About RECA
Nairobi, Kenya — Est. 2014
We Believe
Stories
Change The World.
Re-Tuning Cinema In Africa
Who We Are
Re-Tuning Cinema
In Africa Is A
Storytelling &
Production
Company.
RECA was founded in Nairobi in 2014 from a belief that storytelling could do more than communicate information. A well-crafted story could change attitudes, influence behaviour and magnify the impact of the people and organisations behind it.
More than a decade later, that belief still sits at the centre of what we do. We work across film, documentary, commercial production, photography and other forms of visual storytelling — finding the language each story needs rather than forcing every story into the same format.
Explore Our Work→2014
Founded In Nairobi
10+
Years Of Storytelling
200+
Storytellers Connected To RECA
Where It Began
It Started
With A
Question.
What happens when African storytellers have the space, tools and community to tell their stories in their own way?
RECA began as a shared dream around African storytelling. In its earliest years, that meant starting small — creating film clubs in schools and giving young people opportunities to understand not only how films are made, but what stories can do.
That beginning grew into something much larger: production, education, collaboration and experimentation, all connected by the same fascination with story.
Then & Now
2014 → Today
Where We Began
2014
A Camera.
A Classroom.
A Community Of Storytellers.
Where We Are Today
Today
More Stories.
More People.
The Same Curiosity.
Ten Years Of RECA
The Story
So Far.
2014
The Beginning
RECA begins in Nairobi with a shared ambition to tell African stories, challenge familiar narratives and create space for stories that deserve to be seen.
EARLY YEARS
The Film Clubs
The journey expands into film clubs in schools, creating spaces where young people can discover filmmaking, film history and the possibilities of visual storytelling.
THE WORK GROWS
Beyond The Classroom
Education grows into production, documentary, photography and collaborations with organisations working across different communities and sectors.
THE NETWORK
A Wider Creative Community
RECA grows beyond a single production team into a wider network of filmmakers, photographers, producers, writers, editors, sound teams and collaborators.
TODAY
Still Re-Tuning
Different formats. Different people. Different places. The same curiosity: what is the most powerful way to tell this story?
More Than Production
We're Interested
In What Stories
Can Do.
The format changes with the story. What stays constant is the search for the most meaningful way to connect an idea with an audience.
RECA
Film
Stories developed from idea to screen, shaped around the people, places and experiences at their centre.
RECA
Documentary
Patient, human storytelling grounded in real lives, real environments and the questions worth spending time with.
RECA
Commercial
Branded stories and campaigns that begin with human connection rather than simply putting a product in front of a camera.
RECA
Photography
Portraiture, documentary photography and visual essays built around people and place.
RECA
Animation
A different visual language for stories that need imagination, explanation or worlds beyond the camera.
RECA
Film Education
Creating opportunities for emerging storytellers to understand the language, history and practical craft of filmmaking.
People Make The Story
The Creative Community
A Home For
Storytellers.
RECA has always been bigger than the people inside one office.
It is the filmmakers, photographers, writers, producers, editors, sound teams, artists, students, collaborators and organisations that move through the stories we make.
The tools change. The formats change. The people around the table grow.
The story remains the reason.
Meet The People→Collaborations
Stories
We've Shaped
Together.
Over the years, RECA has created stories alongside organisations working across culture, development, media, sport and social impact.
What Comes Next
So Each Story
We Take On
Is A New Mission.
Have a story, an idea or a world you want to bring to life?
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