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All The Must-See Looks & Winners at the 2023 Uganda Film Festival Awards

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The Uganda Communications Commission held the 2023 edition of the Uganda Film Festival with tailed various activities, which included film screenings, workshops, and forums, all organized within the festival week plus the grand finale which was the Gala that happened last Friday where the best in the Ugandan film industry were awarded.

Earlier this year the call for nominee submissions was released and the official announcing ceremony of the nominees was held leading to the finale event of the celebrations on Friday. The evening started out with cocktails as the nominees hit the red carpet and were treated to live band music before heading inside for the main ceremony. The night was officially kicked off by awarding the best of the best and some of the big winners.

Below are some of our best looks from the evening:

Musa Mwamba won the Best Supporting Actor in Feature Film award.

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Mukisa was named the Best Feature Film at the 2023 Uganda Film Festival.

Florence Naiga won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a feature film.

Other winners are Geoffrey Kasozi (Best Director), Kitara Chronicles (Best Viewers Choice), Nana Kagga’s Mukisa (Best Production Design), Kafacoh by Adnan Ssenkumba (Best Song Design), Isiko Abubaker & Daka Waira Emmanuel for The Passenger (Best Post-production/Editing), Hikmah Nabanja and Nakibuka of Kitara Chronicles (Best Makeup Artist), Diana Nabatanzi (Best Actress in TV Series) and Amon Nuwamanya for his role in Koja (Best Actor in Drama Series).

There is also Lost (Best Animation), Agramon (Best Short Film), Henry Katongole Nathan for his role in Passenger (Best Lead Actor in Feature Film), Tracy Kababito (Best Lead Actress), Silent Scream (Best Student Film), The Passenger (Best Post Production), Tale of our Times (Best Costume Designer), Akampene (Best Documentary).

Speaking at the event, the Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission Eng. Irene Kaggwa said: “We are here celebrating not just film actors or directors but also all stakeholders who have contributed to the growth of film in Uganda.”

The festival is organised by the Commission and the Uganda Film Festival Awards were started in 2013. Over 3000 films have been submitted to the Festival in the past 10 years.

Aminah Zawedde, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, said: “I am pleased to share the remarkable achievements of the Uganda Film Festival… [the festival] has made tremendous strides in addressing many of the challenges it initially set out to tackle.”

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