Slum Film Festival opens this Friday
Photo: Scene from "Those Who Love", winner of the "Best International Film" at the 2017 Slum Film Festival
There are numerous international film festivals around the world, but the Slum Film Festival here in Kenya is exceptional in its mission to be celebrated within slums, and its dedication to sharing slum stories.
This independently-run film festival is now in its 8th year, and is supported by the Embassies of France and Spain. It features films from slums, about slum realities, made by film-makers from the slums of Africa and beyond. It's a celebration of the creativity of filmmakers living and working in slums, and is also an opportunity to show a range of films within slum communities in Kenya who have limited or no access to cinema.
The venues for the Slum Film Festival screenings in central Nairobi are:
Alliance Française de Nairobi
Loita / Monrovia Streets
+254 20 4917 000 / +254 735 338888 / +254 724 714680
http://www.alliancefrnairobi.org/nairobi/
info@alliancefrnairobi.org
National Archives of Kenya
Moi Avenue (next to the Ambassadeur Hotel, opposite the Hilton Hotel)
+254 20 2228 959
http://www.archives.go.ke
info@archives.go.ke
Pawa 254
Africa Alliance of YMCAs Building, State House Crescent
+254 20 523106 / +254 721 956552
http://pawa254.org
info@pawa254.org
For full details (including other venues in Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa and Nakuru), see the Slum Film Festival's website and programme.
You might also be interested in the European Film Festival page (including listings of film festivals in Kenya) and our calendar of cultural events in Kenya in August 2018.
