About the Project
Synopsis
The Freetown Media Centre’s mission is to promote freedom of expression through the development of the creative industries in Sierra Leone, using community engagement, education, and capacity-building programs. The vision of the Freetown Media Centre is to contribute to the advancement of creative arts and digital media in Sierra Leone and the world at large and to continue to lead in the promotion of storytelling and self-expression.
Idriss Kpange Filmmaker Fellowship
The WeOwnTV Idriss Kpange Filmmaker Fellowship is a film fund and professional development program supporting the production of independent documentaries directed by Sierra Leonean filmmakers. The program will provide filmmakers with funding for their projects, creative labs, one-on-one mentoring, and professional development workshops.
Idriss was one of Sierra Leone's leading filmmakers and worked as a video journalist for Reuters, as well as for local networks. Idriss loved training young filmmakers and co-founded the Opin Yu Yi Human Rights Film Festival in 2012. He was dismayed that there was no professional filmmaking school in Sierra Leone & wanted to share his passion and knowledge. Tragically Idriss died on 15 February 2022 at 43 years old. WeOwnTV is proud to continue his legacy through this fellowship program.
Impact Producers Training
Freetown Media Centre is promoting the idea of impact production amongst its upcoming female documentary filmmakers. The project started in 2021 with five interested filmmakers who had successfully completed the Freetown Film Lab supported by the British Council. As a young industry Impact Producing is a new idea that promoted the search for creatives with interstate in that line of the documentary filmmaking spectrum.
The Training is an in-house ten days workshop followed by three sessions of practical work with an existing project. This year's trainees will work on the impact production of the New Boat and Sister Hood, both Produced by FMC mentors.