LBx Africa

26/09/2025

Thank you to NTV Kenya's Fixing the Nation, hosted today by Mariam Bishar and Eric Latiff, for opening space for such an important conversation on the future of Kenyan film. 🎬

Our Head of Studio, Sam Soko, joined the show this morning to dive into questions on building a robust industry, taking Kenyan film international, and creating structures that truly support storytellers.

Missed it? Catch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvUPHRsas1k

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11/09/2025

Big news from the LBx Africa family! 🙌🏾

Our Head of Impact & Distribution, Chloe Genga, has been selected as a jury member for The Annual Film Mischief 2025 🎬

She’ll be joining an incredible lineup of storytellers and industry leaders; Nwakaego Boyo (🇳🇬), Francis Y. Brown (🇬🇭), and Victor Sanchez Aghahowa (🇳🇬) to watch, reflect, and champion the bold filmmakers shaping this year’s festival across Accra, Lagos, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam.

28/08/2025

🎬 Lately at the office, one topic keeps coming up again and again: streaming.
From local platforms to global giants, the space is growing fast—and raising big questions.

This month’s newsletter dives into the boom of streaming platforms in Africa and what it could mean for filmmakers, audiences, and the industry.

Have a read and let us know your thoughts 👉 https://bit.ly/lbxaugust2025

20/08/2025

🌍✈ This September, our Head of Impact & Distribution, Chloe Genga, will be in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil for the Mostra Festival’s Brazil–Africa Audiovisual Meetings (Sept 15–19).

She’ll join an incredible international Think Tank of changemakers who are shaping how African stories travel on the continent, across the diaspora, and beyond.

Alongside Chloe will be:
✨ Carmen Thompson – We Are Parable (UK)
✨ Nicola Ofoego – Black Mic Mac (France)
✨ Samira Vera-Cruz – PALOP-TL Cinema and Audiovisual Network (Cape Verde)
✨ Themba Bhebhe – Engage (UK)

Together, they’ll dive into impact-driven distribution, audience building, and transatlantic networks, key conversations that continue to inspire LBx’s work in making African cinema reach people in powerful ways.

We can’t wait to follow the exchange of ideas, strategies, and visions coming out of Bahia! 🇧🇷🇰🇪

31/07/2025

🎼 Inside the Sound of Matabeleland...

How do you score memory, identity, and healing, without saying a word?

In this new conversation, composers Eduardo Aram and Gabriel Milliet take us behind the music of Matabeleland...
..from their first brief with the Director & Producer to working across time zones and cultures, to building a score that holds both grief and joy. This is a reflection on process, collaboration, and intuition.

Read all about it here; https://bit.ly/lbxjuly2025

21/07/2025

Highlights from Durban FilmMart 2025

🎬 Stero, the upcoming feature by Directors Tevin Kimathi and Millan Tarus and producer Juliana Kabua, was selected as one of 31 standout projects in the DFM Pitch & Finance Forum.

Juliana and Milan's pitch followed weeks of dedicated mentorship, and we’re excited to see Stero continue its development journey through platforms like this.

🎬 Chloe Genga, our Head of Impact and Distribution, attended with support from GIZ, using the opportunity to grow networks across the African impact and distribution landscape.

🎬 Sam Soko, LBx co-founder and Head of Studio, joined important conversations as panelist around impact-driven distribution and filmmaker mental health, contributing to sessions that continue to shape how we think about storytelling, care, and long-term sustainability in documentary practice.

Thank you to the Durban FilmMart SA team for creating space for these vital exchanges and to everyone who connected with us in Durban, we appreciate you.

27/06/2025

🚨 Big News! 🚨

Our Co-Founder and Head of LBx Studio, Sam Soko has officially joined The Academy; yes, THE Oscars, as a member of the Documentary Branch! 🏆🎬

This isn’t just a proud moment for us at LBx Africa,it’s a powerful affirmation of the work being done by documentary filmmakers on the continent.

From telling bold stories to shifting narratives, Soko’s invitation to the Academy signals that African voices in nonfiction are not just part of the conversation, they’re helping shape it.

Congratulations Soko! And here’s to more boundary-pushing, world-shifting stories from Africa to the world. 🌍❤

Official announcement; https://press.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-534-membership

22/05/2025

Help us share widely! 🙌

We’re looking for people with powerful personal stories about high school life and school unrest in Kenya, from any generation, any walk of life to be part of a powerful new documentary film.

📲 Fill out the form to share your story: https://bit.ly/lbxcastingcallschoolunrest

13/05/2025

🇿🇦Victoria is heading to the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival this June! 🎈

Set in Nairobi, this short doc follows Victoria, a single mom who transforms her trauma into a source of joy, building a life (and a balloon business) that lifts her and her children.

Catch Victoria between June 19–29 at , alongside incredible stories that honour memory, resilience, and motherhood.

05/05/2025

🥁AFRICAN PREMIERE!

Matabeleland is headed to Encounters South Africa International Documentary Film Festival!🇿🇦

After premiering abroad, there’s something deeply meaningful about sharing this film for the first time on the continent, in South Africa, a place that mirrors many of the film’s most personal themes.

From the struggles of masculinity to questions of identity, faith, and language, this story was made with audiences like you in mind.🫶🏾

We can’t wait to share Matabeleland with you on African soil.

Let’s gooo!💃🏾

03/05/2025

✊🏾We stand with Nicholas Wambugu, Brian Adagala, Mark Denver Karubiu, and Christopher Wamae; filmmakers who were wrongfully arrested in Nairobi earlier this week in connection with the Blood Parliament documentary.

At LBx Africa, we believe in the power of film to question, to reveal, and to demand better. We’re relieved that the four have been released, and we stand in full support of them.

30/04/2025

Our April newsletter is out and it's a good one!

We unpack the real impact of labs like the Creative Producer Indaba with reflections from Stero film producer Juliana Kabua.

Are they career launchpads or just another part of the endless hustle?

📰 Give it a read ➡️ https://bit.ly/lbxapril2025

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