Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Director

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

The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Director, also known as Feature Film of the Year, is an award presented annually by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at the Uganda Film Festival Awards. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry in Uganda. It's different from Best Feature Film which is awarded for best motion. The award was introduced in 2013 and the first winner of the award was Matt Bish for his directing work on State Research Bureau. Rehema Nanfuka became the first female director to be nominated at the Uganda Film Festival Awards in 2018 and became the first female director to win the award in Uganda. [1]

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Winners and nominees

The table below shows winners and nominees for Best Director since the inception of the award in 2013.

Table key
  indicates the winner
YearDirector(s)FilmRef.
2013
(1st)
Matt Bish State Research Bureau [2]
Joseph Kenneth SsebaggalaAkataka (The Small Piece)
Alex MusisiUganda at 50 Years
Intimate
2014
(2nd)
Dilman Dila The Felistas Fable [3]
2015
(3rd)
Joseph S KenHouse Arrest [4]
Hassan MageyeThe Tailor
Farooq MutebiCall 112
Hassan 'Spike' IsingomaThe Boda Boda Thieves
Alex KakoozaMy Rising Sun
Ronnie LugumbaHanged For Love
2016
(4th)
Richard Mulindwa Freedom [5] [6]
The Only Son
Kennedy Kihire New Intentions
Hassan MageyeInvisible Cuffs
Ziwa Aaron AloneWako
2017
(5th)
Hassan Mageye Devil's Chest
Steven Ayeny Kony: Order from Above
T. West Ttabu WasswaBreaking with Customs
Daniel Mugerwa Rain
2018
(6th)
Rehema Nanfuka Veronica's Wish
Matt Bish Bella
Richard Mulindwa 94 Terror
BenluxusSlay Queens
Isaac SsekitolekoKikumi Kikumi
2019
(7th)
Richard MulindwaLailah
Robert KatoggoRed Rats
Roger MatelJa MugabirweN.S.I.W.E
Eleanor Nabwiso Bed of Thorns

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards:

WinsDirector
2Richard Mulindwa

The following directors have received two or more Best Director nominations

NominationsDirector
4Richard Mulindwa
2Hassan Mageye
Alex Musisi

Superlatives

RecordYearDirectorFilmRef.
First winner2013 Matt Bish State Research Bureau
First Female Winner2018 Rehema Nanfuka Veronica's Wish

Female nominees/winners

Two female directors have been nominated in the category, and one has won the award.

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