List of awards and nominations received by Usama Mukwaya
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Ugandan film director, screenwriter and producer Usama Mukwaya. His major nominations include the African Movie Academy Award.
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Nominations | 18 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Bala Bala Sese | Best Film in an African Language | Nominated | [1] |
Other awards and nominations
Viewers Choice Movie Awards (Uganda)
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Best Screenplay | Love Faces | Nominated | [2][3] |
Best Picture | Nominated | |||
Film of the Year | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2017 | Best Screenplay | Rehema | Nominated | [4] |
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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Bala Bala Sese | Best Feature Film | Nominated | [5] |
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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Love Faces | Best Feature Film | Nominated | [6] |
2018 | Rehema | Best Short Film | Nominated | [7] |
2016 | Bala Bala Sese | Best African Film (Golden Impala Award) | Nominated | [8] |
Helsinki African Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Bala Bala Sese | Jury Award for Human Rights and Social Commentary | Nominated | [9] |
Luxor African Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Bala Bala Sese | Grand Nile Prize (Long Narrative) | Nominated | [10] |
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).
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Tiktok | Best Short Film | Nominated | [11] |
Nador Cinema Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Rehema | Best Short Film | Nominated | [12] |
Nile Diaspora International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | In Just Hours | Best Short Film | Nominated | |
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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Rehema | Best Short Film | Nominated | |
2014 | In Just Hours | Best Student Film | Nominated | [13] |
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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Love Faces | Best Production Design/ Costume Design | Nominated | [14][15] |
2017 | Rehema | Best Short Film | Won | [16][17] |
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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Hello | Best Screenplay | Nominated | [18] |
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.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | In Just Hours | Best Director | Won | [19] |
2012 | Smart Attempt | Best Director | Finalist | |
Miscellaneous awards and honors
Trailblazer Award - MNFPAC
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. [20]
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 for 2 years, 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.[21]
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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