02/12/2023
*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* 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/-
C.Tentative date for the Nyanza regional workshop is 17th_24th January pending confirmation by the RDE.