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This is a list of Ugandan musicians and musical groups. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. [3] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Uganda for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
On January 4, 2019, Eddy Kenzo commemorated his 10-year anniversary in the Ugandan music industry with the concert "10 Years of Eddy Kenzo." The event aimed to foster unity between two of Uganda's prominent musicians and political figures, Bobi Wine and Bebe Cool, who have had a longstanding feud. [69] [70]
In 2021, Ray G won an award of the best years act from Western Uganda, an award by New Janzi Awards, [10] an award aimed at awarding Ugandan musicians in the creative art industry. [ 11 ] After the serious outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, he appeared on the many raised voices that intended to sensitize the community about the deadly virus.
Wakaliwood, also known as Ramon Film Productions, is a film studio based in Wakaliga, a slum in Uganda's capital of Kampala.Its founder and director is Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey Nabwana, a.k.a. Nabwana I.G.G., [1] who has been called Uganda's Quentin Tarantino, [2] after the gratuitous violence in his films.
Cindy got her debut film acting role as the lead in the Ugandan musical drama film Bella. Her performance earned her nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Young Actor, Africa Lead Role In Film (Non Nigerian) at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards and Best Actress at Uganda Film Festival Awards, all in 2018. [15] [16] [17]
In 2016, he was named among MTV Base's best hip hop artistes from Uganda. [2] [3] His accolades include the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4th edition of the MTN UG Hiphop Awards 2020, [4] also bagging Lyricist Of The Year(2022), and 4 Pearl of Africa Music (PAM) Awards including Best Hiphop Artiste Of The Year (2005 & 2006) PAM awards. [5]
The Uganda Communications Commission organizes the Uganda Film Festival to promote the film industry. [14] In 2013, the film State Research Bureau swept four awards. [15] In 2014, The Felistas Fable won four awards, including Best Director for Dilman Dila. The Pearl International Film Festival is held annually in Kampala.