Film Agents Redefined Role

The Board today held the 2nd Film Agents’ Forum aimed at deliberations on redefining the role of Film Agents in Kenya vouched to come into effect in the 2022/2023 Fiscal Year.
The Forum that was hosted virtually cumulatively gathered at least 35 filmmakers and officials from the Kenya Film Commission (KFC), Department of Immigration Services and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA).

In his remarks, KFCB Ag. CEO Christopher Wambua reported advances in on boarding different Government agencies with a stake in filmmaking such as the National Police Service, Department of Immigration as well as the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. This on boarding is bound to aid the industry with regard to issues such as the use of firearms in films, partnerships with expatriate filmmakers as well as use of filming equipment such as drones.
With the surging numbers of films shot on location in Kenya, the Board has registered a total of a hundred and seventy three (173) Film Agents in the current fiscal year compared to 138 in the previous year.

Once adopted, local filmmakers shall not be required to apply for filming licences through accredited Film Agents, a move bound to lessen the filmmaking financial burden while investing more in local productions. 
With local productions accounting for at least seventy percent (70%) of licensed filming activities, this move is pivotal in raising the margins even higher while at the same time leaving Film Agents to concentrate on the role of exclusively offering logistical support and related facilitation to expatriate filmmakers.