To promote the film industry in Kenya, the Kenya Film Commission has announced the Reel County Film Festival established under the “My County My Story” programme aimed at growing the local film industry.
According to the Commission, the Reel County Film Festival will provide a platform for local filmmakers to come together and share knowledge and capacities to make a more substantial impact on the cultural, social and economic development of audio-visual products in the counties.
The Commission indicated that filmmakers within Kenya’s 47 counties will come together to create content promoting their respective counties’ cultural, social and economic activities. The content produced by the different counties will tell stories, feature prominent people (historical or current), and/or feature locations of the counties. The content created will then be offered for selection into the Reel County Film Festival.
The content up for the selection for the festival includes Feature Films (minimum 60 mins), Short films (7-40 mins), Documentaries (20-40 mins) and Animation (5-10 mins).
The call for submission began on 16th January and will close on 3rd February 2023.
