Director-led film studio

We make filmsfor Africanoriginals.

A director-led production studio. Brand films, founder films and documentaries, made in Nairobi, Kenya and shot across the continent.

In focus

48h
Treatment turnaround
8
Cities on the continent
9
Brands and originals
RovifyAdidasITF TennisHennessyAXKAfrikabalJustlyCoca-Cola SAVansRovifyAdidasITF TennisHennessyAXKAfrikabalJustlyCoca-Cola SAVans

Selected work

Work we put our name on.

A small studio makes fewer things, more deliberately. A slice of recent work across brand, founder and documentary.

All work
1:48
Brand Film·2026

In Motion

Rovify · Nairobi

0:60
Commercial·2025

First Light

Adidas · Cape Town

2:10
Branded·2025

The Blend

Hennessy · Accra

What we make

Six ways to point a camera.

From a ninety-second brand film to a long-form documentary, finished end to end in-house.

01

Brand Films

The film a company puts at the top of everything. Identity, story, and craft in ninety seconds that make people lean in.

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02

Founder Films

The person behind the company, on camera, without the stiffness. Interview-led films that actually sound like them.

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03

Documentary

Longer form, real subjects, real stakes. We follow the story where it goes and cut it honest.

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04

Commercial & Branded

Campaign work that has to sell and still feel like cinema. Built for launch, social, and broadcast.

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Photography

Stills that hold up next to the film. Portraits, product, and set photography with the same eye.

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Post & Colour

The grade is where a film gets its skin. Edit, sound, and colour finished in-house to a single look.

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The studio

Nairobi-based.
Shooting continent-wide.

Gare Jesse Production is built around one director and a small, deliberate crew. We travel light, move fast, and keep the intent large. The unit is small so the decisions stay sharp and the story stays yours.

Films for African originals.”

Gare Jesse, Director & Founder. First call is fifteen minutes; a treatment lands within 48 hours.

How it works

From a first call to final cut.

01

First call

Fifteen minutes. We work out whether there is a film here and whether we are the ones to make it.

02

Treatment

A written and visual treatment within 48 hours. Look, structure, references, and a real budget.

03

Production

Director-led on the ground, continent-wide. Small crew, big intent, nothing left to chance.

04

Delivery

Edit, colour, and sound finished in-house. Master, socials, and stills, cut to the platforms you run.

Journal

Notes from the set.

All notes