Kenya Rock Film Festival Journal

This blog offers a behind-the-scenes look at ROFFEKE. ROFFEKE is pronounced "rafiki" which is a Swahili word meaning "friend". 'Friendship, Fun, Freedom' is the motto of the ROck 'n' ROll Film FEstival, KEnya. The mission of ROFFEKE is to promote rock music in Kenya by dispelling rock 'n' roll myths and misconceptions via the medium of film. The Purpose of ROFFEKE is "Lighten the Burden".

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Interview: Ajay Dev Dinesh - director, screenwriter, editor of Neena Signing Off

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Synopsis: "Neena, an adventurous final-year engineering student with a love for travel and new experiences, finds her world shrinking o...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Interview: Catarina de Cèzanne - Director of "After Link" (Question 2)

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ROFFEKE: In your jornaldemonchique.pt interview , you mention that: “After the project was rejected by the ICA (Cinema and Audiovisual Insti...
Monday, March 2, 2026

Mythology, Metal, Merry Christmas Mithras

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  "Metal musicians have long been drawn to the wellspring of mythology...Norse, Greek, Egyptian..." " The Metal Odyssey: Expl...
Monday, February 16, 2026

Interview: Catarina de Cèzanne - Director of "After Link" (Question 1)

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ROFFEKE : I am writing this interview question on 5th February 2026, just after the appearance of rentahuman.ai (AI agents hire human worker...
Monday, February 2, 2026

Interview: Marni Sullivan, screenwriter of Syvertsen's Complex

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ROFFEKE: As a sci-fi fan, I'm always curious about the years that sci-fi writers pick as the setting of their story. Why set your story,...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

Interview: Listening Raven - Screenwriter of "REZ" (Question 6)

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ROFFEKE : How would you say, "Friendship, Fun, Freedom" in any one of the Native American languages you used in your screenplay? (...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Last year's (2024) ROFFEKE Official Selections Playlist

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Serve & Protect Jazz & Roll REZ The Brattt Bepuwaveh Dear Child II Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake Roses Orange Blues 24 Round Cor...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Interview: Listening Raven - Screenwriter of "REZ" (Question 5)

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ROFFEKE: Advise to upcoming screenwriters and those in underrepresented communities? LISTENING RAVEN: Keep writing and never give up the fi...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

ROFFEKE Anniversary Interview: Keita Nishida, Director of Wearable Android - Submitted on July 19, 2015

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ROFFEKE: How has your film career (and/or life in general) grown or changed since you submitted your film to ROFFEKE? What projects are you...
Monday, July 14, 2025

ROFFEKE Anniversary Interview: Robert David Duncan, writer/director of Wonton Raptor - Submitted to ROFFEKE in September 2015.

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Synopsis: Don't just eat the soup of life, be the Wonton Raptor! Director Statement: I had been quite fascinated with children's cha...

ROFFEKE Anniversary Interview: Stephen Broekhuizen, writer/director of Souled Out - Submitted to ROFFEKE in July 2015

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Synopsis: Simon Lake discovers what it takes to become the greatest rock star of all time. Director Statement: Souled out was perhaps the mo...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Serve and Protect

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The overview of "Serve and Protect", directed by S.W. Wilcox and Epic Muntzir reads: "In the future, justice is no longer bli...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Interview: Listening Raven - screenwriter of "REZ" (Question 4)

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ROFFEKE: You predict that ten years from now "Native American projects, movies and sit-coms will be prolific." Why are you confid...
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Interview: Cassandra Berry, Susan Carol Davis, Claire Blakeney DeJarnett - "The Take Away" rockumentary

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ROFFEKE: What unique challenges did you face in the making of "The Take Away" that you did not face making the previous two short ...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Interview: Listening Raven - screenwriter of "REZ" (Question 3)

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ROFFEKE: Your portrayal of women in "Rez" is non-stereotypical, does not show them as being "voiceless, or silent...an object...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Interview: Javier Badillo (writer/director) and Nat Marshik (writer) of Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake

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ROFFEKE: What do you find as the advantages and challenges of working with a co-writer as opposed to writing alone? JAVIER BADILLO: It dep...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Interview: Listening Raven - screenwriter of "REZ" (Question 2)

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ROFFEKE : In 2016, you wrote a stage play that ran Off-Broadway in New York City and have written many other plays. What do you enjoy about ...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Interview: Zeke Hanson - Director of "Jazz and Roll" Rockumentary

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ROFFEKE: The filmmakers of the Rockumentary "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" filmed 1600 hours of footage which was cut down to ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Interview: Listening Raven - screenwriter of "REZ" (Question 1)

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ROFFEKE: Your screenplay "REZ" has many moving parts that work well together. How long did it take you to write it? What's you...
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