The Return of Lazarus

Two brothers, Lazarus (Alexandros Koch) and Kiriakos (Nelson Lucas), set for a road trip in Maronia, Northern Greece, in order to find the mythical cave of the Cyclops where King Maron used to hide his wine. According to the myth if you drink from this wine you gain the eternal youth. Kiriakos wants to become young again in order to rejoin the Boy Scouts after they expelled him recently for life. Lazarus is trying to find himself after losing his job, his house while he still hopes to bring back his divorced wife, whom he still loves. On their journey they meet different people including King’ora (Lizz NJagah), a Kenyan woman who works in a local hotel. Very soon sparks begin to fly between her and Kiriakos.

The Return of Lazarus is the first feature film Alexandros shot in Greece. The edit of the movie will start in November and the aim is to premier it next year both in Greece and Kenya. The film is a Greek movie with a Kenyan touch.

Source: Jitu Films press release.

Mob Doc

Mob Doc is a Kenyan movie about Dr McCartney – a doctor who is struck off because of his alcoholism and is kidnapped by a Nairobi gang that turns him into their physician while feeding his habit. In order to stay alive the doctor must cure the Mob Boss (Joseph Kinuthia) whose sex life is threatened.

CAST

Mob Doc - Kenyan movie

Mob Doc - Kenyan movie


The Doctor Simon J Smithers
Medical Board David Mulwa Francis Mang’ana
Alex Davaric
Mafia Boss Joseph Kinuthia
Nurse Helena Waithera
1st Patient Evelyn Kahungu
2nd Patient Kamau Bob
3rd PatientValentine Wanjiru
The Boys Charles Kang’ethe
Ragos Gitau
Boniface Loppoh
Samuel Odoyo
SurgeonIan Kaburu
Lollipop GirlsRuth Mueni
Mercy
Lulu Abdallah Said
The Doc’s Wife Lydia Gitachu

Haunted

In the Kenyan movie “Haunted”, Wairimu is a writer with writer’s block. In order to overcome it she decides to follow her brother and his 3 friends to a field trip adventure in an empty huge house where they used to live when they were very young kids. But the house keeps some deadly secrets that only Wairimu knows. But sooner than later the secrets come forward with the help of a ghostly guest. A spooky Kenyan ghost story with an ending that will haunt you for ever.”

Lydia Gitachu is the secretive writer, starring together with David Lomunyak, Boniface Loppoh, Brenda Mwai, Methu Muthoni and guest appearance by Pinky Ghelani. The film is directed by Oskari Korenius and Egregious Jitu and produced by Alexandros Konstantaras and Evelyn Kahungu.

Otto The Blood Bath

This Kenyan movie is about a family torn between selling off their fathers land against the patriarch’s wishes. The children of the man’s first wife refuse to obey his wish and decide to bury him at the Langata Cemetery in Nairobi so that they can kick the second wife and her mute son out and enjoy the proceeds. That s when the horror begins….

The first Kenyan Horror film! Banned by the Kenyan Censorship Board as too horrific even to an adult and that contains too much blood and dead bodies!

You can just watch the trailer but the producers, Jitu Films, have to wait for the ban to be lifted before they release it.

Matatu Girl

FRIDA, a young modern Kenyan girl just got accepted to the University, a dream that she was after for sometime now. But her father refuses to pay the tuition fees, as he wants his daughter to get married and become a housewife like every “good Kenyan girl”. Despite her father’s refusal FRIDA starts searching secretly for a part time job in order to gather money for her fees. After many unsuccessful job interviews FRIDA, in a desperate move, accepts a job offer as a Matatu tout.

Frida is played by Jackie Nyaminde. The cast also includes Samuel Odoyo, Kevin Onyango, Boniface Loppoh and Lulu Abdallah Said. It is directed by Billy Mbilikimo and written by Wanjiru Kairu. Matatu girl is a modern Kenyan comedy.

Unfortunately no trailer is available at this time.

Selfish??

Selfish?? – the Kenyan movie – is about two pregnant ladies; one who has the baby and one who aborts the child before she gives birth. Which one of the two was really selfish to either keep or get rid of the baby? You decide.

Selfish?? follows the lives of two women; ANGELA, an advertising executive and MERCY, a part time model. Both fall pregnant and choose different paths; one to keep the baby, the other ABORTION. Are Angela and Mercy really SELFISH or is it the people who influence their decision?

Selfish - Kenyan Movie

Selfish - Kenyan Movie

Zeinabu Rudi Nyumbani

Zeinabu who is the wife of Dedan is stolen by another man. She had been living happily with her husband until Kavila, a rich man from the city, visits their home.

But life on the other side is not as promising as Zeinabu had expected. She finds herself in a tight spot after Kavila has had his fill with her. He batters her and leaves her at the hands of his merciless mother who turns her into a slave.

On the other end, Dedan is sinking deeper into sorrow after losing his wife. He tries to numb his pain with alcohol and gets into brawls at the local pubs before retiring to a quiet house and a cold bed at the end of the day.

The mood of the film is set with background music played by Lulu Abdulla Said and live performances by Eric Wainaina.

Josephine Kamwenga who plays the role of Zeinabu said, “I enjoyed acting in this film since it is a story that Kenyans can relate to. We all like to be told stories from which we can derive moral molding from and this is just that kind of story.”

Zeinabu Rudi Nyumbani is a Kenyan romantic drama movie.

Read full review.

Cast
Zeinabu – Josephine Kamwenga
Dedan – Joseph Kinuthia
Kavila – Mwadulo Mwadulo

Blood Honeymoon

Three childhood friends decide to marry their beloved ones on the same day. A promise that they did when they were kids. Now after the ceremony they are off to their common honeymoon. But on their way to the honeymoon country lodge they get lost and end up in a old colonial house where the friendly but weird hosts, who are hunters, seem a bit forgotten in time.

It’s not late before our heroes realize that what the hunters are after its not animals but them! Blood Honeymoon is a great Kenyan thriller with lots of suspense, nice locations and brilliant cinematography and of course acting.

The Devil Dentist

The Devil Dentist is a Kenyan movie set in Nairobi, Kenya. Edwar Gold, head of “Crystal Gold”, a South African dental company, wants to quickly dominate the Kenyan Market. In order to achieve that, he and his family take advantage of Dr. Karau, an old dentist and scientist, by stealing his secret formula of an oral spray he was planning to sell to them at an exorbitant price.

When Dr. Karau finds out that he was betrayed, he decides to take revenge and eliminate the Gold family by using on them one of his inventions that holds supernatural powers …