Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography

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Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded forExcellence in Cinematography Achievement
Country Uganda
Presented by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
First awarded2013

The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography is an award presented annually by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at the Uganda Film Festival Awards.

Nominees and winners

The table shows the winners and nominees for the Best Cinematography award.

Table key
  indicates the winner
YearFilmRef.
2013
(1st)
Where We Belong
Die with me
The King’s Virgin
The Trespass
The Curse
2014
(2nd)
Zamora [1] [2]
The Superstition
Reform
2015
(3rd)
Boda Boda Thieves (Abaabi Ba Boda) [3] [4]
The Tailor
House Arrest
Hanged for Love
2016
(4th)
Freedom [5]
Evidence
Wako
New Intentions
Dream America
2017
(5th)
Devil’s Chest [6]
Kony: Order from Above
Dawn of Oppression
Breaking with Customs
The Torture
2018
(6th)
Veronica's Wish [7] [8]
Bella
94 Terror
The Forbidden
Slay Queens
2019
(7th)
August [9]
Country of Men
N.S.I.W.E
Lailah

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