{{Short description|Ugandan writer, filmmaker and social activist}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox writer | birth_name = Dilman Dila | image = Dilman DIla Portrait 2019-web-v2.jpg | alt = Portrait photo of Dilman Dila | caption = Dila in 2019 | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film maker, writer | education = | alma_mater = Makerere University | genre = Fiction | subject = | notableworks = ''Cranes Crest at Sunset'', The Felistas Fable | awards = | website = {{URL|dilmandila.com}} }}
'''Dilman Dila''' is a Ugandan writer, film maker<ref name=ignitechannel>[https://ignitechannel.com/articles/culture/exploring-ugandan-film-scene-talking-movies-director-dilman-dila/, Exploring the Ugandan Film Scene: Talking Movies with Director Dilman Dila]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ignitechannel.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref><ref name=berlinale-talents>[http://www.berlinale-talents.de/campus/talent/byaruhanga-rukukadilmandila/profile?pos=9, Participants]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} berlinale-talents.de. Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref> and a social activist.<ref name=monitor>[http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/-/691232/1259272/-/7ctsxz/-/index.html, Books they read-Dilman Dila, 22 October 2011] monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> He is the author of two collection of short stories, ''A Killing in the Sun'' and ''Where Rivers Go to Die'',<ref name="Owino">Anjellah Owino, [http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000136304/soldiers-story-a-killing-in-the-sun-launched?pageNo=1 "Soldiers story 'A Killing in the Sun' launched"], ''Standard Digital'', 27 September 2014.</ref> and of two novellas, ''Cranes Crest at Sunset'',<ref>Anjellah Owino, [http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000108129&story_title=is-there-a-chick-lit-gap-in-african-literature "Is there a chick-lit gap in African literature?"], ''Standard Digital'', 30 March 2014.</ref> and ''The Terminal Move''.<ref name=foxandraven>[http://www.foxandraven.co.za/2013/10/07/interview-dilman-dila/, Interview / Dilman Dila] foxandraven.co.za. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref><ref name=davebrendon>[http://davebrendon.wordpress.com/2013/12/24/double-review-the-terminal-move-and-project-hydra-fox-and-raven-publishing/, Double Review: The Terminal Move and Project Hydra (Fox and Raven Publishing)] davebrendon.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> He was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for "A Killing in the Sun",<ref name=commonwealthwriters>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130613034938/http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/cssp-shortlist-2013/ Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2013 Shortlist] commonwealthwriters.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize in 2013,<ref name=shortstorydayafrica>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180430/http://shortstorydayafrica.org/the-longlist-feast-famine-and-potluck/ The Longlist] shortstorydayafrica.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> and nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Award for the short story "Homecoming".<ref name=storysouth>[http://www.storysouth.com/million_writers_award/2008/02/editor_nominations_for_2008_mi.html Editor nominations for 2008 Million Writers Award], storysouth.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.</ref> He was longlisted for the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition with his first radio play, ''Toilets Are for Something Fishy''.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Gfcljv5D1wH750091WtLmM/shortlist-and-longlist "Shortlist and Longlist"], BBC World Drama.</ref> His film ''The Felistas Fable'' (2013)<ref name=observer>[http://webmail.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29846:-dilman-dilas-felista-arrives&catid=42:sizzling-entertainment&Itemid=74, Dilman Dila’s Felista arrives] observer.ug. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> won four awards at the Uganda Film Festival 2014,<ref>Andrew Kaggwa, [http://allafrica.com/stories/201409010136.html "Uganda: Felista's Fable Dominates Film Awards"], ''AllAfrica'', 31 August 2014.</ref><ref name="kamukamapolly.wordpress.com">Polly Kamukama, [http://kamukamapolly.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/felistas-reigns-supreme-at-film-awards/ "Felistas reigns supreme at film awards"], ''The Critic'', 1 September 2014.</ref> for Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Feature Film, and Film of the Year (Best Director). It won two nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best First Feature by a Director, and Best Make-up Artist.<ref name=ama-awards>[http://www.ama-awards.com/news/amaa-nominations-announced-johannesburg "AMAA Nominations announced in Johannesburg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405232613/http://www.ama-awards.com/news/amaa-nominations-announced-johannesburg |date=5 April 2014 }}, ama-awards.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.</ref> It was also nominated for the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards for Best Make-up artist, 2013.<ref name=africamagic>[http://africamagic.dstv.com/2013/12/06/2014-amvca-nominees-announced/ 2014 AMVCA Nominees Announced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316015108/http://africamagic.dstv.com/2013/12/06/2014-amvca-nominees-announced/ |date=16 March 2014 }} africamagic.dstv.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.</ref> His first short film, ''What Happened in Room 13'', is one of the most watched African films on YouTube. In 2015, he was longlisted for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for his story "Onen and his Daughter".<ref name=jalada>{{cite web|title=Longlist for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature|url=https://jalada.org/2015/04/05/longlist-for-the-inaugural-jalada-prize-for-literature/|publisher=Jalada|date=5 April 2015|access-date=29 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203002/https://jalada.org/2015/04/05/longlist-for-the-inaugural-jalada-prize-for-literature/|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Dilman was born in Tororo, Uganda. He grew up with his family on Bazaar Street, which harboured a multitude of cultures and nationalities. It is exposure at an early childhood to different stories from different tribes that gave him a strong foundation in storytelling.<ref name="foxandraven.co.za">{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxandraven.co.za/2013/10/07/interview-dilman-dila/ |title=Interview / Dilman Dila | Fox & Raven Publishing |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726064221/http://www.foxandraven.co.za/2013/10/07/interview-dilman-dila/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He attained primary education at Rock View Primary School, and secondary education at St. Peter's College, Tororo, before proceeding to Makerere University, where he did a BA in Social Sciences, majoring in Political Science (International Relations) and Economics.
