Filming in Kenya
movie production
Film production companies have shot a variety of films and documentaries in the East African region, including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. The wide variety of landscapes, wildlife abounds with wildlife, magnificent silver-white tropical beaches, and diverse cultures are a movie producer’s dreams come true.
Africa Partners in Safari has a highly trained and experienced staff with in-depth knowledge of the East African region handling the logistics of film production. The innovative team that is committed to high ethical standards and professionals with many years of hands-on experience assists in locating sites and advising on the unique features of our region according to your needs in film and video production.
FILM INDUSTRY IN KENYA
Film production companies have identified Kenya as a popular destination for both film production and video production. In the film “To Walk with Lions” (the biopic of famed conservationist George Adamson), Kenya has shown that easily accessible exotic wildlife, captivating landscapes and diverse traditional cultures create the perfect movie setting. Other films produced in the country include the Academy Award-winning Out of Africa, a real-life murder mystery White Mischief of the happy valley.
Over 80 international films have been screened in Kenya, major ones include Out of Africa, King Solomon’s Mines, Born Free, The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, Mugambo, The Wilby Conspiracy, Master of the Game, The Color purple (2nd unit), Kitchen Toto, Cry Freedom (2nd unit), White Mischief, The Life of Hemmingway, Sitied, Forbidden Territory, Constant Gardener, White Maasai, Congo (2nd unit), I Dreamed of Africa (2nd unit), and To Walk With Lions.
Survivor Africa is the latest and most successful take on the hit CBS series. Survivor Africa Mark Burnet’s flagship reality series Survivor III, with Shaba Game Reserve, reignited interest in film production and is considered the most successful of the series, particularly by the production team, who were pleasantly surprised and with Often due to the cooperation of the Kenyan government and relatives, the ease of shooting in an isolated and secluded place. Tomb Raider II: Cradle of Life has its action sequences filmed in the Amboseli National Park in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro and Hell’s Gate National Park. Starring Angelina Jolie in her role as Lara Croft, the African actor Djimon and directed by the Dutch director Jan de Bont.