Angella Emurwon is a Ugandan playwright. She is also a filmmaker, stage director, and a writing mentor.
Career She graduated from the 2011 Maisha Screenwriting Lab and has since become a mentor, teaching screenwriting across various countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Germany, and Ghana. Since 2014, she has been part of the Maisha Film Lab Mentor Team.
Angella Emurwon's first short film, Sunday (2018), received multiple accolades. It won Best East African Short Film at the 2019 Mashariki African Film Festival in Rwanda, Best National Short at the 2019 Gulu International Film Festival in Uganda, and 2nd prize in the Films by Women category at the Ndiva Women’s Film Festival in Ghana. The film was also selected for several prestigious festivals, including the Durban Film Festival, Silicon Valley African Film Festival, and Ngalabi Short Film Festival.
She won the 2012 International Playwriting Competition first prize in the English as a Second Language category for her play Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence,Playwriting Competition 2012 - winners announced bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2014.wins BBC global prize observer.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014.drama earns Ugandan playwright global literary prize , theeastafrican.co.ke. Retrieved 17 June 2014. in the 23rd International Playwriting Competition held by the BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers.wins playwriting competition , monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014. commonwealthwriters.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Her play The Cow Needs A Wifewould a cow need a wife? monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 17 June 2014. came third in the 2010 BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition. Bamuturaki Musinguzi, , artmatters.info, 12 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Bibliography Plays Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence, 2012 The Cow Needs A Wife, 2010
Short stories "Love puzzle"
References
External links "Ugandan playwright wins BBC World Service writing competition" "Angella Emurwon: Playwright with a rising international profile" "Ugandans sweep BBC awards" "Writing Plays; What Is It?" "Books They Read: Angella Emurwon" "Angella Emurwon speaks on her global playwriting award" "Censorship and the Arts in Uganda" Angella Emurwon on Facebook YouTube video on Angella Emurwon Part 1 - The challenges of having a social focus https://hi-in.facebook.com/GoetheZentrumKampala/videos/sunday-uganda-angella-emurwon-only-four-days-to-ngalabi-short-film-festival-2019/279933316020517/