94 Terror is a 2018 Ugandan war-drama film set in the

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of 1994. The film premiered on the 14th of December 2018 at a red carpet event at Theatre Labonita in

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and won Best Viewers’ Choice Movie Award at the 2018 Uganda Film Festival Awards in the first week after the release.

Plot

Keza narrowly escapes death during the 1994

in which the rest of her family perishes. She and her mates Shema, a

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and Mutesi, a

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get on a run to sneak out of Rwanda to

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across the

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border.

Reception

94 Terror was very well received and immediately won Best Viewers’ Choice Movie Award at the 2018 Uganda Film Festival Awards in the first week after the release. It went on to win the best Costume award at The African Film Festival (TAFF) in

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in 2019. It also led nominations at the 2019 Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA) in

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with 18 nominations including Best Movie Drama and Best Screenplay. The film received a double selection at both the Straight Jacket Guerrilla Festival in

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and the FICMEC Nador International Festival of Common Memory in

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Production

It was produced, written and directed by Richard Mulindwa and stars an all Ugandan cast of Ninsiima Ronah, Joan Agaba, Muyimbwa Phiona, Nalubega Rashida, Shadic Smith, Mugerwa Rajj, Smith Mateega. It was produced at LIMIT Production, a media production company ran by Richard Mulindwa himself. Filming for most of the film took place in

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Awards and nominations

References

External

* {{IMDb title, tt9209692, 94 Terror
Top 10 movies about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi
Films set in Uganda Films shot in Uganda Ugandan war films 2018 films 2010s war films Films set in Rwanda 2010s English-language films Kinyarwanda-language films