A Kenyan judge has lifted a ban on a film about a lesbian relationship - for a week.
Kenya's film classification board had imposed the ban on Rafiki in April for "promoting lesbianism".
Judge Wilfrida Okwany decided to allow the screening of the film for seven days so that it could be submitted for the Oscars.
Homosexuality is illegal in Kenya - a legacy of British colonial-era rule in the country.
Rafiki, which means "friend" in Swahili, traces a coming-of-age love story between two young women, who meet and fall in love.
Their romance unfolds against a backdrop of homophobia and intolerance in a country where sex between people of the same gender is outlawed.
The film was the first from Kenya to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
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