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".

Saturday, February 1, 2020

#Edumental #EducationDay ROFFEKE Event: Speakers Bios and Quotes

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"I love teaching children. They are my joy. You may go to work feeling down and a child will say "Hi teacher!" And you forget...
Monday, January 13, 2020

Interview: Abbie Hills - Writer, Director, Producer and Art Director of Texas Radio

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"Its 1972, 4 outcasts from Texas follow their favourite band on a psychedelic trip across America." ROFFEKE: Period pieces pose...
Monday, January 6, 2020

Remembering Nikola Tesla

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Tomorrow is the 77th death anniversary of one of the greatest scientists that many people do not know about. Attempts to cover up, destroy,...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Vale of Ammonition acceptance speech at #hbawards

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I'd like to thank all the people who've been along for the journey. There's been a lot of people in and out of this band. From J...
Monday, December 23, 2019

The Right Now and The Other: A Comparison

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Kenyan rock band Murfy's Flaw released the music video of their song "The Right Now" on 19/9/19. The song is featured on the...

Astronaut in Room 403: When two films talk to each other

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As luck (fate?) would have it, Astronaut (directed by Pierre Ponchant) was submitted to ROFFEKE right after Spinoza Hotel: Room 403 (directe...
Friday, December 13, 2019

This Day on Kenya Rocks: December 13th 2004

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It's Friday the 13th! What luck that one of the very active members of Kenya Rocks agreed to have some of the messages he posted on the ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

ROFFEKE WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY AND MENTAL HEALTH EVENT: PROGRAMME AND SPEAKERS' BIOS

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THEME: Philosophy and Mental Health VENUE: American Spaces, 5th Floor, Bazaar Plaza (cbd) TIME: 5PM to 7.30PM CONTACT PERSON: Mildred ...
Monday, September 9, 2019

ROFFEKE and LTMHK WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY event - Programme

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PROGRAMME 5:00-5:30 Registration, Refreshments, Entertainment (Entertainment by DJ Hueskillz). 5:30-5:35 Introduction/Welcoming Remarks ...

ROFFEKE and LTMHK World Suicide Prevention Day Event: Speakers and Panelists Bios

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Hiram Chomba is a Psychotherapist working at Befrienders Kenya. He also works as a Suicodologist at Befrienders Kenya. He is a member of th...

"Mpenzi" by Simply Tomas...in beautiful sign language!

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I have always wanted to learn sign language. I think it is so beautiful and graceful. So when I was introduced to someone who knows sign lan...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Review: Sustainable Futures, Survivor Girls

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ROFFEKE is honoured to welcome Rahma Rashid as a new intern. She graduated from Egerton University with a Bsc in Natural Resources Managemen...
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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Dr. Robert David Duncan on improv acting, collaborating and giving back

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ROFFEKE : This collaboration begun with your status update: “I like to make myself available as an actor to one or two indie projects in t...
Monday, July 8, 2019

Review: Songs of Injustice

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Reviewer: Mutendei Writes Songs of Injustice is a film that can be summed up through an anecdote of my own creation; “a seed planted in so...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Reviews: The Riveters by Kate Felix

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On 13th and 14th May and 20th and 21st May, I was privileged to conduct a Basics of Screenwriting Masterclass at Talanta Institute . On the ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Review: Solo Una Vita

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Reviewer: Mutendei Writes Solo Una Vita is a captivating film from start to end, its small production mishaps notwithstanding the film’s o...
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Monday, January 28, 2019

Interview: Javier Lozano Sánchez - "Better Whole" director, writer, producer

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ROFFEKE: When you were 6 years old, you started drawing comics based on your favourite movies from the eighties. What were some of these ei...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

"Alone" joins the ranks of films with rock-fueled end credits

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The Matrix had it. Dogma had it. Fight Club had it. And now Alone has it. The Matrix “Wake Up” by Rage Against the Machine Very fitting...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Reviews: The Neighbor (#ROFFEKEOFFICIALSELECTION2018)

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Writer - Zain Ashar Director - Reinaldo Garcia Producer - Ricky Cruz "Luke" - Zain Ashar "Joe" - Willem van der Vegt...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

Spinoza Hotel - A short film by Robert David Duncan

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I was quite captivated by the poetic narration in Spinoza Hotel. Below is my transcription of the first 1 minute and 30 seconds of Spinoza H...
Monday, December 10, 2018

ROFFEKE at MV Fest

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On 30th November, ROFFEKE was privileged to be a part of MV Fest, organized by Olamart Creatives . The venue was the beautiful and serene Oa...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

3 Reviews by Zafrica Hasaja

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ROFFEKE is honoured to have a new volunteer, Zafrica Hasaja. Zafrica studied Theatre Arts and Film technology at Kenyatta University. He has...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

"Rockstars vs Zombies" - a screenplay by Andrew Ward

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Synopsis Logline - The world brought to it’s knees by zombie hordes. The hope of mankind is a group of rockstars...If they can stay sobe...
Monday, October 1, 2018

What Happens Next?

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Two weeks ago, I created a contest on allpoetry.com, inspired by “Rumours”, a short film by Katlyn Cuilla-Martinez. Rumours is “A dark comed...
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