By Iminza Keboge
Published May 29, 2018
The 27th annual European Film Festival of Nairobi screens I AM NOT A WITCH by Zambian-born Welsh writer and director Rungano Nyoni and four Virtual Reality films curated by Catherine Allen, an immersive media specialist, in the evening of May 29, 2018.
The event, at The Alchemist in Westlands neighbourhood of Nairobi, shall start with the four VR shorts at 4:30 PM followed by the Nyoni-written and directed full length fictional film that continues to show in the festival circuit around the world. British Council says the event is free.
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Running between May 31 and June 10 in Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa is
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival that shall be held at the Labia, Nouveau V&A Waterfront and Bertha Movie House, Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha and the Bioscope and Nouveau Rosebank.
While artists from Ngecha, the village of painters in Kiambu county on the outskirts of Nairobi shall exhibit their work at Nairobi National Museum in the capital
June 2 – 30, Fort Jesus Museum in Mombasa shall between June 7 – July 31 host another art show titled Passion that shall feature the work of Patrick Adoyo Milenye, a former head of Exhibits Department at National Museums of Kenya.
This shall lead to the Durban International Film Festival (July 19 – 29) in whose framework shall be held the three-day Durban FilmMart whose aim is to showcase and increase awareness of African cinema through stimulating film production on the continent by encouraging collaborations among African filmmakers.
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Then, on the shores of Lake Malawi in Malawi, September 28-30, the Lake of Stars Festival shall return. For the 15th anniversary.
Touted as one of Africa’s leading music and arts festival, Lake of Stars returns to the palm-fringed shores of Lake Malawi in the warm heart of southern Africa.
The organisers of the project say they have run events and festivals in Britain and Africa since 2003, showcasing artists from Malawi, across Africa and around the world.
“The festival has generated an estimated £1.3 million for Malawi’s economy each year,” they say.
