change.

The Association also provides an excellent networking facility for the film industry, and as AEFF expands, we may well recruit our future film makers from amongst the membership. We also hope to be able to help the Association through contributing to discussions and ideas, and sharing our experience with others.

The Association website is currently being revamped, but in the meantime, they have an active Yahoo eGroup called KFTPA2006.

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