The Kenya-Germany coming-of-age drama, featuring a star-making performance by Michelle Lemuya Ikeny and available in the Cannes market, was Kenya’s entry for the best international feature Oscar race.

NAIROBI, Kenya — The first Kenyan entry ever nominated for an award at the Cannes Film Festival will debut in France in two weeks — but it is now illegal for Kenyans back home to watch it. The Kenya ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan director of a movie banned in her home country for telling the love story of two women has filed a lawsuit seeking to lift the bar so it can be considered for the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher at the center of a doomsday cult in the country that led to the deaths of more than 400 people, was on Friday found guilty of operating a studio ...

Soon thereafter, US streaming behemoth Netflix followed suit causing excitement in the local film industry, and sparking conversation that maybe Kenyan actors would finally get the pay they deserve.

Cult preacher Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, left, arrives at the Malindi Law Courts under tight security, Friday Dec. 1, 2023 for the sentencing of his 2019 case where he had been charged with three ...

Kenya and Sudan leading Africa at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival is a groundbreaking moment for African cinema The 2025 Sundance Film Festival, one of the most prestigious and influential film ...

In Kenya, the film industry plays a key role in the social and economic development of the country as it offers a venue for idea sharing and conversation, which fosters public engagement. Further, it ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for the illegal distribution of films and operating a film studio without licenses. The senior ...

Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre as al Shabaab gunmen stormed and killed dozens of mall goers in 2013. NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s office has intervened to save Kenya from losing out ...

The recent notice by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) alerting the Kenyan creative economy community of mandatory licensing, seemingly oblivious to how transactions in the creative industry ...