Amakula International Film Festival

AmaKula International Film Festival
Location Kampala, Uganda
Founded 2004
Language International
Website amakula.org//

The Amakula International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place in Uganda founded in 2004.It is Uganda's oldest film festival founded by Dutch film historian Alice Smits and American filmmaker Lee Elickson.[1]

History

The first Amakula Kampala International Film Festival was inaugurated on May 21, 2004. The festival features Programme The screening programme will be divided into selections that can be defined as: Contemporary Cinema A survey of current films from around the world

The festival consists of competition, discussions, workshops and seminar and other multi-disciplinary performances [2]

Set Back

The received a major setback, which according to some sources was because of financial reasons but resumed on 16 March 2016 with under a new management and direction from Amakula Cultural Foundation to now being presented by Bayimba Cultural Foundation. [3]

References

  1. ↑ http://amakula.org/about/
  2. ↑ http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=evenementrecurent&no=636/
  3. ↑ http://artmatters.info/heritage-formerly-culture/2015/08/ugandas-amakula-film-festival-returns/#sthash.D3ffgTsP.dpuf/
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