Yaounde, Cameroon | Xinhua | “Stand by!” shouts the director as actors take their marks. The lighting blinks on. The film crew snaps into action after the order to hurry up. It’s a sunny day in Tiko, a locality in southwestern Cameroon and a local film crew is gathered to …
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OPINION | LEONARD AMANYA | The world today is centered around innovation, which innovation comes at a time when there is a ton of growth around the film industry in Uganda. The rate at which we have seen an increment of content creation and in tandem submission into the Uganda Film Festival, …
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Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | Disney’s presentation of Marvel’s superhero film “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” took the top spot at the North American box office on its debut weekend with a three-day estimate of 185 million U.S. dollars, according to studio figures released by measurement firm …
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Watching violence on screens makes children more emotionally distressed Kampala, Uganda | CAROLINE FITZPATRICK | Researcher at Concordia’s PERFORM center and Assistant Professor of Psychology, Université Sainte-Anne Children today can access media through both traditional devices, like televisions, and portable devices like laptops and tablets. With more access, children are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shooting of scenes in Uganda’s capital Kampala for 27 Guns is ongoing as Natasha Karugire and Sharpe Ssewali direct an Isaiah 60 Productions film about the National Resistance Army (NRA) liberation war of the early 8os. Roads around Parliamentary Avenue, Said Barre Road, King George II …
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Isaiah60 Productions Announces First Project at Launch Natasha Karugire and Esteri Akandwanaho have partnered to form a film production company Isaiah60 Productions to take part in the unfolding African narrative, by telling a unique perspective of, and from, the continent. The new Ugandan production house Isaiah60 Productions launched its brand …
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VIDEO: The Uganda film Industry cannot develop without a copyright law. Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi admits that inefficiencies in legislation to guide players is crippling the growth of Uganda’s film industry. Speaking during the fourth edition of the Uganda film Festival, pledged tasked the Uganda Registration Services Bureau to …
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Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria has shelved a plan to build a $10 million film village outside the mainly Muslim northern city of Kano, bowing to virulent opposition from radical Muslim clerics. The decision deals a blow to a booming industry, developers said, as the centre was to generate …
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Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Almost half the 683 people invited this year to join the organization that bestows the Oscars are women and nearly as many people of color, the body announced on Wednesday in a bid to honor its vow to push for more diversity. The …
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Rome, Italy | AFP | Italian actor Bud Spencer, who starred in a string of spaghetti westerns, died on Monday in Rome aged 86, his family confirmed. “With our deepest regrets, we have to tell you that Bud is flying to his next journey,” his family said on Spencer’s Twitter …
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