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Sixteen film, music, art and festival events in Nairobi, Kilifi, Kigali, Kampala and Bagamoyo from 16 to 31 October 2026, with venues, ticket prices and booking links.
On 17 October, Call Me Queen, a drama shot in Kenya and set in Nairobi in 1999, has its Kenyan premiere at the NBO Film Festival, KBC Digital reported on 10 October; Capital FM put tickets at KES 2,500.
From 9 to 23 October 2026, 14 concerts, festivals, film screenings and exhibitions in Nairobi, Kigali, Kilifi and Kampala, with venues and prices where the organiser lists them.
From 15 to 25 October 2026, the seventh NBO Film Festival will show 54 films, 33 features and 21 shorts, at four Nairobi venues, opening with Rwanda's Cannes prize-winner Ben'Imana, according to the line-up Sinema Focus published on 6 October.
Vincho Nchogu's Maasai-set film, chosen unanimously by a nine-member committee, will screen at the NBO Film Festival (15–25 October); Oscar nominations follow on 21 January 2027.
The 7th NBO Film Festival runs 15–25 October 2026 in Nairobi, debuting a documentary prize named for the late filmmaker Nick Wambugu and a retrospective for Senegalese director Alain Gomis.
