ROGERS ATUKUNDA Although widely considered among the most artistic forms of cinema, experimental films don’t seem to be popular with Ugandan filmmakers. And on Thursday, whether this elusive form of filmmaking can find a place in the budding local film industry was a topic of discussion at a special workshop held at the ongoing Amakula [...]
ROGERS ATUKUNDA As the first black student to study animation at Swansea University in the UK, David Masanso was inundated with good paying job offers in Europe. The Ugandan filmmaker however chose to come back home and start up a career as an animator. He now runs Crossroads Digital Multimedia, a leading local animation-production [...]
POLLY KAMUKAMA He lost his dad only a couple of weeks ago. And it appears American-based Ugandan actor, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, got the right kind of distraction at the ongoing Amakula International Film Festival in Kampala. The Blood Diamond actor was among a slew of guests that graced the festival’s opening night at the [...]
ANDREW KAGGWA You can’t forget the first time you were at the cinema. Well, maybe you can forget the clothes you were putting on but definitely not the film you watched. But I guess that only works for people that looked at cinema going as some kind of privilege, the ones that elevated you from [...]
POLLY KAMUKAMA It used to be a popular fad for moviegoers back in the 70s and 80s. And yesterday, the drive-in cinema experience was brought back to life at Amakula Film Festival as the annual cinema showcase bounced back from a three-year hiatus to put on an impressive opening for their tenth edition. Audiences who [...]