Slum Film Festival

Slum Film Festival The Slum Film Festival is a community-based annual film event featuring stories from, by, and about people living in urban slums.

It is both a celebration of the creativity of filmmakers living and working in slums, as well as an opportunity to promote - through a week of outdoor screenings - a diverse range of films within communities with limited or no access to cinema. Our vision is to develop a network of partnerships with slum-based media production groups, organising screenings and events across Africa’s informal settl

ements, promoting and sharing slum stories, and becoming a key network for the distribution of films made by and about slum communities.

The Kibera Premiere Night brought together the films Open Your Eyes and One Day, celebrating homegrown stories, communit...
10/11/2025

The Kibera Premiere Night brought together the films Open Your Eyes and One Day, celebrating homegrown stories, community spirit, and the power of film to connect us all.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and to for the partnership.
📸 Dizze

Today in Kibera! Join us for the Kibera Premiere Night of Open Your Eyes, with a special screening of One Day — stories ...
25/10/2025

Today in Kibera!
Join us for the Kibera Premiere Night of Open Your Eyes, with a special screening of One Day — stories born and told from the heart of the community.
📍 Olympic High School
🕕 Saturday, Oct 25 | 6:00 PM
🎟️ Free Entry
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OFFICIAL POSTERThrough Our Eyes belongs to the community that inspired it. 💛This recognition as a Finalist for the Pover...
17/09/2025

OFFICIAL POSTER
Through Our Eyes belongs to the community that inspired it. 💛
This recognition as a Finalist for the Poverty Alleviation & Economic Empowerment Award at the African SDGs Film Festival 2025, as well as Official Selection at Filmmaker Sessions Volume 8 and the British University Students Film Festival, is for every voice that made this story possible.

12/09/2025

Kisumu fam, guess what? We’re back in Nyanza!!! 🌊🥳

Next week, we’re teaming up with Baraza Media Lab Kisumu for a two-day documentary production masterclass with the one and only (British filmmaker, producer, and OSCARS/BAFTA member), whose work has spanned more than two decades and countless award-winning documentaries.

Marc’s career stretches from Sundance premieres like Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love to deeply rooted stories from our region like Albino United in Tanzania and now that he calls Kenya home, we’re excited to have him share his experience right here in Kisumu. The sessions will be hands-on, focused, and packed with insights you can apply directly to your own work.

Baraza’s Kisumu space has quickly become a creative home for storytellers in the region, and we can’t wait to fill it with filmmakers eager to learn, connect, and grow.

📅 18–19 September
🕑 2–4PM
📍 Baraza Media Lab, Kisumu

Spaces are limited, register now through the link in bio!✨

📢 Proud Moment!Our film has been selected as a FINALIST for the African SDGs Film Festival 🎬✨Happening at Silverbird Cin...
11/09/2025

📢 Proud Moment!
Our film has been selected as a FINALIST for the African SDGs Film Festival 🎬✨

Happening at Silverbird Cinema, Abuja on Sept 11–12, 2025, the festival celebrates powerful stories that highlight the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across Africa.

We’re honored to be part of this inaugural event and can’t wait to see our story on the big screen! 🌍

👉 Follow for updates.

We’re thrilled to share that our youth-led film Through Our Eyes has been selected as a finalist for the inaugural Afric...
11/09/2025

We’re thrilled to share that our youth-led film Through Our Eyes has been selected as a finalist for the inaugural African SDGs Film Festival!
Created as part of the Spark Peace Project in Kibera, Nairobi, the film follows children mentored by Dizze at the Coffee Ministry as they use photography to tell their stories of healing, reflection, and peace. Shot and directed by youth (ages 12–24), this documentary shows how storytelling can spark change.

Huge thanks to our partners: Students Rebuild, Creative Visions Foundation, CFK Africa, The Coffee Ministry, and What's Good Media🙏🏾

Mentors: Aylar Monicah Mugo, Lolly P, Dizze, Edgar Yabunga, , Darren Ke

📅 Sept 11–12, 2025
📍 Silverbird Cinema, Abuja, Nigeria

👉 Follow for updates.

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KCDF House 3rd Floor Room 3B, Chai Road Off Juja Road
Nairobi
P.O.BOX4932-00200NAIROBI,

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Monday 08:30 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:30 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:30 - 17:00
Thursday 08:30 - 17:00
Friday 08:30 - 17:00

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Slum Film Festival is a community-based organization that promotes film and film making in slums and marginalized communities around the world, through training workshops and classes - FilmLabs - and an annual film festival by the same name, featuring stories from, by, and about people living in urban slums. It is both a celebration of the creativity of filmmakers living and working in slums, as well as an opportunity to promote - through a week of outdoor & in door screenings - a diverse range of films within communities with limited or no access to cinema. Our vision is to develop a network of partnerships with media organizations and slum based groups, organizing screenings and events across the world’s informal settlements, promoting and sharing slum stories, and becoming a key network for the distribution of films made by and about slum communities.