Nairobi Film Festival kicks off with a bang on 'Ben'Imana' Africa premiere Ben'Imana is a 2026 drama film. A multi-national co-production spanning Rwanda, Gabon, France, Norway, and Ivory Coast, the film stars Clémentine U. Nyirinkindi as Vénéranda.
Nairobi artist turns discarded cow skulls into collectible art Sharon is an interior designer who has been shaping cow skulls into art since 2023. She calls it “a beautiful journey.”
Nairobi Film Festival: Reasons why you should attend the 2026 edition The 2026 NBO Film Festival runs for 10 days-- October 15 to October 25, 2026-- all over the city in the sun. I see you sweating asking what happened to El nino rains.
Curves in Colour Every woman’s unique beauty shines on canvas Conversations around beauty standards, like the hourglass figure, tend to focus on women.
PRIME Tom Cruise’s Oscar bait drills into oil, geopolitics and climate From geopolitical to what is happening with oil in our country, art has an uncanny way of reflecting real life.
'Lanterns': A fantastic show that hates its protagonist This is an American superhero TV series created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King for HBO.
When grief becomes art: The painter who puts raw feelings on canvas Leonard Amimo is 38 years old and signs his work as Lee Amimo. He calls his style ethereal wheels.
PRIME Apple TV in Kenya: Competitive entertainment options, but where do you start? Starting at just $0.99 (around Sh129) a month for 50GB of storage, this instantly becomes one of the most competitive entertainment options in the market.
PRIME How Maulid Owino danced his way from Umoja to Sharjah For Maulid, dance is more than executing steps to music. As a movement artist, he uses his body to interpret stories, emotions and ideas.
PRIME 'Runner': An organ, a child, ruthless cartel, and a deadly delivery The movie doesn’t try to put your brain on a treadmill, you don’t need to wrestle with social commentary or psychological puzzles. It’s a clear, accessible premise designed to serve and elevate...
PRIME How lecturer turned job loss into art career Wattimah turned professional in 2023. His first solo exhibition was held that year at the Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club.
PRIME 'By Any Means': A brutal but generic look back at a racist American society The cinematography embraces shadows, reminding us that streets and homes weren’t brightly lit at night in that era.
PRIME Celebrating Africa’s talented stand-up comedians in style The venue has a sense of order. Two big displays flank the stage, which features a black background, the event logo, and a mic. Simple, clean.
PRIME ‘Cocoa Dreams’ producer challenges Kenyan filmmakers Cocoa Dreams exists as both a TV series and a feature film.
PRIME Gen Zs slowly carving space in film business We are seeing good low-budget films from young directors dominating at the box office.
PRIME Pan-African stand-up coming to heart of the capital city The Nairobi International Comedy Festival is just around the corner and, with everything that I have just learnt, stand-up fans have every reason to be excited.
PRIME 'Tides': Good music, family drama and the elephant in the room The cinematography gives the film a polished look and feel, with beautiful close-ups and stage shots, this despite the fact that I don't think they fully utilise the coast as their location with...
PRIME Inside the art exhibition where broken things become new possibilities With more than 30 participating artists and over 400 guests at its opening, it is easily the biggest art event of the year.
PRIME 'Anam's Wake': A mystery, death, redemption and finding purpose in grief The plot follows Anam, a professional mourner trained to summon Death and negotiate the passage of souls, who has never dealt with her own grief 16 years after her mother's death.
PRIME Iniside Kenya’s iconic XYZ show that never made money Although the show ran for 14 seasons on NTV, reaching an audience of 10 million viewers and even inspired a viral Nigerian adaptation, Ogas at the Top, it never made any money.
PRIME The self-taught artist who rejects a signature style In the exhibition, one notices a lot of techniques at play, but for a large part, it is abstract art and semi realism that take centre stage in Scopt’s portraits.
PRIME Motor City: A dialogue-free quest for revenge with a twist It strips away traditional dialogue, forcing you to follow the characters purely through their performance, expressions, editing and cinematography.
PRIME How a Sudanese artist is rebuilding his life in Kenya Indigo Hypoxia is Sannad’s way of having conversations with colour, which he says chose him.
PRIME 'The Odyssey': Overhyped examination of war that shies away from the gods The Odyssey is a 2026 epic fantasy action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
PRIME Artist Yusuf Mirumbe showcases 'Mothers of Mathare' in the US solo exhibition Unlike many other artists, Yusuf’s interaction with art came about as a means of distracting himself.
