Kenya's entry for the best international feature film race at the Oscars, directed by Toby and Kevin Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine, and Vallentine Chelluget, is screening at the Beijing Film Festival. By ...

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.

Atlas International Film has taken international rights for “Nawi,” a drama about a 13-year-old Kenyan girl who yearns to go to high school but instead is going to be forced into an arranged marriage.

The programme highlighted the role girls are playing in preventing child marriages and promoting safety in their communities ...