Work / Learning programmes

From first idea to a film on the big screen.

A film and animation programme for a cohort of Nairobi creatives, commissioned by the Embassy of France in Kenya and delivered through Alliance Française Nairobi.

Watch the films

Commissioned byEmbassy of France in Kenya

My roleProgramme lead and lead facilitator

Output12 films, concept to screen in 10 days

Delivered withAlliance Française Nairobi

Hi, I'm Shaddie.

I designed and led this programme for the Embassy of France in Kenya. I've spent 11 years teaching and 15+ years making films and animation, so the course ran like a production.

More about me

Programme lead and lead facilitator

12 films in 10 days

11 years in the classroom

If you run creative programmes, this is for you.

Cultural institutes, embassies, foundations and training providers who want a programme that ends in real work, not just attendance.

Cultural institutes and embassies

A programme that fits your mandate and gives you something to show your partners.

Foundations that fund talent

Participants who finish with work they can present and defend.

Schools and training providers

A curriculum built around making, with honest feedback at every step.

What the cohort needed

Participants arrived with craft but without a structured way to bring new tools into it. The risk was a programme that taught buttons and left nobody able to make a film.

So the film became the unit of learning. Every session served a film each participant was actually making, and the programme ended in a public screening.