Maia Lekow is a Kenyan musician and filmmaker. Fusing her music with a healthy fascination of people and culture, Maia has worked as director, producer, sound recordist and music composer on several film productions.
As a renowned Kenyan musician, her band Maia & The Big Sky have toured across African festival stages, as well as UK, Australia and North America. Parallel to directing her first feature length film The Letter, Maia is composing an original score intended for live performance, accompanying the film’s projection in cinemas.
Maia was named a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR on World Refugee Day 2013, and has received an African Movie Academy Award for her song ‘Uko Wapi” which featured on the soundtrack of Kenyan feature film, 'From a Whisper".
Maia brings with her extensive management experience having run various exclusive boutique hotels in the past, as well as coordinating large events in East Africa and Australia.
As a renowned Kenyan musician, her band Maia & The Big Sky have toured across African festival stages, as well as UK, Australia and North America. Parallel to directing her first feature length film The Letter, Maia is composing an original score intended for live performance, accompanying the film’s projection in cinemas.
Maia was named a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR on World Refugee Day 2013, and has received an African Movie Academy Award for her song ‘Uko Wapi” which featured on the soundtrack of Kenyan feature film, 'From a Whisper".
Maia brings with her extensive management experience having run various exclusive boutique hotels in the past, as well as coordinating large events in East Africa and Australia.
Chris King is an award-winning filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. Born in Australia, Chris
studied at The School of Creative Arts at the University of Melbourne, with honors in Visual Media. With a background in the fine arts, Chris has lived in Kenya since 2007, working as Cinematographer, Editor, Animator, Director and Producer in both factual and non-factual shorts, features and music videos. In 2009 Chris received an African Movie Academy Award in Editing for his work on the Kenyan feature film “From a Whisper”.
studied at The School of Creative Arts at the University of Melbourne, with honors in Visual Media. With a background in the fine arts, Chris has lived in Kenya since 2007, working as Cinematographer, Editor, Animator, Director and Producer in both factual and non-factual shorts, features and music videos. In 2009 Chris received an African Movie Academy Award in Editing for his work on the Kenyan feature film “From a Whisper”.
Biki Kangwana has worked in a range of production capacities with major UK production companies such as Ronachan Films (Dir: Angus Macqueen), Lion Television, Impossible Pictures and Lafayette Films (Dir: Nick Broomfield). His experience includes the National Geographic/ Channel 4 co-production Albino United and development of documentaries for Channel 4, BBC, Al Jazeera and the Discovery Channel.
Biki’s career began as producer of a major East African drama series, working with directors and producers from major UK soaps. He is a Kenyan citizen and holds a masters in International Development from the University of Sussex.
Biki is currently managing director of sister company Circle Digital.
Biki’s career began as producer of a major East African drama series, working with directors and producers from major UK soaps. He is a Kenyan citizen and holds a masters in International Development from the University of Sussex.
Biki is currently managing director of sister company Circle Digital.
