ZUKA STUDENTS’ FILM FESTIVAL
PROGRAM
2010 25th September, UCU Mukono
Theme: “Stories of our Tomorrow”
Welcome to the 1st Annual Zuka Students’ Film Festival, a new dawn that has risen upon the dreams of every young man and woman who had always dreamed of making it big in film.
We are proud to present to you the 2010 Zuka Students’ Film Festival program, a lineup of short films, feature films and documentaries that will leave you longing for more of what students and some professionals have to offer. The films will be screened at Uganda Christian Universities’ Nkoyoyo Hall. Student-made audience favorite films will be rewarded. Entrance is free to the public.
Program for Saturday, September 25th 2010
IMANI
80mins
9.15am – 10.35am
Uganda 2010
Director: Caroline Kamya
A Kampala maid must quickly raise cash to bail out her sister, a victim of domestic abuse who has apparently killed her violent husband. Traumatized "child of war" Olwenyi returns home to the countryside after a spell in a "rehabilitation center". Break-dancer Armstrong must deal with a gang-lord ex-schoolmate as he tries to stage an inner-city music event.
Latitude Project Film
THE PAINTER
24 mins
10:50am – 11:20am
Uganda
Director: Winnie Gamisha
When a young painter’s work is chosen for a European exhibition, he is besieged by his community’s greed and expectations. The film explores the different generational understandings of success. It resonates with a large audience of young adults whose educational opportunities have put them at loggerheads with their backgrounds and their parents’ values.
Maisha Short, 2010
DOWNCAST15 mins (Uganda)
11:25 – 11:40
Director: Judith Lucy Adong
The story of 'Downcast' shows the stigma faced by those living with HIV and how it still lives on, even today, this time in a guise of safety measures against new infections. But what happens when fate makes those you love contract the virus from those you loathe. Or when those you were only trying to love fall prey to your own fate. How do you then face another day?
Screen Talk
60 mins
11:40 – 12:50
In charge: Gloria Kiconco
This is a discussion by professional film makers about their experiences with film in Uganda. The goal is to inspire the young people towards developing a career in film. Their narrative will also help the students develop a clear view of the realities about the film industry in Uganda, the challenges and opportunities that it presents. There will be responses from the audience.
Latitude Project Films
PUMZI
21 mins
13:00pm – 13:21pm
Kenya
Director: Wanuri Kahiu
A young woman in post-apocalyptic Kenya is determined to leave the confines of her hi-tech city and search for the dream of a green future. What she finds is most definitely unexpected, and the ending is engrossing.
THE ABYSS BOYS
26 mins
13:30 – 13:56
South Africa
Director: Jan-Hendrik Beetge
Two brothers battle to extricate themselves from their lives as perlemoen poachers. The film captures the essence of the ever-present crime-or-straight road puzzle bedevilling many marginal communities.
MAHLA30 mins
14:00 – 14:30
Mozambique
Director: Dario Fonseca
A beaten woman makes the decision to leave her abusive husband. But it is not that easy. Behind the domestic abuse lies a maze of complicated real life circumstances that make the decision even more complicated.
Student Films in Competition
(14:30 – 16:30)
Uganda Christian University (two shorts)
PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN NOLL
26 mins
14:30 – 14:56
Director: Patrick Seruyange
It is a film made by the Film Club of Uganda Christian University for the farewell of the former Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Noll. It highlights the life and time of the Professor during the ten year period he was in Uganda.
WEBCAM
10 mins
15:10 – 15:20
Director: Eddie Oketcho
It is a short film that highlights a moment into the life of four first year boys who out of innocent excitement get themselves entangled in situations that could have otherwise been avoided. One boy previously known for being humble gets a girl pregnant but was too drunk at the time to recall anything.
Kampala University Films (four shorts)
SMOKING FOR MONEY
10 mins
15:30 – 15:40
Director: Molly Nakamya
It’s a documentary that explores the process of processing smoked fish along the showers of Lake Victoria. This is a process that runs through a period of a couple of days and involves team contribution that is captured well in the documentary.
FRED THE GARBAGE COLLECTOR
6 mins
15:50 – 15:56Director: Nalweyiso Noeline
The director follows the life and daily routine of a tiresome job that a young man, “Fred” has to do so as to sustain himself and his elderly grandmother.
ENVELOPE OF COMMUNICATION
10 mins
16:06 – 16:16
Director: Kitsha Kyasi Joseph
MY CITY ON FIRE
5 mins
16:25 – 16:30
Director: Dennis Onen
My City on Fire, a short documentary-reportage by Dennis Onen, presents the terrifying scenes of street violence during the riots of September 10, 2009 in Kampala. The courageous documenting of local events and its capacity to combine objective reporting with a personal viewpoint is what defines the power of the film.
Maisha Shorts
(16:30 – 17:30)
ZEBU AND THE PHOTOFISH
11:48
16:30 – 16:42
Uganda
Director: Zipporah Nyaruri
The film is about a young fisherman’s son who gets tired of following in his dad’s fruitless efforts to pay an old debt at the expense of the life of the boy’s sick mother. The boy embarks on an adventure to rid his dad of the debt, treat the mother and stabilize his family to the disbelief of his father.
ROUGH BOY
9 mins
16:45 – 16:54
Uganda
Director: Frederick Kigozi
Kato, a boy with Downs’ syndrome struggles to be normal in a society that does not consider him normal. His condition has however not taken away his attention to detail and fascination with nature.
BECOMING A GIRL
10 mins
17:00 – 17:10
Kenya
Director: Grace Kinya
Wanja, a young girl turning teenager; a Tom-boy, is subjected to immense pressure from her mum and friends to act like a ‘girl’ other than the boy-like ‘girl’ that she is. To impress them, she then embarks on an interesting journey to become the ‘girl’ that she has never been and has the least interest to become.
STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCES
17:30 – 18:30
Open performances
AWARD CEREMONY
Audience favorite film;
- 2nd Runner Up
- 1st Runner Up
- Winner
ENTRANCE IS FREE
FOR THE LOVE OF FILM
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