Upon completing his university degree, he worked for human rights organisations, and for non-government developmental agencies for eight years, an experience that not only made him a social activist, but provided him with material for his writing and filmmaking.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ignitechannel.com/articles/culture/exploring-ugandan-film-scene-talking-movies-director-dilman-dila/ |title=Exploring the Ugandan Film Scene: Talking Movies with Director Dilman Dila - Ignite Channel |access-date=10 June 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140610103336/https://ignitechannel.com/articles/culture/exploring-ugandan-film-scene-talking-movies-director-dilman-dila/ |archive-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Writing== He was introduced into storytelling at an early age by the folktales that he used to hear from his parents, and from fellow children, in the town he grew up in, Tororo.<ref name="foxandraven.co.za"/> He started writing when he was 15 years old.<ref name=startjournal>[http://startjournal.org/2013/07/when-film-imitates-art/ "When Film Imitates Art"], startjournal.org. Retrieved 12 June 2014.</ref> His first works appeared in print in ''The Sunday Vision'' in 2001,<ref name="dilmandila.com">Dilman Dila, [http://www.dilmandila.com/2013/05/ghost-tales-on-road-to-nairobi.html "Ghost tales on the road to Nairobi"]</ref> and have since featured in several e-zines and book anthologies. These include ''The African Roar'' anthology in 2013,<ref name=freduagyeman>[http://freduagyeman.blogspot.com/2013/10/42-african-roar-2013-by-emmanuel.html#!/2013/10/42-african-roar-2013-by-emmanuel.html 42. African Roar 2013 by Emmanuel Sigauke (Editor)], freduagyeman.blogspot.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref> Storymoja, and Gowanus Books.<ref name=dilmandila>[http://www.dilmandila.com/p/dilmans-bio.html "About Me"], dilmandila.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref>
He writes speculative fiction, especially in the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. The story that won a shortlist with the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, "A Killing in the Sun", is a ghost tale.<ref name=Owino /><ref name="dilmandila.com"/> He published his first science fiction story, Lights on Water, in ''The Short Anthology''.<ref>[http://theshortanthology.com/ ''The Short Anthology''.]</ref> In 2014, he launched his first collection of speculative short stories, during the Storymoja Festival, in Nairobi, Kenya.
In 2013, he was shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize<!-- dead link<ref>http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/cssp-shortlist-2013/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>--><ref name=africa-ontherise>[http://www.africa-ontherise.com/5-africans-make-commonwealth-short-story-prize-2013-shortlist/ "5 AFRICANS MAKE COMMONWEALTH SHORT STORY PRIZE 2013 SHORTLIST"], africa-ontherise.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref><ref name=sarabamag>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130617204324/http://www.sarabamag.com/five-africans-on-the-shortlist-for-the-commonwealth-short-story-prize-2013/ Five Africans on the shortlist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2013], sarabamag.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> and longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa Prize.<ref>http://shortstorydayafrica.org/the-longlist-feast-famine-and-potluck/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180430/http://shortstorydayafrica.org/the-longlist-feast-famine-and-potluck/ |date=14 July 2014 }},</ref>
In 2013, he facilitated a short-story surgery workshop, together with Alexander Ikawah, in collaboration with Commonwealth Writers,<ref>[http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/short-story-workshop-storymoja/ "Short story surgery led by Ugandan writer Dilman Dila, 2013 Storymoja Hay Festival"], Commonwealth Writers, 6 November 2013.</ref> at the Storymoja Hay Festival.<ref name=common-wealthwriters>[http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/short-story-workshop-storymoja/ Storymoja Short Story Workshop by Dilman Dila], commonwealthwriters.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref><ref name=hayfestival>[http://www.hayfestival.com/p-7090-alexander-ikawah-dilman-dila-temo-buliro-stanley-gazemba-and-timothy-kimutai.aspx Alexander Ikawah, Dilman Dila, Temo Buliro, Stanley Gazemba and Timothy Kimutai], hayfestival.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> and in 2014 he was a mentor in the Writivism project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://writivism.com/?p=825 |title=Writivism | the 2014 Writivism Mentors |access-date=20 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821223806/http://writivism.com/?p=825 |archive-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> He returned to the Storymoja Festival, where he was a festival guest in 2014, conducting a masterclass with Prajwal Parajuly.
