Ministry of Ict, Innovation and Youth Affairs State

Ministry of Ict, Innovation and Youth Affairs State

MINISTRY OF ICT, INNOVATION AND YOUTH AFFAIRS STATE DEPARTMENT FOR BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NATIONAL FILM POLICY ‘A New Vision for Kenya: From Script to Screen’ Draft January 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword .................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Preface and Acknowledgements ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................... i ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................................... iii KEY POLICY DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................... iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ vi 1. CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1 1.1. Background ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1.1. History of the Kenya Film Industry ..................................................................... 2 1.1.2. Socio-Economic Contributions of the Film Industry ............................................. 5 1.1.3. Vision 2030 and the Film Industry ...................................................................... 6 1.2. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 7 1.2.1. Policy Review Process ......................................................................................... 7 1.2.2. Rationale of the Policy ................................................................................... 8 1.2.3. Policy Goals and Objectives ............................................................................ 8 1.2.4. Vision ............................................................................................................. 9 1.2.5. Mission ........................................................................................................... 9 1.2.6. Guiding Principles and Values ......................................................................... 9 1.2.7. Scope of the Policy ........................................................................................ 10 2. CHAPTER 2: SITUATIONAL ANALYSYS OF THE FILM INDUSTRY ................................ 12 2.1. Policy, Legislative, Regulatory and Institutional Environment ................................. 12 2.1.1. The Films and Stage Play Act (CAP 222) ............................................................ 13 2.1.2. Kenya Film Commission Legal Notice No. 147 of 2015 .................................. 13 2.1.3. The Kenya Information and Communication Act, 1998 (KICA) ...................... 14 2.1.4. The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Act (CAP 221) ...................................... 15 2.1.5. Department of Film Services (DFS) ................................................................. 15 2.1.6. Kenya Film School (KFS) ................................................................................ 15 2.1.7. The Copyright Act of 2001 ............................................................................ 15 2.1.8. The County Governments Act of 2012 ........................................................... 16 2.1.9. The Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, No. 47 of 2013 ................. 16 2.1.10. Public Archives and Documentation Service Act ............................................. 16 2.1.11. The National Museums and Heritage Act. No. 6 of 2006 .............................. 16 2.2. Challenges facing the film industry in Kenya .......................................................... 17 i 2.2.1. Policy, Legal and Regulatory Challenges ........................................................ 17 2.2.2. Inadequate Funding and Financial Incentives for Industry Players................... 17 2.2.3. Lack of a formal framework for co-production treaties .................................. 18 2.2.4. Lack of Robust Marketing and Promotion Initiatives for the Industry ............. 18 2.2.5. Archiving and record keeping ........................................................................ 18 2.2.6. Skills and Training for the Film Industry ......................................................... 19 2.2.7. Lack of adequate infrastructure ...................................................................... 19 2.2.1. Multiple Licensing Frameworks. .................................................................... 20 2.3. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for the Film Industry ............... 20 3. CHAPTER 3: FILM INDUSTRY POLICY STATEMENTS AND STRATEGIES ..................... 22 3.1. Investing in the Film Industry’s Infrastructure ........................................................ 22 3.1.1. Studio complex ................................................................................................ 23 3.1.2. Locations ...................................................................................................... 23 3.2. Building the Film Industry’s skills to enhance capacity ........................................... 24 3.3. Expanding market opportunities for the Kenyan Film Industry .............................. 25 3.4. Enhancing access to funding and incentives in the Film Industry ............................ 25 3.5. Providing a conducive policy, legislative and regulatory environment .................. 26 3.6. Cross-Cutting and Emerging Issues ........................................................................ 27 4. CHAPTER 4: POLICY COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION .............................. 28 4.1. Policy Coordination and Implementation ............................................................. 28 4.2. The Role of Stakeholders ...................................................................................... 29 4.2.1 Industry Development Mandate ........................................................................... 30 4.2.2 Industry Regulation. ............................................................................................ 33 4.2.3 Policy Development and Advisory Mandate. ....................................................... 34 4.2.4 Appellate Mandate. ............................................................................................. 34 4.3.1 The Communications Authority of Kenya ............................................................. 34 4.3.2 Kenya Film Federation ......................................................................................... 35 4.3.3 Private Sector investors ........................................................................................ 35 5. CHAPTER 5: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ........................................................ 37 ANNEX: IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX ................................................................................ 38 ii ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CA Communications Authority of Kenya DFS Department of Film Services KECOBO Kenya Copyright Board KFC Kenya Film Commission KFCB Kenya Film Classifications Board KFS Kenya Film School MoICTIYA Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PWDs Persons with Disabilities iii KEY POLICY DEFINITIONS ‘Communications and Multimedia Appeals Tribunal’ means the Tribunal established under section 102 of the Kenya Information and Communications Act, which shall consequently be empowered by statute to hear and determine all disputes arising from the relevant legislation for film; ‘Classification’ means the process of giving age ratings and content advice to films; ‘Digital Creative Economy’ means the entirety of creative sectors that operate wholly or partly using digitally-enabled communications, systems and networks leveraging internet, mobile and other technologies; ‘Digital Media City’ means a high technology complex for digital technologies housing facilities such as ubiquitous networked offices, apartments, productions, exhibitions, conference halls, television network headquarters and cultural centres; “Distribution” in relation to a film means selling, supplying or letting for hire, offering or agreeing to sell, supply or let for hire or causing or permitting to be sold, supplied to or hired within Kenya; “Exhibition” means the display of a film to the public or a section of the public, whether or not a charge is made for admission; ‘Film’ means any sequence of visual images recorded or generated in such a manner that by such recording or graphics, such images will be capable of being seen as moving pictures and includes any pictures intended for distribution and exhibition through any medium including using the internet; ‘Film agent’ means a duly authorised representative of a foreign film practitioner or a film enterprise registered by the responsible state agency for film; ‘Film association’ means a body corporate duly authorised to represent one or more categories of film practitioners by whatever name and accredited by the film federation; ‘Film distributor’ means any person who sells, supplies, or lets for hire, offering or agreeing to sell, supply or let for hire or cause or permits film to be sold, supplied or hired within Kenya; ‘Film enterprise' means a body corporate carrying on the business of film by whatever name; ‘Film exhibitor’ means any person who

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