Amakula International Film Festival
International film festival founded in 2004 in Kampala, Uganda, dedicated to bringing African and world cinema to local audiences and supporting Ugandan filmmakers. Presented since 2016 by Bayimba Cultural Foundation, on Lunkulu Island.
About the festival
The Amakula Kampala International Film Festival was founded in 2004 by Dutch art historian Alice Smits and American filmmaker Lee Ellickson. It took place annually in Kampala from 2004 to 2012, screening African and world cinema at the National Theatre and in twenty video halls across Kampala's five districts, with an East African Cinema Congress and the Golden Impala short film competition.
The festival paused in 2012 and resumed in 2016 under Bayimba Cultural Foundation. It is now known as the Amakula International Film Festival and is held on Lunkulu Island, Uganda, inviting feature, short, documentary, animation and student films.
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