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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]
Ruth Maingi, a Kenyan actress, was born on May 22, 1983, in Machakos, Kenya, as the fourth child in a family of six siblings. [2] She received her primary education at Township Muslim Primary School in Machakos and later attended Kathiani High School for her secondary education.
The Kenya Film Commission [1] (KFC) was established by the Kenyan government in 2005. It came into full function in mid-2006. The Kenya Film Commission was formed with the aim of promoting the Kenyan film industry locally as well as internationally. International film-makers looking to film in Kenya are offered detailed information on locations ...
Reviews from the Huffington Post described the film as an "intimate, masterly portrayal of Kenya's LGBT community" and "one of the most triumphant and stunning films of the year". [7] Reviews from IndieWire also described the film as "a beautiful little film about love, about humanity, about one of the many facets of what it means to be African ...
The following is a list of notable film schools that are active, grouped by country.. Around the world, there are both public and private institutions dedicated to teaching film either as a department within a larger university, or as a stand-alone entity.