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About CineSavour, in brief
CineSavour is a cultural film venture that brings independent and international cinema into conversation with the people, places, cultures and traditions from which stories emerge. Its first chapter is Eastern Africa Tales.
About CineSavour, in full
CineSavour is a cultural film venture exploring a new model for film distribution and audience engagement through curated sensory experiences. Travelling chapter by chapter across regions and genres, it is designed to operate across cinemas, festivals, cultural venues, hospitality spaces and digital environments.
Each chapter is a curated cultural moment built around a region and its storytelling traditions, shared through a considered sensory pairing. Films are selected for cultural alignment with the region, the depth of their narrative voice, the relationships they hold with place and the quality of conversation they invite. The model extends the experience into the senses, anchoring the film in the place it comes from.
The pilot chapter, Eastern Africa Tales, takes place in London. It explores how cultural origin and a shared sensory experience shape the connection between an audience and a film. Future chapters will travel to other regions, each with its own character layered onto the CineSavour core.
CineSavour was founded by Harriet Wanjeri Thuku, a film professional of Kenyan heritage with a background spanning film production and curatorial work. The venture is based in London with ambitions to operate as a long-term cultural project supporting independent and international cinema across different regions over time.
Founder
Founder biography
Harriet Wanjeri Thuku is the founder of CineSavour. She is a Kenyan film programmer and event organiser based in London and works across practice and independent research, with a focus on audience analysis and transnational screen cultures. She holds a BA in Film Production and Directing from the United States International University-Africa in Nairobi, Kenya and an MA in the Business of Film from the University of Westminster in London, UK.
Her final MA research examined the foundation for a sustainable Kenyan film festival in London, which inspired the sustainable model, CineSavour. Before moving to the UK, she founded Panoramic Designs, a Nairobi-based production design company. She has since worked across film festival programming in the UK and event organisation in Africa. CineSavour is the venture that brings these interests together.