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MNFPAC Alumni
Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Centre is a Uganda-based training film initiative for emerging filmmakers and mentorship programme for aspiring filmmakers and youth in Uganda. It encompasses film production, screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound recording, and acting. Origins MNFPAC was established in 2010 by film producer and singer Mariam Ndagire. MNFPAC aims at improving and elevating Uganda's entertainment industry through nurturing committed, honest and disciplined artistes. Notable alumni *Usama Mukwaya *Doreen Mirembe *Nkalubo Rhonnie Abraham *Kenneth Mugerwa *Laura Kahunde Laura Kahunde is a Ugandan performing artist and Reality T.V Show Host. She Hosts Our Perfect Wedding Uganda, a reality show that follows Ugandan couples from the wedding preparations to the actual wedding day events. She also currently plays J ... * Nabagereka Faridah References Film organisations in Uganda {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariam Ndagire
Mariam Ndagire (born 16 May 1971), is a Ugandan singer, entertainer, actress, playwright, film director, and film producer. Beginnings and education She was born in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, to Sarah Nabbutto and Buganda's Prince Kizito Ssegamwenge. She attended ''Buganda Road Primary School'', before transferring to ''Kampala High School'', where she completed her O-level education. For her A-Level studies, she attended Trinity College Nabbingo, in Wakiso District, where she graduated with a High School Diploma. She went on to obtain a Higher Diploma in Marketing from Makerere University Business School in Nakawa. Later, she was awarded a ''Diploma in Music, Dance and Drama'', from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. Performing career Ndagire started out as a theatre actress, at age 15, which still a student at ''Kampala High School''. She went on to join the ''Black Pearls'' of Omugave Ndugwa in 1987, where she starred in several pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usama Mukwaya
Usama () "Osam" Nyanzi Mukwaya (born 12 December 1989) is a Ugandan screenwriter, film director, producer, actor and former television host. His major films include ''Bala Bala Sese'', directed by Lukyamuzi Bashir with which Mukwaya is credited as the film's writer and producer. The film was nominated at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Film in an African Language. He launched his filmmaking career with the short film ''Hello'' that won overall best film in the 2010 MNFPAC Students Awards. His directorial debut is ''Love Faces'' which was released in January 2018. From 2018-2022, Usama served as chief content officer for Stream Afrique, a subscription-based streaming platform which offers online streaming of majorly African content. He is a 2019 recipient of LéO Africa Institute's Young Emerging Leaders Project Fellowship. Early life and background Born in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, Mukwaya has ancestry from Ganda, Ankole and Rwanda. He is the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Mirembe
Doreen Mirembe (born 4 October 1987), is a Ugandan actress, filmmaker, producer, founder of Amani (a film company) and dental assistant at Pan Dental Surgery. She has acted in numerous films and TV series as well as producing her own movies. Career In addition to several films and television commercials, Mirembe has appeared in TV series such as ''Deception NTV '' Deception '' is a Ugandan drama television series developed by Edris Matu Segawa and directed by George Kihumbah. The series ran on NTV Uganda for eight seasons from 2013 to 2016. The series won a number of awards including 2014 RTV Awards fo ...'' as Dr. Stephanie and Nana Kagga's '' Beneath The Lies'' as Miriam. She founded Amani House, her own film company. Her first film '' A Dog Story'' was an experimental film which garnered many nominations for Best Short Film and won two awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Short Film at the Pearl International Film Festival in 2006. She later produced her second and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkalubo Rhonnie Abraham
Colonel Annette Nkalubo, is a senior Ugandan military officer. She is the second highest-ranking military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). Education Nkalubo holds a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University, She also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice obtained from the Law Development Centre, also in Kampala. Career Nkalubo, while at the rank of lieutenant, served as a Member of Parliament, representing the UPDF in the 6th parliament (1996 to 2001). She was promoted from the rank of major to lieutenant colonel in October 2008. In 2010, at the rank of lieutenant colonel, she served, on secondment, at the United Nations. In March 2011, Annette Nkalubo, at the rank of lieutenant colonel, served as the director of women's affairs in the UPDF. In January 2013, she was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel, making her the second highest-ranking woman military officer, behind Major General Proscovia Nalweyiso. Other considerations In March 2011, she was na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Mugerwa
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byname meaning "handsome", "comely". A short form of ''Kenneth'' is '' Ken''. Etymology The second part of the name ''Cinaed'' is derived either from the Celtic ''*aidhu'', meaning "fire", or else Brittonic ''jʉ:ð'' meaning "lord". People :''(see also Ken (name) and Kenny)'' Places In the United States: * Kenneth, Indiana * Kenneth, Minnesota * Kenneth City, Florida In Scotland: * Inch Kenneth, an island off the west coast of the Isle of Mull Other * "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", a song by R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Kahunde
Laura Kahunde is a Ugandan performing artist and Reality T.V Show Host. She Hosts Our Perfect Wedding Uganda, a reality show that follows Ugandan couples from the wedding preparations to the actual wedding day events. She also currently plays Jussy on Kyaddala, a pan-African story told through the lives of university friends exploring sexual reproductive health, rights and challenges, among other social issues and; Catherine Musoke on Chapters series that shows on pearl Magic Prime. She portrayed the character Angella Byekwaso on the famous NTV '' Second Chance (Ugandan telenovela)'' She is known to have starred in Mariam Ndagire's films ''Hearts in Pieces'' alongside Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Dear mum and most recently my husbands wife ''Where We Belong'', and ''Dear Mum'' with Mariam Ndagire herself. She also starred in the Usama Mukwaya's '' Hello'' that won her the best actress in the 2011 MNFPAC students awards. She recently appeared in a Henry Ssali film ''Bullion'' with her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
