As the drumming rumbles on, Hollywood actor Djimon Hounsou walks shirtless with a voodoo procession making its way through the dusty streets of Heve in his native Benin. “I am like an African who has…
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2015 Kalasha Awards: Winners (Full List)
After rebranding to ‘Kalasha International’, this year’s 6thEdition of Kalasha International Film & TV Awards 2015 gala event on Friday celebrated the television and film industry in Kenya. Here is the full list of winners:…
Kalasha International Film & TV Awards all set for tomorrow!
After revealing thier new face, ‘Kalasha International’, this year’s 6thEdition of Kalasha International Film & TV Awards 2015 gala event is set to be much more bigger and better. The high energy glitz and glam…
2015 Kalasha International Film & TV Awards: Full list of nominees
The nominees for the 2015 Kalasha International Film & TV awards were reveled on Tuesday at Nairobi’s IMAX theatre. The following categories are now opened for public voting: Best Feature Film Best Short film Best…
Cannes winner stars Sri Lankan former child soldier
A Sri Lankan novelist and former child soldier stars in “Dheepan”, a French thriller which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. In the picture by acclaimed director Jacques Audiard (who…
The movie world gears up for Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival will next week lift the curtain on 12 days of glamour, movies, deals and parties drawing the elite of the cinema world, from Hollywood honchos to arthouse auteurs. Under the Riviera…
After Bollywood and Nollywood, Uganda brings ‘Wakaliwood’
It’s a searing hot day, and a group of commandos are attempting a daring prison break. “Stop, get them!” General Placdo, a drunkard and an invincible Kung Fu master in khaki fatigues, shouts in the…
‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ tops 2014 illegal downloads
Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Disney’s animated fantasy hit “Frozen” were the two most pirated films of 2014, according to a firm tracking illegal downloads. Numerous US media, including Variety and The…
#WATCH: New Kenyan thriller ‘VEVE’ previews in Nairobi
[*Set in the town of Maua (Kenya), VEVE is a slang word for what is internationally known as khat or miraa.] VEVE is the newest action thriller from the production team behind Nairobi Half Life, Soul…
Nairobi Half Life wins at the African Film Development Awards 2014
The 2012 Kenyan drama film directed by David Tosh Gitonga, Nairobi Half Life, recently was honoured as the Best African Film at the African Film Development Awards 2014 in Tanzania. The film, which was…