''Kyenvu'' is a 2018 Ugandan short film written, produced and directed by

Kemiyondo Coutinho Kemiyondo Coutinho is a Ugandan playwright, actress and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She started a music platform titled A Ka Dope aimed at giving new Uganda artists an audience. Her directorial debut short film Kyenvu won Best Narrative Short F ...

and starring still Kemiyondo Coutinho, Michael Wawuyo Jr. in lead roles and supported by

Rehema Nanfuka Rehema Nanfuka (born 25 May 1986) is a Ugandan film, theatre and television actress, director, and filmmaker known for her roles in Imani, Veronica's Wish, Imbabazi, The Girl in the Yellow Jumper, Queen of Katwe, Imperial Blue among other ...

Joel Okuyo Atiku Okuyo Joel Atiku Prynce is a Ugandan actor, model, photographer and lecturer at Uganda Christian University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration (BSWSA) plus Makerere University, the Best Two Campuses in ...

, Alex Bwanika,

Bash Luks Bashir Lukonge, known professionally as Bash Luks, is a Ugandan musician, music executive, songwriter, actor and author who is the founder and a member of Lot Fire Records, an independent record label which nurtures new talents in Uganda, East ...

and others. The film is

’s directorial and production début and won the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF)’s Best Narrative Short Film.

Premise

A recently returned brown (yellow) girl is tipped off by a passenger guy in a taxi when the taxi conductor tries to cheat her. The passenger offers to pay her fare and what follows is a game of cat and mouse between the girl and the guy.

Production

Kyenvu is set in a taxi, a 14 seater matatu. According to Kemiyondo Coutinho, girls are ridiculed for their dressing in taxis, roadsides and everywhere. She wrote Kyenvu in 2014 when the "Anti-Pornography" had passed in Uganda. Kyenvu is a Luganda word meaning yellow colour, which is used as a metaphor in the film and generally in Uganda to describe a brown girl. The film uses colour to expose the problems faced by girls of a different colour shed. Browner girls are prone to a number of challenges including catcalls, gang rapes, groping and so on. The film was edited by Peter Mukiibi, Isaac Ekuka was director of photography and sound by Moses Bwayo.

Music

Kyenvu uses accurate scoring, soundtracks and original compositions. The songs used were performed by artistes that had previously performed at her A Ka Dope sessions.

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyenvu 2018 films Ugandan short films Films shot in Uganda Films set in Uganda 2010s English-language films Ugandan drama films