‘Just In Time’ Wins Multiple Awards in Kenya
Dolapo ‘Lowladee’ Adeleke’s Netflix feature film ‘Just in Time’ has won awards at the Kenya film commission’s Kashala 2021 Awards.
The film was nominated in four major categories – Best Feature, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress and Best Director.
It emerged winner in all but, the Best Director.
Celebrating the film’s success, Lowladee wrote on Instagram:
“Couldn’t be more proud of the super amazing cast & crew as @justintimemovie went home yesterday with the Best Feature Film at the @kenyafilmcommission Kalasha Awards 2021.”
The romantic comedy follows the story of a meticulous clerk of a bookstore who suddenly finds herself taking care of her cousin’s witty 11-year-old daughter.
In the film’s lead role is Kenyan actress Sarah Hassan (who doubles as the film’s producer), alongside Mawuli Gavor, Stycie Waweru, Pierra Makena, Blessing Lung’aho, Andreo Kamau, Fidel Maithya among others.
‘Just in Time’ was licensed by Netflix to premiere on the streaming platform in 2021, nearly two years after its principal photography in Nairobi.
The movie launched on Netflix March 12, 2021.
