Amakula Kampala International Film Festival

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Kampala, Uganda November 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: September 2013, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 2004
- Genre: General
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 300
- Total Number of Films Screened: 200
- Competitive
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
- Workshops
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.amakula.com
Festival Description:

The Amakula Kampala International Film Festival is an annual 10-day free event in Kampala. Since it started in 2004 it has become increasingly known on a national, regional and international level and can celebrate being the largest cultural event of its kind in the country.

In 10 days of screenings including roughly 200 films, - features, shorts, fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, classics and contemporary- are shown from around the world. A special focus is on African cinema, while the Eastern Africa Region is presented in special Focus Programs.

The festival invites filmmakers to introduce their work, participate in discussions and discuss the practice and theory of filmmaking in seminars. A film training workshop is offered in advance of the festival.

The Golden Impala Award will be offered to the best Eastern-Africa short film, which will be selected by an international jury.

The annual East African Film Congress brings together film professionals from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda over three days to compare notes and discuss the development of the film industry in the region with regard to production, training, distribution, exhibition and government and private sector support to the film industry.

The festival commissions special projects from the cultural community to interact with film through dance, music, spoken word, and visual arts to emphasize the importance of collaboration, local resources as well as personal or local stories for the making of film.

The festival sets out to reach a wide audience by bringing festival films for free, translated into Luganda (the most commonly spoken local language), this is in the video halls of the local communities. Film programs and workshops are specifically designed for children and youth.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.amakula.com/ files/ amakulasubmissionform.pdf

Email:	info(at)amakula.com
Phone:	256 (0)41-27 35 32
Mailing Address:	Amakula Kampala Cultural Foundation Plot 258, Kivebulaya Road, Mengo P.O. Box 10020 Kampala Uganda

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JUN 27, 2008 01:38PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

2008 Golden Impala Award Winners Announced

The Amakula Film Festival 2008 announced the winners of the 2008 Impala Awards.

The Golden Impala Award: "Subira"
Directed by Ravneet Chadha.
"Subira" is the story of an 11 year old rebellious girl that struggles against her mother's wishes in order to break free from the norms of society.

Second Place tied with "Confession"
Directed by: Daddy Youssouf
and "Extracts from Me"
Directed by: Willie Owus.

"Confession" is a move about a man, psychologically tormented by something so grave he did in the past, he decides to go to a confessional. After talking to a priest, he doesn’t feel any better and he adopts an original way of asking for forgiveness…

"Extract from Me" is a short film about a woman who has been raped, her ordeal and how she has to cope with the aftermath.
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AUG 19, 2007 01:29AM santosh kumar s writes:

film fair participation

please let us know the dates for 2008 film fair so that i can send our film.
regards
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JUN 11, 2007 12:00PM FFW Films Editor writes:

Award Winner for Amakula Kampala International Film Festival 2007

First Prize: Acquitted
Directed by: Makda Tesfaladet
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