Studio takes short films to  children’s homes Invisions Studios team with Lisa Chiriseri and some of the children at Mess Foundation after watching the short films
Invisions Studios team with Lisa Chiriseri and some of the children at Mess Foundation after watching the short films

Invisions Studios team with Lisa Chiriseri and some of the children at Mess Foundation after watching the short films

Sophia Chese Arts Correspondent
A short film production company, Invision Studios, has gone a step further in its quest to educate young people through short films by taking some of their films to children’s homes.

Last Saturday, the organisation in conjunction with Lisa Chiriseri of an education foundation, took seven films to Mess Foundation, a children’s home run by Cosmas Matanga.

In an interview with The Herald Entertainment, the co-founder of Ivision Studios, Blessing Chinanga, said the visit was part of their programme to educate and expose the hidden talent through film.

“Our vision is to assist young people to enter into the film industry and have a fighting chance to succeed in it. We did this last year through a project called ‘In Short’, which Invision Studios initiated to help launch people’s film careers by aiding them with a crew, equipment and post-production guidance – all for free,” he said.

He said there is a lot of talent in the country that only need to be exposed.

“We discovered that there is a lot of talent in these children but what is lacking is the exposure. So we want to expose them to the film industry while they are still young, and at the same time encouraging them to make it in the industry if they have a passion for acting,” he said.

He highlighted that they have earmarked three children whom they are going to work within their upcoming short films.

“We spotted three children who are going to be part of our films. We also want to mentor them on how to become professional actors and we also want to expose them across the country,” he said.

Chinanga also said they invited the children to give them a short story that they could adapt into a short film.

“We also extended an invitation to the children asking them to submit a short story that Invision Studios could adapt into a short film with them,” he added.

He said they will be moving to more children’s homes in the country, scouting for talent so that they will nurture and expose it.

“We took a trip out to Goromonzi on Saturday with Lisa Chiriseri, we went with a 42 inch TV and screened four short films produced by Invision Studios to 76 kids and this is what we will be doing in the following weeks to other children’s homes,” he said.

Last year through a project called “In Short”, Invision Studios initiated to help launch budding actors and actresses film careers by aiding them with a crew, equipment and post-production guidance – all for free.

“We produced over 35 short films in six months through the platform and saw it as a potential of what our film industry could be if we all worked together to give each other a stepping stone, not a throwing stone,

“We went out to Goromonzi because we believe even the under-privileged deserve the chance to dream and believe they can build what they dream,” he said.

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