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Video Joker
The emerging film industry in Uganda is known as Ugawood or sometimes Kinauganda by the locals. The 2005 production ''Feelings Struggle'' directed by Ashraf Ssemwogerere is credited with being the first Ugawood film. Many have asserted that this steadily growing film industry is derived from Hollywood, in the same manner as Nollywood and Bollywood. In a story that ran in a local newspaper in Uganda about the naming of the industry, filmmakers Kuddzu Isaac, Matt Bish and Usama Mukwaya were quoted as saying that Ugawood would be the most appropriate name for the industry. Audiences go to video halls where narrators called "video jokers" translate the dialogue and add their own commentary. Patrons also rent DVDs and watch feature films on prime-time TV. Some films are funded by NGOs through cultural grants. Other films are produced with DIY equipment and low production budgets. Despite low production budgets, Uganda's film industry is quite productive. Isaac Nabwana's Ramon Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayant Maru
Jayant Maru is a Kenyan filmmaker based in Uganda. He has directed films like, ''The Route'', ''K3NT & KAT3'', and '' Sipi''. He has worked with Olympian Stephen Kiprotich Stephen Kiprotich ("KIP-roh-tich", born 27 February 1989) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is an Olympic marathon champion, having won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Kiprotich also won a gold at the 2013 World Championships in ..., Miss Uganda 2014 Leah Kalanguka, and actor Patriq Nkakalukanyi. Filmography References External links English.cntv.cnTheinsider articleYoutube footageBigeye.ugMwnation.comKamukamapolly.wordpress.comKamukamapolly.wordpress.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Maru, Jayant 1990 births Living people Ugandan film directors Ugandan film producers Ugandan screenwriters Kenyan emigrants to Uganda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Killed Captain Alex?
''Who Killed Captain Alex?'' is a 2010 Ugandan action comedy film written, produced, and directed by Nabwana Isaac Geoffrey Godfrey (IGG), by Wakaliwood, an ultra low-budget studio in Kampala, Uganda. The film gained viral notoriety for being a no-budget action film, produced on a reported budget of under $200 although producer Alan Hofmanis later stated that the production value was in fact $85. A trailer for the film was uploaded to YouTube in January 2010 and the full film was uploaded in March 2010, and has been viewed over 8.1 million times as of January 2023. The original version of the film was lost due to power outages and "strained conditions" according to Nabwana, while the surviving version of ''Who Killed Captain Alex?'' released online includes commentary from an English-speaking " Video Joker" that includes running gags about the characters. ''Who Killed Captain Alex?'' was generally received well by critics and audiences alike, who saw it as an endearing " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Science Theater 3000
''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (abbreviated as ''MST3K'') is an American science fiction comedy film review television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on KTMA-TV (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It then moved to nationwide broadcast, first on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central for seven seasons until its cancellation in 1996. Thereafter, it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three more seasons until another cancellation in August 1999. A 60-episode syndication package titled ''The Mystery Science Theater Hour'' was produced in 1993 and broadcast on Comedy Central and syndicated to TV stations in 1995. In 2015, Hodgson led a crowdfunded revival of the series with 14 episodes in its eleventh season, first released on Netflix on April 14, 2017, with another six-episode season following on November 22, 2018. A second successful crowdfunding effort in 2021 will bring at least 13 additional episodes to be shown through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ugandan Films
The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin. Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia * '' Welcome to the Smiling Coast: Living in the Gambian Ghetto'' * ''Jaha's Promise'' Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho * '' Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho 1991'' Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco * '' Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan'' (2006) Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and PrÃncipe Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan * '' Jebel Nyoka'' * ''The Nuer'' Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe * ''Forbidden Fruit'' (2000) See also * Cinema of Africa * Lists of films References Ex ... [...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] |
Pearl International Film Festival
The Pearl International Film Festival (PIFF), is an annual film festival held in Kampala, Uganda. It has been described as one of the biggest film events in Uganda. PIFF is a non-governmental organization founded by Moses Magezi and established in 2011 to develop and promote film and other cultural industries as catalyst for the regional social and economic growth. The first edition of PIFF happened at the National Theatre and still will holds other edition every May. The festival The annual multi disciplinary arts and cultural festival is PIFF’s major activity; the festival is an all-arts affair, with a week of screenings of the best local cinema and an awarding evening Gala. The festival also aims to draw attention to raise the profile of films with the aim of contributing towards the development of cinema, boosting the film industry worldwide and celebrating Ugandan cinema at currently at the national level. The PIFF festival now runs 5 programs over a week that include: # Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilman Dila
Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer, film makerExploring the Ugandan Film Scene: Talking Movies with Director Dilman Dila ignitechannel.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.Participants berlinale-talents.de. Retrieved 13 June 2014. and a social activist. monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 10 June 2014. He is the author of a collection of short stories, ''A Killing in the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Felistas Fable
''The Felistas Fable'' is a 2013 Ugandan film written, directed and produced by Dilman Dila."Preview 'The Felistas Fable' (Contemporary Ugandan 'Beauty & The Beast' Folk Tale)" blogs.indiewire.com. Retrieved December 13, 2014. The film stars Veronica Namanda, Mike Wawuyo, Kaddzu Isaac and Mathew Nabwiso. thefelistasfable.com. Retrieved December 13, 2014. Plot Felistas is cursed. She stinks. No one can stand to stay near her. She lives in seclusion in an abandoned house. One day, a witchdoctor finds a solution to her problems. A ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Research Bureau (film)
''State Research Bureau'', also marketed as ''S.R.B.'', is a Ugandan action film directed by Matt Bish. It's a story based on Uganda's dark past and exposes the brutality of the President's secret intelligence police that ran safe houses. Plot Before 1986, a family tries to flee the troubled country, but are intercepted by state operatives. They meet the notorious Captain Yusuf who runs a safe house (prison). It's the 1980s, but Yusuf's unit reflects the State Research Bureau during the 1970s. Cast ''S.R.B.'' featured Roger Masaba as the notorious intelligence chief, Joel Okuyo Atiku as James, Cleopatra Koheirwe and Matthew Nabwiso. Also making an appearance is Roger Mugisha, the inspiration for Matt Bish's first film ''Battle of the Souls'' in which Okuyo and Nabwiso had starred back in 2007. Release and reception The film premiered in Kansanga, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda at Wonder World (former Didi's World) on 25 January 2011, the 32nd Anniversary since Idi Amin's Overthro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda Communications Commission
The Uganda Communications Commission ''(UCC)'' is the government regulatory body of the communications sector in Uganda. Although owned by the Ugandan government, it acts independently. Its mandated responsibilities include licensing, regulation, communications infrastructure development and the expansion of rural communications service. Location The headquarters of the UCC are located at 42-44 Spring Road, in Bugoloobi, a neighborhood in Nakawa Division, in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. Other regional offices are located in Gulu, Mbale, Masindi and Mbarara. History UCC was created by the Communications Act enacted in 1997, by the Ugandan Parliament. That instrument, split the then Ugandan parastatal, ''Uganda Posts and Telecommunications Company Limited'' (UPTCL), into four entities: * Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) – The communications industry regulator * Uganda Post Limited – Also known as Posta Uganda * PostBank Uganda †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipi (film)
Jayant Maru is a Kenyan filmmaker based in Uganda. He has directed films like, ''The Route'', ''K3NT & KAT3'', and '' Sipi''. He has worked with Olympian Stephen Kiprotich Stephen Kiprotich ("KIP-roh-tich", born 27 February 1989) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is an Olympic marathon champion, having won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Kiprotich also won a gold at the 2013 World Championships in ..., Miss Uganda 2014 Leah Kalanguka, and actor Patriq Nkakalukanyi. Filmography References External links English.cntv.cnTheinsider articleYoutube footageBigeye.ugMwnation.comKamukamapolly.wordpress.comKamukamapolly.wordpress.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Maru, Jayant 1990 births Living people Ugandan film directors Ugandan film producers Ugandan screenwriters Kenyan emigrants to Uganda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Route
''The Route'' is a Ugandan film directed by Jayant Maru, based on a screenplay he wrote. It is about human trafficking in Uganda. Cast * Sharon Detoro as Samantha * Thomas Kayondo as Sam * Edlyn Sabrina as Sabrina * Felix Bwanika as Mr. Nyobobo * Bwanika Esther as Mother Accolades * Nominated for the Best Feature Film in Uganda's Film Festival (2013) * Nominated for best Feature Film at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival The Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) is an annual film festival held in California to promote an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. Nigerian filmmaker Chike Nwoffiah founded the SVAFF in 2010 an ... (2013) * Nominated for best feature Film at the Manya Human Rights Film Festival (2013) * Won best feature film at the Nile Diaspora International Film Festival (2013) * Official Selection at the FESTICAB Burundi Film Festival (2014) * Nominated for best production in the Diaspora at Kalasha Awards ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
