Subira, a local film featuring renowned kenyan actress Brenda Wairimu was recently submitted for the Oscar Award under the Best International Feature Film.
The good news was first shared online by the Kenya Film Commission, which in fact took care of the submission.
Subira was submitted to represent Kenya in the lead up to the 92nd Academy Awards scheduled for February 2020.
According to sources, the submission of Subira is only the first step in a series of stages that the movie has to undergo before being nominated.
The official nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced in January 2020.
The movie was first screened as a short film in 2008 and was a huge success in Europe, after being screened in Brussels as part of an African film festival.
Subira won 15 international awards before the feature of the film was made into a full-length movie.
source:NSEMGH.COM