Kenya submits ‘The Letter’ for Oscar consideration

Oscar statue [Photo: Shuttesrtock]

For the first time, Kenya has submitted a documentary film ‘The Letter’, for the 93rd Academy Awards (Oscars) consideration.

‘The Letter’, produced and directed by Christopher King and Maia Lekow was selected by the Kenya Film Commission (KFC) to represent the country in the Best International Feature Film Category formerly known as the Best Foreign Language Film Category Award come 2021. The Commission had called for films submission from producers on September 11, 2020, and upon the expiry of the deadline on October 27, only two had been submitted, The Letter and a feature film Uradi produced by Kang’ethe Mungai.