CALLING ALL FILMAKERS: AMAA COMING TO NAIROBI

Africa Film Academy invites Kenyan filmmakers to submit their feature, short, and documentary works for consideration by the 7th African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA or AMAA Awards), the Premier Africa Film Awards.AMAA is calling for nominations from the public and stakeholders in the film industry for winners in nearly 30 film categories. The deadline for all submissions is December 30, 2010; a

HAWA’S SOUL BOY AT FIRST EVER AFRICAN WOMAN ONLY FILM FESTIVAL

Kenyan filmmaker Hawa Essuman will showcase her latest film festival sensation Soul Boy, at the first ever-African woman film festival.Hawa is one of the 23 female filmmakers who will make history at the first Women of the Sun Film Festival (WoS Film Festival) which will feature 25 films from 15 African countries with 15 of the filmmakers present at the screenings.The seven-day festival to

GIRL POWER RULES AS KENYAN FILMMAKERS WIN BIG IN RWANDA

This year's edition of the 6th Rwanda Film Festival was punctuated by top Kenyan filmmakers walking away with coveted awards.Wanuri Kahiu, Hawa Essuman, Ravneet Chadha and actress Ruth Mueni all won awards at held in Kigali.Wanuri’s Pumzi and Ruth’s role in Chasing Moses won of of them the Peace Basket Award for their contribution in Kenyan cinema.While Hawa's film Soul Boy and Ravneet's Subira

KENYAN FILMS SCREENED IN RWANDAN FILM FESTIVAL

For the second year running, Jitu Films have been nominated for awards at the annual Rwandan film festival. Last year, Jitu had four movies entered in the competition and the banned horror film Otto the bloodbath won the award for the best East African Film of 2009. This year, the two films being featured are Chasing Moses which was featured in the Thessaloniki Film Festival last November, and