Do you love movies? If you do here is your chance to get to watch some Kenyan films over 2 weekends.
The first edition will be held over two weekends, the 26th to the 28th of January and the 3rd of February to the 5th. The festival is the brainchild of Mbithi Masya and Sheba Hirst. The aim of the NBO Film festival is to grow cinema-going audiences in Nairobi. and aims to grow cinema-going audiences in Nairobi.
The aim of the NBO Film festival is to grow cinema-going audiences in Nairobi. and aims to grow cinema-going audiences in Nairobi.
The festival aims to demonstrate its commitment to the Kenyan film industry by showcasing Kenyan films and films with a notable Kenyan identity. the main feature will be the award-winning film KATI KATI.
The film has just come from its triumphant tour of festivals around the world. other films to be featured include the Battle of the Sacred tree, award winning films such as Nairobi Half Life, From A Whisper, and new works including Mad Love. A catalogue of selected Kenyan short films will also be presented alongside the feature films.
The films will be screened at the Elephant, in Lavington and the Prestige Plaza Cinema on Ngong road.
The NBO Film Festival aims to grow the cinema-going audience in Nairobi, especially for Kenyan movies which are rarely presented in Nairobi through the traditional film distribution channels. By presenting the films in a lively festival format the idea is to make people get excited about watching
By presenting the films in a lively festival format the idea is to make people get excited about watching movies.
Sheba Hirst who is the festival director believes that film-making is one of the critical ways that modern societies examine who they are and interrogate who they would like to collectively be.
Films are best experience with an audience and it is a great way to experience films with people as it is not only your emotions that make a film interesting but the reactions of those around you.
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