Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama

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Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama
Awarded forExcellence in Cinematic Television Production Achievement
Country Uganda
Presented by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
First awarded2016

The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama is an award presented annually by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at the Uganda Film Festival Awards. The award which was introduced in 2016 to include television categories, is given in honor of a television producer who has exhibited outstanding production for television series.

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Winners and nominees

The table shows the winners and nominees for the Best Television Drama award.

Table key
  indicates the winner
YearTelevisionProducer(s)Ref.
2016
(4th)
Coffee Shop Mukeera Dennis Joshia
Deception George Khihumba
It Can’t BeRichard Mulindwa
Taste of Time Paul Mugisha
2017
(5th)
Yat Madit Irene Kulabako Kakembo [1]
Mistakes Girls Do Richard Mulindwa
The Honourables John Ssegawa
Coffee Shop Davidson Mugume
Second Chance Phad Mutumba
2018
(6th)
Mistakes Girls Do Richard Mulindwa [2]
Live Your Dreams
Anti Kale
Taste of Time
2019
(7th)
#Family Mathew Nabwiso
The Honourables John Ssegawa
Game of Lies
Mistakes Girls Do Richard Mulindwa
2021
(8th)
Prestige
Sanyu
Mistakes Girls Do Richard Mulindwa
What If
Chapters
2022
(9th)
Prestige
Sanyu
Kyaddala
What If
Loving Tyra

Multiple wins and nominations

By A Television Drama

No Television drama has won this award multiple times. However, several television dramas have received multiple nominations for this award over years as seen below;

NominationsTelevision Drama
4 Mistakes Girls Do
2 The Honourables
Taste of Time
Coffee Shop

By a Producer

No producer has received multiple wins for this award. Some producers have received multiple nominations for their television series. Richard Mulindwa received nominations for different television series.

NominationsProducer
6Richard Mulindwa [3]
2John Ssegawa

Records

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References

  1. "OFFICIAL NOMINEES LIST FOR THE UGANDA FILM FESTIVAL 2017" (PDF). UFF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "UCC releases list of movies nominated for Uganda Film Festival awards". Sqoop. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. Andrew Kaggwa. "Mulindwa tops Uganda Film festival nominees". Observer. Retrieved 13 March 2020.