Kilifi Creek Festival — Gallery

KILIFI CREEK FESTIVAL

Gallery

23 - 31 OCTOBER 2026

Kilifi Creek, Kenya

KILIFI CREEK FESTIVAL IN PICTURES

Film, Art, Community
and the Creek

A glimpse of the screenings, performances, conversations and shared moments that bring the festival to life along Kilifi Creek.

16 photographs

Festival filmmakers celebrating together with their awards
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Festival celebrations

Singer performing on the Kilifi Creek Festival stage
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Live at the creek

Audience gathered for an outdoor screening surrounded by film murals
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Cinema under the trees

Festival guests sharing a conversation beside Kilifi Creek
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Creekside conversations

Young filmmakers speaking during a festival discussion
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Stories in conversation

Passenger boat crossing the calm waters of Kilifi Creek
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Across Kilifi Creek

Festival audience listening during a community programme
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Community at the centre

Singer and guitarist performing together at the festival
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Sounds of the festival

Audience wearing illuminated headphones during a night screening aboard a dhow
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Silent cinema on the dhow

Festival creatives standing together for a group portrait
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Kilifi creatives

Filmmakers smiling during a festival question and answer session
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Filmmaker exchange

Festival guests in conversation aboard a dhow at golden hour
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Golden hour aboard

Festival technical crew preparing projection equipment outdoors
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Behind the screens

Filmmakers taking part in a relaxed open-air panel
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Ideas in the open air

Two festival guests seated together beside Kilifi Creek at sunset
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Creekside at sunset

Festival performer in a vivid pink costume under stage lighting
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Festival style in focus