By Allen Kisakye
Amakula international film festival gears to reward over five local and international films with the Prestigious Golden Impala Award.
This is going to be the 12th edition of this prestigious film awards, and it will be happening at Uganda Museum on March 17.
According to Herman Kabubi, the Co-curator and programmer of Amakula International Film Festival, he said that Uganda film makers have improved a lot, in the quality of their film production.
The positive development in Uganda’s film forced the organizers to include the fifth category of Best Featured Uganda’s Film to appreciate the efforts of Uganda’s film makers.
Other categories include, Best Feature Film, Best short Film, Best Student Film, and Best Documentary. And the winners will be selected from the 35 films that were selected for screening during the Amakula International Festival.
Below is the list of nominations
Best Short Films
Sunday – Uganda
80 Plus – Uganda
100° C – Uganda
Black and White – Uganda
Long Way To Go – Uganda
Mawe – Uganda
Facing North (Bukiikakkono) – Uganda
Aya – Tunisia
Beast – USA
Doubout (Stand up) – France
3 Beats (Egypt)
Lalo’s House – USA/Haiti/Benin
One in 50 Million – Qatar
Timmy – Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium
Vossie Vergas Homself(Vossie Kills Himself) – South Africa
Souf-isme – Tunisia
Blue Mirror –Cameroon
Best Student Films
Kampala Minutes – Uganda
Coin Bank – Uganda
Best Documentary Films
The Big Flip – USA
Mele Murals – USA
Hidden Abilities – South Sudan
Play for peace – Uganda
The fire, the fowl, and an (un) forgotten past – Germany, France
Citizens Offline–Switzerland
Chilli on the lips – Cameroon
Best Feature Films
Subira – Kenya
Mabata Bata – Mozambique
Kony Order From Above – Uganda
Five Fingers for Marseilles – South Africa
Sew the winter to my skin – South Africa
T- Junction – Tanzania
Her broken shadow – Uganda
Veronica’s Wish – Uganda
27 Guns – Uganda
