The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Director, also known as Feature Film of the Year, is an award presented annually by the 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.
Winners and nominees The table below shows winners and nominees for Best Director since the inception of the award in 2013. + Table key
Year Director(s) Film 2013 Matt Bish State Research Bureau Joseph Kenneth SsebaggalaAkataka (The Small Piece)Alex MusisiUganda at 50 YearsIntimate 2014 Dilman Dila The Felistas Fable 2015 Joseph S Ken House Arrest Hassan MageyeThe TailorFarooq MutebiCall 112Hassan 'Spike' IsingomaThe Boda Boda Thieves Alex Kakooza My Rising SunRonnie LugumbaHanged For Love 2016 Richard Mulindwa FreedomThe Only Son Kennedy KihireNew IntentionsHassan MageyeInvisible CuffsZiwa Aaron AloneWako 2017 Hassan Mageye Devil's Chest Steven AyenyKony: Order from AboveT. West Ttabu WasswaBreaking with CustomsDaniel MugerwaRain 2018 Rehema Nanfuka Veronica's Wish Matt BishBellaRichard Mulindwa94 TerrorBenluxusSlay QueensIsaac SsekitolekoKikumi Kikumi 2019 Richard Mulindwa Lailah Robert KatoggoRed RatsRoger MatelJa MugabirweN.S.I.W.EEleanor NabwisoBed of Thorns
Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards: Wins Director2 Richard Mulindwa
The following directors have received two or more Best Director nominations Nominations Director4 Richard Mulindwa 2 Hassan Mageye Alex Musisi
Superlatives Record Year Director Film First winner 2013 Matt Bish State Research Bureau First Female Winner 2018 Rehema Nanfuka Veronica's Wish
Female nominees/winners Two female directors have been nominated in the category, and one has won the award. 2018 Rehema Nanfuka for Veronica's Wish 2019 Eleanor Nabwiso for Bed of Thorns
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