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Hot Sun Foundation is a non-profit organization that works in Nairobi, Kenya with young people from urban slums and other marginalized communities of East Africa to train and expose their talents and potential on the world stage. Hot Sun Foundation trains youth in all aspects of filmmaking, from scriptwriting, camera, sound, pre production ...
The cinema of Kenya refers to the film industry of Kenya. Although a very small industry by western comparison, Kenya has produced or been a location for film since the early 1950s when Men Against the Sun was filmed in 1952. Although, in the United States, jungle epics that were set in the country were shot in Hollywood as early as the 1940s.
The First Grader is a 2011 biographical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick.It stars Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, and Tony Kgoroge.The film is inspired by the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan government's announcement of free universal primary education in 2003 by the late Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the third ...
Kenya submitted a film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] for the first time in 2012. [3] The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. [4]
English. Swahili. Budget. $15,000. Stories of Our Lives is a Kenyan film, released in 2014. Created by the members of The Nest Collective, a Nairobi -based arts collective, the film is an anthology of five short films dramatizing true stories of LGBT life in Kenya. [1]
Wanuri Kahiu. Wanuri Kahiu (born 21 June 1980) is a Kenyan film director, producer, and author. She is considered to be “one of Africa's most aspiring directors, being part of a new, vibrant crop of talents representing contemporary African culture”. [1] She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed ...
Nairobi Community Media House. v. t. e. Lola Kenya Screen, or Lola Kenya Children's Screen is an audio-visual media festival [1] and learning-by-doing mentorship for children and youth in eastern Africa. It encompasses film production, film criticism, cultural journalism, media literacy, marketing, and event planning and organisation.
Nathan Collett. Nathan Collett. Nathan Collett (with camera) shooting feature film Togetherness Supreme in collaboration with Kibera youth trainees in Kenya. Occupation. film director. Years active. 2000s–present. Nathan Collett is a filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya.