The Kenya-Germany coming-of-age drama, featuring a star-making performance by Michelle Lemuya Ikeny and available in the Cannes market, was Kenya’s entry for the best international feature Oscar race.

The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship slowly turns into first love. Directed by rising filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, it ...

Kenya and Sudan leading Africa at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is a groundbreaking moment for African cinema The 2025 Sundance Film Festival, one of the most prestigious and influential film ...

EXCLUSIVE: New Mountain Films has acquired North American rights to Nawi: Dear Future Me, Kenya’s submission for Best International Feature at the 2025 Oscars. The Kenyan-German drama, inspired by ...

The 2020 documentary film is directed by Peter Murimi. According to the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB), the documentary directed by Peter Murime, sought to spread conflict with the ...

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) plans to regulate film and TV content delivered via the Internet. The board is seeking changes to the Film and Stage Play Act to incorporate emerging ...

ARTICLE 19This statement was originally published on article19.org on 6 February 2026.ARTICLE 19 welcomes the decision of the Court of Appeal in Kenya delivered on 23 January 2026, which declared ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Oscar statue [Photo: Shuttesrtock] For the first time, Kenya has submitted a documentary film ‘The Letter’, for the ...

“We’ve found quite a few hybrid projects and films with unconventional narratives, as well as more traditional social dramas or coming-of-age social dramas,” Morsch Kihn concurred, who also noticed ...