🌍 International Partnerships

Kenya's screen industry
is open for
serious partnership.

From co-production and commission-to-commission collaboration to festival representation, distribution access, and content acquisition — KFC facilitates the international connections that grow Kenya's screen industry and take Kenyan stories to global audiences.

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Co-Production
Joint projects
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Commission Network
6 active partners
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Festival & Markets
12 annual events
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Distribution
Content access

Africa's fourth-largest economy. A growing screen industry. A willing partner.

Kenya offers international partners a combination that is genuinely unusual — a country with extraordinary visual diversity, a growing professional screen industry, an English-language creative tradition, and a government that actively supports international co-production and screen industry development.

KFC functions as the active facilitator of international partnerships — providing the legal frameworks, project pipelines, market presence, and relationship infrastructure that makes Kenya a straightforward and rewarding country to partner with.

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Extraordinary Location Diversity
Safari savannah, Indian Ocean coast, equatorial mountain, Rift Valley, contemporary capital — Kenya stands in for multiple countries in a single production.
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English-Language Creative Industry
Kenya's screen industry works primarily in English — removing the language barrier that makes co-production with many African countries difficult for European and North American partners.
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Growing Talent & Creative Pipeline
A rapidly expanding pool of internationally-trained directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers whose work is gaining global recognition through festivals and streaming platforms.
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Active Institutional Support
KFC provides active partnership facilitation — not just policy statements. Legal frameworks, project matching, market representation, and relationship management are all in place.
Kenya's screen industry — key partnership indicators
38
Countries whose productions have filmed in Kenya in the past decade
6
Active bilateral co-production treaties with international partners
186
Productions registered in Kenya in 2024 — a record high
12+
International festival selections for Kenyan films 2023–24

Kenya's co-production
framework and active projects

Kenya Co-Production Framework

Official co-production status enables access to both countries' incentive frameworks simultaneously

What Co-Production Status Enables
Access to both Kenya and partner country national funding bodies
Content treated as national production in both territories for broadcast quotas
Reduced customs duty on cross-border equipment movement
Simplified work permit processing for crew from partner country
KFC production facilitation at no charge
Minimum Requirements
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Kenyan partner must hold minimum 20% financial participation
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Creative contribution (director, writer, or lead talent) from Kenya required
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Production company registration in Kenya required for Kenyan partner
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Application to KFC before principal photography begins
Active Co-Production Treaties
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France
Feature film, documentary, animation
Active
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Germany
Documentary, feature film
Active
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South Africa
All formats, including animation
Active
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Italy
Feature film, documentary
Active
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United Kingdom
All formats
In Negotiation
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Canada
Documentary, animation
In Negotiation
Projects Currently Seeking International Co-Producers 8 Active
Nairobi Noir
Dir. Amira Hassan · Savannah Pictures
Feature Film
Thriller Pre-Production Finance Gap: USD 320K

A Nairobi detective is pulled into a conspiracy reaching from the city's elite to its informal settlements. Partial pre-sales secured in 3 territories. Berlin Talent Campus alumni director.

BudgetUSD 850,000
Partner SoughtEuropean producer
ShootQ3 2025
The Rift Keepers
Dir. Samuel Ochieng · Kenya Documentary Institute
Documentary Series
Environmental Production Finance Gap: €450K

Six-part documentary following conservation custodians across the East African Rift Valley. IDFA Forum selection. Two European broadcaster expressions of interest confirmed.

Budget€ 1.4 million
Partner SoughtEuropean doc producer
StageIn production
Mtoto Tales — Series 1
Kijani Creative · Nairobi
Animation
Children's Development Finance Gap: USD 220K

26-episode children's animation series based on East African folklore. Pilot episode complete. Streaming platform interest from two international platforms confirmed.

BudgetUSD 380,000
Partner SoughtAnimation studio / streamer
StageDevelopment — pilot complete
Wanjiru — A Woman's Land
Dir. Grace Achieng · Blue Nile Studios
Feature Film
Drama Development Finance Gap: USD 180K dev

A woman in post-independence Kenya navigates land rights, family loyalty, and political change. Based on an award-winning Kenyan novel. Development funding sought — production finance to follow.

Total BudgetUSD 1.2 million
Partner SoughtEuropean co-producer
StageDevelopment
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KFC's international
commission partnerships

Initiate a commission partnership

Kenya's screen industry, internationally connected

KFC maintains active commission-to-commission relationships that create pathways for co-production, talent exchange, market access, and policy sharing. These relationships are the formal infrastructure of Kenya's international screen industry connectivity.

