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Er bestaan al verschillende projecten rond filmeducatie. Maar die zijn allemaal vooral gericht op scholen, waardoor een film kijken eerder een verplichting wordt voor de studenten en de leeftijdscategorie beperkt wordt. Of ze zijn gericht op jonge kinderen.

Voorbeelden van zo een projecten is bijvoorbeels het filmeducatie pakket van MOOOV in Turnhout. Zij maken een filmselectie en dan kunnen scholen een voorstelling boeken. Ze maken daar dan ook uitgebreid lesmateriaal bij.

Ook JEF is een organisatie die zich inzet in dit thema. Zij proberen de blik te verruimen van kinderen doormiddel van films. Bij JEF hebben ze dus ook een eigen selectie aan kinderfilms.

De Cinema (vroeger Cinema Zuid) heeft ook een aanbod voor scholen. Daar kunnen leerlingen en leerkrachten ook kiezen uit een breed aanbod. Ook uit het aanbod van MOOOV en JEF.

Ook in Nederland zet Cinekid zich in voor filmeducatie. Ze hebben verschillende activiteiten in verband met film in scholen. Wat ik een interessant gegeven vind is hun Cinekid Top 100. Zij hebben een top 100 gemaakt met films die je als kind zeker gezien moet hebben.

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The festivals are coming! Yes, in the summer there will be tons of rock- and dance festivals in Belgium. But first there are some film festivals. MOOOV Filmfestival and Docville documentary festival are showing some great new movies. I checked some trailers to see what to expect. Here are some tips!

1: THOSE WHO FEEL THE FIRE BURNING

This film was the surprise of the IDFA filmfestival in Rotterdam. It’s a poetic documentary about refugees and illegal immigrants in south-Europe. Dutch director Morgan Knibbe want you to experience what the refugees experience. It’s a thin line between fiction and non-fiction. You can see the “The who feel the fure burning” on April 24 on the MOOOV filmfestival in Brugge. Check out the trailer here: 

2: ABOVE AND BELOW

Above and Below shows the life of people living a life hidden from our eyes. Literally under the ground of Las Vegas, in an old tunnels. In the Californian dessert or choosing for a life on Mars.  This film looks like a beautiful portrait of people living in apocalyptic conditions. You can see the film Sunday May 3 in Cinema ZED in Leuven on the Docville Festival.

3: PIXADORES

Street artists in São Paulo in Brazil developed their own graffiti style called pixaçao. It’s a kind of tagging in cryptic letters on high and inaccessible places. They reach the places by free climbing, a incredibly dangerous way of life.  In this film four young and poor Brazilian pixaçao artists are invited to the Biënnale of Berlin. But it looks like their visit to Berlin leaves some unexpected marks in the city. It’s shot in beautiful black and white . You can see the film On Wednesday may 6 or Saturday May 9 on the Docville festival in Leuven.

Check out more films on http://www.docville.be and http://www.mooov.be/ and see you on the festivals!

Photo: Pamela Biénzobas / Text: Dana Linssen

Friend Deborah Henry has set-up this wonderful education hub for refugee kids in Malaysia called Fugee School. Cool right? Education is power. So when she asked me if I could I help her create some art with her kids for her fundraiser auction, I was more than willing. If my art can help....than so be it! #ARTFORLIFE

We did 3 paintings one Sunday afternoon. That's pretty fast considering the kids were only exposed to watercolors before this. I painted in the outline of the designs to start (I made them very simple) and they then were free to paint them in whatever color or pattern they wanted.

The kids worked in groups to paint in the designs

The boys decided to paint the 'Yellow hibiscus' design. They had no issues painting a feminin subject.

That's Deborah doing her bit for the 'Tree of hope'. I basically did a quick painting of a tree and told the girls to paint in patterns in the background. 

They were really proud of their paintings at the end of the session. This one's called 'Colors of Somalia'. Its based on the colors from pieces of Somali fabric.

I later then added a few things to finish up the painting for the auction. I retained all their colors and patterns and simply enhanced it by darkening the lines and filled "bits".

From left: 'Colors of Somalia' painted by Mohamed, Maymuna, Abdala & Fatima.

'The Tree of Hope' painted by Maryam, Yasmine and Amal (Amal did most of the pattern design work)

'Yellow Hibiscus' painted by Hassan and Muctar

Beautiful Deborah giving her opening speech at the 'Send me to school' auction held last Wednesday evening. (Thanks Joseph Teoh for the photo I have stolen LOL)

I'm explaining to the crowd the ideas behind the patterns designed by the kids. The auction went well, all paintings were sold in the end!

Thanks Deborah for inviting me and THANK you to the kids who volunteered to paint. Here's to a new life for you all.

2012 is fast becoming a year full of creative collaborations. Was invited by Nike to paint on their Cortez sneakers recently in celebration of its 40th Anniversary (Nike Cortez 40/40 KL). I'll let blogger @amischaheera (very cool chica lemme just say!) tell you about it here ! It's also my first official painting gig in my new studio (post about that will come once all is together in the Nini's Art Studio department). Anyhoo, amidst unpacking & setting up the studio AND my day job, I had to work on these sneakers, not that I'm complaining as I was curious to see what my painting would look like on shoes. The brief was fun anyways "Just do whatever you feel like", which made it easier for me to find some time to get it done! I did it in 3 sessions in total. Below are some pics I took while painting.

Above: The initial sketch. Orchids was my subject. Just because I felt like painting some flowers (big surprise! LOL)

Session 1: The black and white Cortez turned white as soon as it was delivered to me. Painted (acrylics) the base white to help me visualize my design. It was at this point I thought "Dammit, this is not going to be easyyyyy" as the surface was not flat like my canvas! I also discovered that sneaker aritsts usually prep the surface before painting by rubing some alcohol over the sneakers. This helps paints to stick better and last longer. Good thing this is for display only!

session 2: Introducing gold & yellow into the palette. Layers are required to bring out the gold.

Session 3: All four sides are different.......painted in the lines, more layering, some dripping and straw blowing! Messaged this to a sneaker head who said "Dope, but you gotta make the swoosh pop, its important to the Cortez design". Notedddd.

Later that night/morning, painted in the white swoosh but made it transparent.

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Packed up for Nike!

Once again THANK YOU to Nike Malaysia and the team at MilkPR for inviting me for this wonderful profect. Happy to be a part of this global celebration!

Love,

Nini

#ARTFORLIFE

Last month I had the honor of creating a mural for my company, Primeworks Studios. My CEO, Ahmad Izham Omar, who after finding out I actually paint recently, asked if I would do a mural for the office as part of a community exercise and to add more color to the office. I said yes with no hesitation.You don't even know how excited I was about this particular "commission". I dare say, not many people get the chance to paint at work (especially when its not an art set-up). It was momentous to see my art mergewith my day job in a big way.....CRAZY how things work out.

The brief was color - JUST MY THING! So I came up with Primeworks Studio's 'Infinite Flow'. Its basically our logo twisted into a figure 8 (infinity) - vibrant and continuos. It took us 2 days to do. The first day involved everyone painting and the second day was mostly of me doing up the outline.

Again, I can't tell you enough how blessed I feel to do this piece. I think our company stepped it up two-fold in the talent appreciation department. I also discovered some painting soul mates in the process. Loveeee. Nice one Primeworks & thanks to everyone who walked by to shout words of love and paint a patch or two. :)

Art unites, art creates good vibes, art inspires. #ARTFORLIFE