 A very good morning and welcome to SPM Bars. My good name is Ms. Kithingi. Right about now I am hanging out with the CEO of a Kenya Film Commission, Mr. Timothi Owase. How are you sir? How are you doing? I'm very well and feeling good about this day. Very good to hear. Now you have invited us today here to let us know that this year's Kalasha Edition is happening. But you guys are doing it differently. Tell us about that. Kalasha Awards, Kalasha Market and Kalasha Festival. Basically this is a brand that Kenya Film Commission has engineered. And this time around we are hosting three events in one. Unlike previously when we had Kalasha being hosted on a day, this time we are hosting the Kalasha International Film and TV Market Festival and the awards. And this will be taking place from the 27th of March to 30th. So the first day that is 27th, 28th and 29th will have the market and the festival. On 30th will host the Kalasha Awards at KICC. All right, great. Now you mentioned that the intention is to go international and communication and the talks are ongoing with the South African counterparts. And you've mentioned you're going to be informing the producers and the filmmakers on the way forward. When are we really expecting this communication from your team? Thank you very much. As you may be aware, the Kenya government through our cabinet secretary, Honrabababuna Mambo signed an agreement with his counterpart from South Africa on the audiovisual co-production agreement. This agreement is the one that we are currently pursuing to see to it that it is fully implemented. And to implement this agreement, it requires that our local producers are able to work with the counterparts in South Africa. So Kenya Film Commission has invited South Africa through the equivalent of Kenya Film Commission in South Africa, that is NFVF, and they'll be coming as a delegation to Kenya to engage with Kenyan producers during the Kalasha market. Yes, yes, yes. And again, of course, we are also looking at creating opportunities for more co-production because the more we open co-production opportunities, we open the market, we expand the scope of Kenyan content to be consumed by other markets like South Africa and North Africa and so on and so forth. When we do this, we create more wealth, we create more jobs, and when we create more jobs, we grow our economy. Yes, yes, yes. Now, Mr. Wase talking about growing the economy as a digital media journalist, I would like to know what is the position that you've put the digital media filmmakers, whereby some of the filmmakers have not been able to give out their work to the mainstream media or hasn't qualified for the screening? What is their position bearing in mind? You know, this year, they did not have that particular segment to submit their work. What is the way forward? Thank you very much. You may have heard when I spoke, I talked about upscaling and recognizing bloggers as key stakeholders in the film industry. Going into the future, I'm engaging an association that I believe you have formed so that we are able to mainstream digital media content creators to be part of KALASHA. And again, I can assure you next year we'll have a category for digital content creators. Yes. All right, that's good to hear because we believe that the direction of evolution, especially in filmmaking, is going that direction. Thank you so much. Timothy or Wase for speaking to us and we can't wait to see what this year's KALASHA awards. Let's tell more stories. Our authentic stories, because through storytelling, we create opportunities for everyone. We are able to understand one another and we are also able to connect with other people. Through storytelling, we bring the world to Kenya and Kenya to the world. So let's do it together as Kenyans. All right. Yes. Very well. Now, Mr. Timothy or Wase mentioned that 20% is for the people's choice to vote, for the public to vote for their favorite. 20% and 80% by the jury. Yes. Okay. Now, we are definitely going to be looking forward to be voting for our favorite people in the film and TV industry. Thank you so much for talking to us. Thank you. I really appreciate for your time. All right, guys. That was it from the CEO of a Kenya Film Commission Board, Mr. Timothy or Wase. My good name is Ms. Kitenji. Until next time, thank you for watching.