The Kenya International Film Festival has come from a very humble beginning of a small local films festival to an international festival attracting films globally. The festival takes pride as the fastest growing festival in the region with the potential of becoming the leading festival in Africa. The mission of the festival is to challenge local filmmakers to contribute products which are indeed truly African and can transverse international borders.

We aim to promote a cinema culture in the Eastern Africa region by showing locally made films alongside international ones.

• The previous editions have created forums for networking and sharing ideas on:
• The technological and artistic development of the industry
• Identifying distribution networks both locally and internationally for regional filmmakers
• Building capacity for young filmmakers through mentor-ship and practical skills training
• Introducing regional films to international markets
• Creating forums for audiovisual practitioners to engage their current governments to support film development.