List of awards and nominations received by Usama Mukwaya

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Usama Mukwaya awards and nominations
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Usama at Leo Africa Institute Graduation in 2020
Totals [lower-alpha 1]
Wins13
Nominations33
Note
  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Ugandan film director, screenwriter, and producer Usama Mukwaya. His major nominations include the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film in an African Language for the film Bala Bala Sese and a nomination for best short film at the 2023 for Sixteen Rounds.

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Major associations

Africa Movie Academy Awards

The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the African film industry.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2016 Bala Bala Sese Best Film in an African Language Nominated [1]

Other awards and nominations

Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards

Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) is an annual accolade presented by MultiChoice recognizing outstanding achievement in television and film.The inaugural Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards ceremony was held in Lagos, Lagos State in Nigeria on 9 March 2013, and was broadcast live in more than 50 countries. Entries into the award ceremony are films and TV series that have been aired in the previous year.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2024 The Passenger Best Indigenous M-Net OriginalNominated [2] [3]
2024 The Passenger Best Scripted M-Net OriginalNominated [4] [5]
2023 Sixteen Rounds Best Short filmNominated [6] [7]

Magic Vibe Awards

Magic Vibe Awards is the sole East Africa Awards Ceremony and music festival in the diaspora. They cater to all music genres including film and sports.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2023-Best East African Film DirectorNominated [8]

Janzi Awards

The Janzi Awards are envisioned as an inclusive experience where outstanding achievements, innovations and diversity in Uganda’s Cultural, Creative and Performing Arts forms are recognized and celebrated.

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2021Outstanding Producer Sixteen Rounds, The Blind Date Won [9] [10] [11]

Viewers Choice Movie Awards (Uganda)

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2017Best Screenplay Love Faces Nominated [12] [13]
Best PictureNominated
Film of the YearWon
Best DirectorNominated
2017Best Screenplay Rehema Nominated [12]

Film festival awards

Africa International Film Festival

The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) is an annual film festival. The event normally spans through a week and it includes award shows and film training classes.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2016 Bala Bala Sese Best Feature FilmNominated [14]

Amakula International Film Festival

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

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2018 Love Faces Best Feature FilmNominated [15]
Rehema Best Short FilmNominated [16]
2016 Bala Bala Sese Best African Film (Golden Impala Award)Nominated [17]

Durban International Film Festival

The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Founded in 1979 by Teddy Sarkin and Ros Sarkin, it is the oldest and largest film festival in Africa and presents over 200 screenings celebrating the best in South African, African and international cinema. Most of the screenings are either African or South African premieres.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2022 Sixteen Rounds Best Short FilmWon [18] [19]
2021 The Blind Date Best Short FilmNominated [20]
2017 Rehema Best Short FilmNominated [21]

Helsinki African Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2016 Bala Bala Sese Jury Award for Human Rights and Social CommentaryNominated [22]

Kortfilmfestival Kalmthout

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2023 Nambi Best International short film - Audience awardWon [23] [24]

Luxor African Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2022 Sixteen Rounds Best Short filmSpecial Mention [25]
2016 Bala Bala Sese Grand Nile Prize (Long Narrative)Nominated [26]

Malawi International Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2023 The Passenger Best International Feature FilmWon [27]

Mashariki African Film Festival

Mashariki African Film Festival is an international film festival based in Rwanda, that represent the country in the East African Film Network (EAFN).

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2023 The Passenger Long Feature FictionNominated [28]
2021 Kyaddala Best TV and web seriesNominated [29]
Sixteen Rounds Best Short FilmWon
2015 Tiktok Best Short FilmNominated [30]

Nador Cinema Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2018 Rehema Best Short FilmNominated [31]

Nile Diaspora International Film Festival

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2013 In Just Hours Best Short FilmNominated

Pearl International Film Festival

The Pearl International Film Festival (PIFF), is an annual film festival held in Kampala, Uganda and has been described as one of the biggest film events in Uganda.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2023 The Passenger Best FeatureNominated [32]
2017 Rehema Best Short FilmNominated
2014 In Just Hours Best Student FilmNominated [33]

Uganda Film Festival

The Uganda Film Festival (UFF), is an annual film festival held in Kampala, Uganda founded under the Uganda Communications Commission. The festival is intended to help showcase what the industry is doing and at the same time focusing attention to all the other facets of the industry.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2023 The Passenger Best Feature Film Nominated [34]
Best Film In Indigenous LanguageWon [35]
Viewer’s ChoiceNominated
Nambi Best Short FilmNominated [36]
2022 Sixteen Rounds Best Short FilmNominated
Kyaddala Best Television Drama Nominated [37] [38]
2021 The Blind Date Best Short FilmWon [39]
2017 Love Faces Best Production Design/ Costume DesignNominated [40]
Rehema Best Short FilmWon [41]

Film industry awards

MNFPAC

Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Centre is a Uganda-based training film initiative for emerging Ugandan filmmakers and mentorship programme for aspiring filmmakers and youth in Uganda.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2010 Hello Best ScreenplayNominated [42]

Movie Furnace

Movie Furnace (Tanuulu) is a Uganda-based non-profit short film competition, for Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Centre alumni (MNFPAC), founded by Mariam Ndagire.

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2013 In Just Hours Best DirectorWon [43]
2012Smart AttemptBest DirectorFinalist

Miscellaneous awards and honors

Trailblazer Award - MNFPAC (CLASS OF 2010)

The Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Centre awarded Usama the trailblazer award during the institutes' 2020 graduation as an exceptional student for his outstanding contribution towards the Ugandan entertainment industry. On the very event, Usama received a diploma in film directing and screenwriting from now a fully recognized training institute by Directorate of Industrial Training. [44]

Fellow of the Young & Emerging Leaders Project (CLASS OF 2019)

The Young & Emerging Leaders Project (YELP) is an initiative of the LéO Africa Institute, which has been ongoing since 2017, that annually inducts 20-30 outstanding thought leaders into a fellowship program designed to train and orient values of self-advancement, integrity, social responsibility, and socioeconomic transformation. [45]

Film and Television Award - Young Achievers Awards 2011

The Young Achievers Awards is a national competition held annually in Uganda which selects and promotes the best practice and excellence in youth creativity.

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<i>Sixteen Rounds</i> Ugandan short film

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