David Maingi
Kenya Film Commission Positive results are starting to show following aggressive marketing of Kenya as a natural film destination. Discussions are underway with top movie producers and the industry may soon take a positive turn especially after being hit negatively by the post election violence which saw film producers divert
their work to other countries. Read More >>
INDUSTRY NEWS
PONTACT PRODUCTIONS Pontact Productions has hosted a crew from Los Angeles filming a series for the History Channel Read More
LOLA KENYA LOLA KENYA Screens' “ LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS ” and “ MANANI OGRES ” are scheduled for screening at the 17th Jugend Medien Festival (Youth Media Festival Berlin), Berlin, Germany Read More
HOT SUN FOUNDATION
Hot Sun Foundation will host its annual HIP
HOP Film festival from 11 th to 14 th April
2008 in Kibera Read More
UKWELI VIDEO PRODUCTIONS Ukweli Video Productions has produced the
pilot for “Kids and God”, a production about children and how they perceive God Read More
JUDY KIBINGE- SEVEN PRODUCTIONS Judy Kibinge is working on several projects
for her company Seven Productions Ltd. Her most recently completed project was a short
12 minute film called “ Coming Of Age ” Read More >>
IDOLS EAST To sing or not to sing??? From the dreamers
to the drama queens, from the sensational
to the shocking, from the talented to the talentless, M-Net's newest season of IDOLS drew them all! Read More >>
FIRST STAKEHOLDERS BREAKFAST MEETING
The first Stake holder's Meeting for 2008 was held at the Panafric Hotel on 27 th March 2008.
The Chief Guest at the event was the Honourable
Minister for Information, Samuel Poghishio and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Information, Dr. Bitange Ndemo Read More >>
“SINEMA PAMOJA PROJECT” PRESS LAUNCH
The Kenya Film Commission launched SINEMA PAMOJA PROJECT on 25 th March 2008 at the Goethe Institut Nairobi.
The project was formalized following the post election crisis. Kenyan film makers came together to seek ways
of sending out a message of peace to their fellow
Kenyan brothers and sisters. Read More >>
SCRIPTWRITER'S WORKSHOP HELD AT KFC
A six day scriptwriter's workshop was held at the Kenya Film Commission's auditorium from 24 th March – 29 th March 2008.
The workshop was hosted by Hot Sun Foundation and supported by The U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Programs, ArtVenture and Kenya Film Commission. Read More >>
THE 2nd RWANDA FILM FESTIVAL
The Commission was invited as a guest/ observer and
this was definitely a grand opportunity for us to see
how community screenings are carried out, festival calendars are drawn up and how other events within
the festival
are executed.
This year's theme for the film industry that is nicknamed “Hillywood” was “World Exposure”. Read More >>
A.F.C.I LOCATIONS TRADE SHOW
The Kenya Film Commission participated at the Association of Film Commissioners International
Locations Trade Show this year, for the second time around.
The annual event is held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles California from April 10 th –
12 th 2008. Read More >>
K.F.C AT THE ICT DEVELOPMENT EXPO 2008
The ICT Development Expo 2008 was held at the
Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) from
23 rd -26 th April 2008.
This year's theme was ICT and the youth. Read More>>
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This e-newsletter is in correction of the earlier e-newsletter sent out to our stakeholders. KFC and Dotsavvy would like to sincerely apologize for any inconveniences caused.
