Nisha Kalema’s Makula dominates Uganda Film Festival — Here’s the full list of winners!

By Our Reporter The annual Uganda Film Festival took place at the Uganda Institute of Communication and Technology in Nakawa on Friday. In Nisha Kalema’s second trial at production, Makula received the biggest number of nominations and didn’t disappoint on the D-day. The film took home awards for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Director, and the biggest of the night, Best Feature Film. Nisha Kalema could easily be Uganda’s most decorated actress and probably an actor as far as the awards are concerned. She has won both as an actor, writer, producer, and now as a director. Makula is a film about a woman who finds herself trapped in an organ and human trafficking family’s home, where she thought she was coming for a marriage. Other big winners included three M-Net originals, Jerry Ssesanga’s The Lions of Buganda, Kevin Johns Nabukenya’s Soccer Heart, and Eleanor Nabwiso’s Christmas Together. Uganda Film Festival (UFF) was established by the Commission in 2013 as an initiative to promote a viable film industry in Uganda. The intention was to develop and promote the local film industry both locally and internationally, and to bring all the industry stakeholders together in a more focused and structured...