\u201cTaxi Driver\u201d and \u201cWolf of Wall Street\u201d director, Martin Scorsese, has been named Jury President of the African Short Film Competition, scheduled to take place from July 31 to August 1 as part of the Diani Film Festival.<\/p>\n
Mr Scorsese, who has shaped global cinema for five decades, will make a virtual address at the Alliance Francaise in Mombasa on August 1 during the African Short Film Competition award ceremony, according to organisers.<\/p>\n
The African Short Film category is expected to feature both established and emerging directors, all vying for the opportunity to showcase their work on local and international platforms.<\/p>\n
Media personality Adelle Onyango is among the filmmakers shortlisted in the category for her work on \u201cHome.\u201d<\/a> Reacting to the news that Scorsese would be the category\u2019s Jury President, she said: \u201cThis is so exciting! So honoured that \u2018Home\u2019 is a nominee!\u201d.<\/p>\n Nyali Cinemax will screen the 11 African short films in competition for the two top prizes, Best Film and Best Kenyan Film, on July 31, starting at 4 pm, ahead of the award ceremony.<\/p>\n The larger festival will take place from July 24 to August 3 and will feature a number of events across Mombasa and Nairobi. The second edition of the festival is meant to celebrate cinema and African culture.<\/p>\n The opening night will take place on Friday, July 24, at the Safari Beach and will include an official launch address made by the Kenya Film Commission CEO Timothy Owase.<\/p>\n The post Martin Scorsese to judge African Short Film Competition at the Diani Film Festival<\/a> appeared first on KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cTaxi Driver\u201d and \u201cWolf of Wall Street\u201d director, Martin Scorsese, has been named Jury President of the African Short Film Competition, scheduled to take place from July 31 to August 1 as part of the Diani Film Festival. Mr Scorsese, who has shaped global cinema for five decades, will make a virtual address at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}