Foreign Language Film Submissions from Kenya to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Best International Feature Film Category
by CineasticusBorealis | created - 30 Sep 2014 | updated - 29 Oct 2021 | PublicA detailed text on Kenyan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film will follow as soon as I have some more time to create it. Please be patient!
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This list is chronologically sorted in reverse by years of participation!
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1. Mission to Rescue (2021)
93 min | Action, Thriller
Along the Kenya- Somali border, the Kenya Special Operations Forces who are training for their next mission receive word that the Assistant County Commissioner and two others have been ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert K. Lukalia | Stars: Melvin Alusa, Warsame Abdi, Abdi Yusuf, Emmanuel Mugo
Votes: 15
94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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2. The Letter (V) (2019)
84 min | Documentary
Karisa's city-life is interrupted when his Grandma back home is called a witch and receives a death threat. Returning to his rural village in Kenya, he finds a frenzied mixture of consumerism and Christianity.
Directors: Chris King, Maia Lekow
Votes: 25
93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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3. Subira (2018)
99 min | Drama
A free-spirited young girl, in Lamu struggles to live out her unique dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged upper- class marriage. Does Subira have the courage to take her dream on, against all odds?
Director: Ravneet Sippy Chadha | Stars: Brenda Wairimu, Tirath Padam, Nice Githinji, Ali Mwangola
Votes: 84
92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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4. Supa Modo (2018)
74 min | Drama
Story of a young girl whose dream of becoming a superhero is threatened by terminal illness, inspiring her village to rally together to make her dream come true.
Director: Likarion Wainaina | Stars: Stycie Waweru, Marrianne Nungo, Nyawara Ndambia, Johnson Gitau Chege
Votes: 551
91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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5. Kati Kati (2016)
75 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young woman with no memory of her life or death, is helped with assimilation to the afterlife by a ghost.
Director: Mbithi Masya | Stars: Nyokabi Gethaiga, Elsaphan Njora, Paul Ogola, Peter King Nzioki
Votes: 161
90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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6. Nairobi Half Life (2012)
100 min | Drama
A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi:the city of opportunity.
Director: David 'Tosh' Gitonga | Stars: Joseph Wairimu, Olwenya Maina, Shix Kapyenga, Mugambi Nthiga
Votes: 1,060
85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) ░░░░ Status: submitted
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