Lecturers – Film Making at Zambia Institute of Mass Communication & SOTAMBE Film Institute

The Zambia Institute of Mass Communication (ZAMCOM) was established under the ZAMCOM Act of Parliament of 1996 to provide Communications and Media training and production services to government, non-government, private sector and individual clients within Zambia and the Southern African region. ZAMCOM has been undergoing a corporate renewal since 2012 and is currently implementing a turnaround strategy aimed at positioning the Institute to become a financially self-sustaining entity.

The SOTAMBE Film Institute (SFI) was established in 2014. It aims at supporting the filmmaking and arts industry in Zambia. Our vision is to deliver a world class Film and Arts Festival by 2020 through which the filmmakers and artists within the Southern Africa shall be acknowledged and celebrated.

Our objectives are as follows:

• To serve as an educational platform for learning institutions and community members.
• To serve as a platform for filmmakers to showcase their projects, network, collaborate and inspire others.
• To provide the capacity building and skills training in film production through workshops and boot camps.

ZAMCOM and the SOTAMBE Film Institute are working towards establishing a national film school as provided for in the Zambia National Film Policy and we are therefore looking for suitably qualified and experience candidate for both Lusaka and Ndola campus to take up the position of:

FILM MAKING LECTURER/TUTOR – (PART-TIME)

An eligible candidate is one who is capable of lecturing at least three or more of the following courses:

• Introduction to Film Making
• Script Writing
• Film Production and Directing
• Introduction to Animation
• Acting
• Cinematography (Cinema, Lights)
• Sound Recording
• Film Editing
• Business of Film

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma in Film Making/ Fine Arts/and or Mass Communication
• Computer Literate
• 1 year work experience in the media industry

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