Filamu Kenya Issue 2 | Page 3

Inside Battle for eyeballs: New TV series to premier soon 5 Film officials seek collaboration to curb production and exhibition of unrated films 5 Royal Media Services, Viusasa ink media convergence deal Don Media Group ([email protected]) 6 John Kiriamiti’s bestseller ‘My Life in Crime’ made into a movie E ditorial & A dvertising : 7 Filamu Kenya Team ([email protected]) KFCB’s Sinema Mashinani to help broadcasters collect and air local content 8 T eam L eader Mandera bus attack movie Watu Wote given Oscar nod 9-10 Tausi star Ken Ambani set for continental award 11 Review: When Gerald Langiri meets self-deprecating humour, Shit Happens! 13-15 4 TV shows that will revamp your Valentine’s watchlist 16-17 Music video review: Sauti Sol’s new song Girl Next Door adds flavour to African Sauce 18-19 From Nairobi to Hollywood, Edi Gathegi returns home 20-23 Triple threat: Kenyan actors calling the shots behind the scenes 24-25 “Varshita” comedy takes over local television scene 26-29 Kenyans who made it to Hollywood before Lupita Nyon’go and Edi Gathegi 30-32 After ‘My Life in Crime,’ will Kenyan filmmakers turn to books for their biggest productions? M ailbox : { 32-33 Contributors: P ublisher : James Ndone [email protected] C r e at i v e D e s i g n Humphrey Kariuki E ditorial T eam Sheila Kimani Jennifer Ochieng’ Francis Muli Mary Kiura Lewis Martin Winnie Kabinti A dvertising Collins Ogutu Josphat Muiruri P hotography : Maisha Magic East, Don Media Group, Internet O p e r at i o n s : Nancy Mwirotsi We’d love to hear from you: Send your letters to [email protected] Submission of a letter constitutes permission to publish it in any form or medium. Letters may be edited for reasons of space and clarity. Readers are advised to submit their names and addresses even when these are not being published. F i l a m u K e n y a PA G E 3 n o w p l a y i n g