Become a Commission Partner
6+
Active commission partnerships
4
Co-productions facilitated through network in 2024
France — French Film Commission (CNC)
Germany — German Film Commission
South Africa — NFVF
UK — British Film Commission
Egypt — Egyptian Film Commission
Nigeria — NFVCB
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France
Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée (CNC)
Active co-production treaty (feature film, documentary, animation)
CNC Africa Fund access for qualifying Kenya-France co-productions
Annual exchange programme — Kenyan directors at FEMIS Paris
Joint representation at IDFA Forum and Cannes Marché
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Germany
German Film Commission / FFA
DAAD creative exchange programme — Kenya film students in Germany
Berlinale Talents joint nomination pathway
Co-production treaty covering documentary and feature
Joint market meetings at EFM (European Film Market)
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South Africa
National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF)
Pan-African co-production framework covering all formats including animation
DISCOP Africa joint representation
Crew exchange and skills development programme
East-South Africa corridor production facilitation
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United Kingdom
British Film Commission (BFC) / BFI
Co-production treaty in active negotiation (expected 2025)
BFI Africa Stories documentary access programme
BAFTA Breakthrough Africa — Kenya representative
UK production companies seeking Kenya locations — KFC facilitated
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Egypt
Egyptian Film Commission
Pan-African and North-East Africa corridor co-production
Cairo International Film Festival joint representation
North Africa location exchange programme
Arabic-Swahili co-production development pathway
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Is your commission missing?

We actively seek new commission partnerships. If your national or regional film commission wants to explore collaboration with KFC, we want to hear from you.

Initiate Partnership

Where KFC and Kenyan
cinema meets the world

Request a market meeting
May
14–25
2025
Cannes Film Festival — Marché du Film

The world's largest film market. KFC facilitates Kenyan producer attendance and co-production meetings at the Marché du Film. Kenyan films screening in parallel sections are supported with press and industry access.

All Formats Sales Co-Production
✓ KFC Present Request Meeting
Nov
14–17
2025
IDFA — International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

KFC supports Kenyan documentary filmmakers at IDFA — the world's premier documentary market. The IDFA Forum is a key pitching event for Kenyan documentary projects in development seeking international co-producers.

Documentary IDFA Forum Pitching
✓ KFC Present Request Meeting
Oct
13–17
2025
MIPCOM — International Content Market, Cannes

The world's leading content market for buying, selling, and financing entertainment content. KFC attends with a Kenya pavilion, meeting with streaming platforms, broadcasters, and distributors with African content appetite.

TV Series Streaming Format
✓ KFC Present Request Meeting
Nov
5–9
2025
AFM — American Film Market, Los Angeles

North America's primary film market. KFC facilitates meetings between Kenyan production companies and US studios, distributors, and financiers. Particularly focused on positioning Kenya as a production destination for US productions.

Feature Film Production Attraction
✓ KFC Present Request Meeting
Jul
5–13
2025
DISCOP Africa — Johannesburg

Africa's leading content market. KFC brings a strong Kenyan presence — facilitating meetings between Kenyan production companies and African broadcasters, streaming platforms, and continental distribution partners.

African Content Distribution Broadcasting
✓ KFC Present Request Meeting

Request a meeting with KFC at any market

If you're attending any of these markets and want to meet with Kenya Film Commission to explore co-production, partnership, or production opportunities — submit a meeting request and our market team will confirm availability.

KFC will confirm within 5 business days
Meetings held at KFC stand or agreed location
Project briefing materials provided ahead of meeting
Follow-up partnership facilitation from KFC team

Discover Kenya's
screen content

Kenya's screen industry is producing films, documentaries, animation, and series that are reaching global audiences. Distributors, broadcasters, streaming platforms, and festival programmers can request screener access to Kenya's best recent productions.

Featured Titles

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Feature Film
Nairobi After Dark
Dir. Ouma Otieno · 98 min · English/Swahili · Kalasha Best Film 2024
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Documentary
The River Knows
Dir. Wanjiku Mwangi · 78 min · English · IDFA selection 2024 · Kalasha Best Documentary
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Animation
Maisha Ya Simba
Kijani Creative · 22 min · English/Swahili · Kalasha Best Animation 2024
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Drama Series
Msalaba wa Maua
Blue Nile Studios · 10 × 45 min · Swahili · Kalasha Best Series 2024 · Streaming available

Request Screener Access

Distributors, broadcasters, streaming platforms, and festival programmers can request screener access to Kenya's featured productions. All screener requests are reviewed by KFC and referred to the relevant rights holders.

Initiate a
partnership
with Kenya

Whether you're a film commission, co-production partner, distributor, broadcaster, festival, or development agency — KFC's international team is your first point of contact. We respond within 48 hours.

Our Partnership Commitment
Response within 48 hours from KFC's international team
All partnership discussions are confidential
Sector briefings, project introductions, and data at no charge
In-person meetings at major markets or KFC offices available
KFC facilitates introductions to relevant Kenyan companies and talent
📧partnerships@kenyafilmcommission.go.ke
📞+254 20 271 4073
🌍KFC attends: Berlinale EFM, Cannes, IDFA, MIPCOM, AFM, DISCOP Africa
📍KFC International Office, Nairobi — Mon–Fri 08:00–17:30 EAT

Partnership Inquiry

All inquiries treated with complete confidentiality. We respond within 48 hours.

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