Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Feature Film

The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Feature Film is an award presented annually by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at the Uganda Film Festival Awards. Introduced in 2013 at the inception of the Uganda Film Festival Awards, the award is given in honor of a producer who has exhibited outstanding production for a feature film.

Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Feature Film
Awarded for	Excellence in Cinematic Production Achievement
Country	Uganda
Presented by	Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

Winners and nominees

The table shows the winners and nominees for the Best Feature Film award.

Table key

indicates the winner

Year	Film	Producer(s)	Ref.
2013 (1st)	State Research Bureau (S.R.B)	Matt Bish	[1][2][3]
	Akataka (The Small Piece)	Joseph Kenneth Ssebaggala
	The Route	Jayant Maru Eric Wamasebu
	King’s Virgin	Hassan Mageye
	Okusaalimba (The Trespass)	Dennis Dhikusooka
2014 (2nd)	The Felistas Fable	Dilman Dila	[4][5]
	Zamora	Javed Jafferji
	Reform	Joseph Kenneth Ssebaggala
	The Superstition	Deepak Gondaliya
	Spying on Susana	Robert Nkambo
2015 (3rd)	House Arrest		[6][7]
	The Boda Boda Thieves (Abaabi Ba Boda)
	The Tailor
	Akattiro (The Death Corner)
	Call 112
2016 (4th)	Freedom	Richard Mulindwa	[8]
	Invisible Cuffs	Hassan Mageye
	Wako	Zziwa Aaron Alone
	New Intentions	Kihire Kennedy
	The Only Son	Richard Mulindwa
2017 (5th)	Devil's Chest	Hassan Mageye	[9]
	Kony: Order from Above	Steven Ayeny
	Rain	Daniel Mugerwa
	Breaking with Customs	T. West Ttabu Wasswa
	The Torture	Richard Mulindwa
	Break In	Zziwa Aaron Alone
2018 (6th)	Veronica's Wish	Nisha Kalema	[10][11]
	Bella	Matt Bish
	94 Terror	Richard Mulindwa
	The Agreement
	Slay Queens
2019 (7th)	Lailah	Richard Mulindwa	[12]
	Red Rats
	N.S.I.W.E
	August
	Bed of Thorns	Eleanor Nabwiso

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals have won multiple Best Feature film awards:

Wins	Producer
2	Richard Mulindwa

The following producers have received two or more Best Feature Film nominations

Nominations	Producer
5	Richard Mulindwa [13]
3	Hassan Mageye
2	Zziwa Aaron Alone
	Matt Bish
Joseph Kenneth Ssebaggala

Records

• In 2016, Nisha Kalema was the first female producer whose film (Veronica's Wish) was nominated for the award, and became the first female producer to win the award with the same film that same year.

References

1. Yose, Joash. "State Research Bureau reigns supreme at maiden film fest". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
2. "State Research Bureau wins big at Uganda Film Festival". New Vision. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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5. "2014 Award Winners". UFF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
6. "UFF 2015 Award Winners". UFF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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8. "'Freedom' sweeps the board at Uganda film awards". Eagle. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
9. "OFFICIAL NOMINEES LIST FOR THE UGANDA FILM FESTIVAL 2017" (PDF). UFF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
10. Ruva, Roy. "Veronica's Wish Sweeps All Major Awards At Uganda Film Festival". Chano8. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
11. "UCC releases list of movies nominated for Uganda Film Festival awards". Sqoop. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
12. "UFF 2019 NOMINEES" (PDF). UFF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
13. "Mulindwa tops Uganda Film festival nominees". The Observer. Retrieved 13 March 2020.