{
  "id": 5300941,
  "title": "NBO Film Festival returns this October determined to make ‘Cinema for Us’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/nbo-film-festival-returns-this-october-determined-to-make-cinema-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T08:49:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/nbo-film-festival-returns-this-october-determined-to-make-cinema-for-us/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The NBO Film Festival is set to return to Nairobi from 15 – 25 October 2026, with its largest ever lineup across multiple venues including Prestige Plaza, Unseen Cinema, Kaloleni Social Hall and Alliance Française Nairobi. This year's theme, 'Cinema for Us,' aims to bring cinema into the heart of Nairobi's public life through a variety of programmatic offerings. These include screenings, community programs, City Dialogues and filmmaker conversations, all designed to create opportunities for audiences to discover and engage with African cinema, meet filmmakers, and participate in discussions on the stories shaping the continent. Under the leadership of Mbithi Masya, Artistic Director of NBO Film Festival, the festival emphasizes the importance of African cinema reaching home and being experienced together by African audiences. The seventh edition of the festival promises to expand its programme with three juried competitions - the returning Fiction Feature Film Competition, the new Nick Wambugu Prize for Documentary, and a Short Film Fiction competition. Additionally, a retrospective dedicated to the renowned Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis will be presented for the first time, offering audiences a chance to revisit his work and explore his impact on African cinema.",
  "summary": "The seventh edition of the festival is built around a simple belief that African cinema should not only travel the world, but should also be experienced by African audiences at home and together. The post NBO Film Festival returns this October determined to make ‘Cinema for Us’ appeared first on KBC Digital .",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/marilyn-musk-and-murdoch-our-guide-to-the-83rd-venice-film-festival",
        "published": "2026-09-03T13:17:18.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}