Mini Movie Marathon

Curated cinema screenings celebrating short films and the communities around them.

Event poster for Mini Movie Marathon Vol. 5, taking place on 14 November 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya, featuring a red mailbox with envelopes and decorative plants, and logos for Baraza Media Lab and a circular MLM emblem.

A Love Letter to Short Films

November 14th, 2026 · Baraza Media Lab, Nairobi · Doors 2PM

Mini Movie Marathon Vol. 5

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What Mini Movie Marathon Is

  • Curated Screenings

    Short films deserve cinema screens. MMM creates intentional, in-person experiences around them, celebrating stories that linger, challenge, and surprise.

    MMM - SCREENINGS

  • Growing Across Africa & the Diaspora

    From Nairobi outward, each volume expands carefully, connecting filmmakers and audiences across Africa and the diaspora.

    MMM - FILMS

  • Community-Led

    MMM is shaped by filmmakers, audiences, and collaborators who care deeply about story, craft, and connection — a growing community that notices, learns, and shares.

    MMM - COMMUNITY
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The MMM Journal

The MMM Journal is a people‑centred space spotlighting filmmakers and creatives across the film ecosystem. It exists to highlight process, practice, and the individuals shaping short‑form cinema — on screen and beyond it.

Explore the MMM Journal

From directors and editors to musicians, animators, and collaborators, the Journal documents the wider community around film.

Colorful acrylic signatures covering the community mirror at Mini Movie Marathon Vol.3 East African showcase.
Panel of filmmakers seated in front of the screen taking questions at Mini Movie Marathon Vol.3, Nairobi.
Group of young adults sitting and watching attentively at an indoor event, some smiling and engaged.
Mini Movie Marathon Vol.3 director speaking into a microphone during the post-screening Q&A session.
Close-up of signatures and doodles on the Mini Movie Marathon Vol.1 whiteboard wall.
Group of friends smiling for PR photos at Mini Movie Marathon Vol.1
Filmmaker adding their signature to the interactive mirror wall during Mini Movie Marathon Vol.3.
Audience member using acrylic pens to sign their name on the Mini Movie Marathon Vol.3 mirror installation.
Filmmaker captured in a candid moment during the Mini Movie Marathon Mixer.
Interactive Q&A session between filmmakers and audience after a short film screening at Mini Movie Marathon.
Four individuals seated in front of a blank white wall or screen, with the names Maurice Kiee visible on the wall, possibly during a panel discussion or presentation.
Stack of magazines or books with boxing gloves and slogans on the covers, placed on a white surface.
Two people standing on a stage, one holding a microphone, with a white screen behind them displaying the text 'KEEP UP'. The person on the left has dreadlocks and is wearing a brown jacket and gray shirt. The person on the right has colorful hair, gl
Dimly lit interior space with hanging woven rattan-style pendant lights, plants, patterned black and white checkered floor, and decorated walls.