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The Student Film category features short dramas and documentaries produced by students in FilmAid's year-long, Media Entrepreneurship Training courses in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps. The short films were produced by diverse teams of young refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Sudan, Uganda and northwest Kenya. Many of the young filmmakers have spent most of their lives in the refugee camps. The Festival is thrilled to be able to provide these talented youth with a platform to have their voices heard.
South Sudanese artist Mercy Akuot uses her music to tell stories from her own life and to make demands for a better life for women and girls. As a survivor of forced marriage when she was only 15 years old, Mercy first told her story publicly at TEDx Kakuma Camp in 2018. Since then Mercy has recorded an album with two other talented young women in the camp. The album is called Bado Mapema (It’s Still Early). On the title track each of the women tell their own story of forced marriage before coming together in harmony on the chorus to lament and demand that, it’s too soon. Mercy also works as a social worker in Kakuma Refugee Camp where she counsels families and helps young girls escape marriage and stay in school.
- Year2020
- Runtime8:40
- CountryKenya
- DirectorAkok Madit
- ScreenwriterElizabeth Achol
- Co-ProducerElizabeth Achol Maker
- CinematographerEmmanuel Khamis, Kach Wang
- EditorOheny James, Morisho Ndambwe
Support emerging filmmakers and FilmAid by making a donation to FAFF 2020.
The Student Film category features short dramas and documentaries produced by students in FilmAid's year-long, Media Entrepreneurship Training courses in Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps. The short films were produced by diverse teams of young refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Sudan, Uganda and northwest Kenya. Many of the young filmmakers have spent most of their lives in the refugee camps. The Festival is thrilled to be able to provide these talented youth with a platform to have their voices heard.
South Sudanese artist Mercy Akuot uses her music to tell stories from her own life and to make demands for a better life for women and girls. As a survivor of forced marriage when she was only 15 years old, Mercy first told her story publicly at TEDx Kakuma Camp in 2018. Since then Mercy has recorded an album with two other talented young women in the camp. The album is called Bado Mapema (It’s Still Early). On the title track each of the women tell their own story of forced marriage before coming together in harmony on the chorus to lament and demand that, it’s too soon. Mercy also works as a social worker in Kakuma Refugee Camp where she counsels families and helps young girls escape marriage and stay in school.
- Year2020
- Runtime8:40
- CountryKenya
- DirectorAkok Madit
- ScreenwriterElizabeth Achol
- Co-ProducerElizabeth Achol Maker
- CinematographerEmmanuel Khamis, Kach Wang
- EditorOheny James, Morisho Ndambwe