In 2013, San Diego State University included his short story [http://www.gowanusbooks.com/Dila_Homecoming.html "Homecoming"], in its syllabus for an English course.<ref>Dilman Dila, [http://www.dilmandila.com/2013/12/this-has-been-good-year.html "This Has Been a Good Year".]</ref>
==Film making== Dilman Dila is a self-taught film maker.<ref name="startjournal"/> He however greatly benefited from the Maisha Film Lab, where he learned the craft from experienced mentors from Indian Cinema, and from Hollywood.<ref name=nalakagunawardene>[http://nalakagunawardene.com/2007/08/10/, “If we don’t tell our stories, no one else will”] nalakagunawardene.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.</ref> He attended five different labs with Maisha, spanning a period from 2006 until 2008, in the areas of screenwriting and directing, for both fiction and documentary. The other trainings he attained include the Durban Talent Campus 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.berlinale-talents.de/campus/talent/rukuka-byaruhanga2/profile?pos= |title=Berlinale Talents |access-date=23 June 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140623074455/http://www.berlinale-talents.de/campus/talent/rukuka-byaruhanga2/profile?pos= |archive-date=23 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://disabilityunit.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/archive/52-29th-diff-2008-talent-campus.html |title=29th DIFF 2008 Talent Campus |access-date=23 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821062320/http://disabilityunit.ukzn.ac.za/index.php/archive/52-29th-diff-2008-talent-campus.html |archive-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> MNet Screenwriters Workshop in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fullshangweblog.com/2009/04/10/m-net-screenwriters-workshop-2009/ |title=M-Net Screenwriters' Workshop 2009!! | Full Shangwe Blog |access-date=2014-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821032026/http://www.fullshangweblog.com/2009/04/10/m-net-screenwriters-workshop-2009/ |archive-date=21 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> European Social Documentary International in 2012,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://issuu.com/alanfarquharson/docs/esodoc-international-participants|title=/esodoc-international-participants|work=issuu|access-date=2017-11-23|language=en}}</ref> and Berlinale Talents in 2014.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140623074523/http://www.berlinale-talents.de/campus/talent/byaruhanga-rukukadilmandila/profile?pos=5]</ref>
Many regard his first short film, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZnpN86hPzo&index=2&list=PLbqWtWtBdAqbbRovg9KSAMsr6YVjRHO7B ''What Happened in Room 13''] (2007), featuring the famous comedians Ugandan Richard Tuwangye, Anne Kansiime, Veronica Namanda, Hanningtong Bujingo, and Gerald Rutaro, as a masterpiece from Uganda's young industry. ''The Young Ones Who Won't Stay Behind'' (2008) was his first collaboration with the world-famous film maker Mira Nair. Dila spent two years in Nepal, after receiving funding from Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), to work with local organisations on film making for social change. While there, he made several documentaries. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUCl_YlUDg&list=PLbqWtWtBdAqbbRovg9KSAMsr6YVjRHO7B&index=11 ''Untouchable Love''] (2011) was selected for IDFA's Docs for Sale, 2011,<ref name=idfa>[http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=66a81af9-e8e9-48fd-a816-1ab6d078372d "Untouchable Love"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150936/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=66a81af9-e8e9-48fd-a816-1ab6d078372d |date=14 July 2014 }}, idfa.nl. Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref> where it picked a UK-based distributor. With [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/51068/The-Sound-of-One-Leg-Dancing ''The Sound of One Leg Dancing''] (2011), he won The Jury Award at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival in 2012.<ref name=tnff>[http://www.tnff.ca/film/sound-one-leg-dancing "The Sound of One Leg Dancing"], tnff.ca. Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref> [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/51069/The-Dancing-Poet ''The Dancing Poet''] (2012) made its debut at the We Speak, Here online festival in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cultureunplugged.com/ |title=Home |website=cultureunplugged.com}}</ref> The two years in Nepal helped him to hone his craft, before he felt that the next stories he wanted to package and send out into the world were explicitly African in makeup, even if they came from a shared perspective that informed his earlier work.<ref name=newvision>[http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/638103-changing-lives-through-film.html "Changing lives through film"], newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 12 June 2014.</ref>
His first narrative feature, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_dFKWm2gIk&index=3&list=PLbqWtWtBdAqbbRovg9KSAMsr6YVjRHO7B ''The Felistas Fable''] (2013)<ref name=indiewire>[http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/preview-the-felistas-fable-contemporary-ugandan-beauty-the-beast-folk-tale Preview 'The Felistas Fable' (Contemporary Ugandan 'Beauty & The Beast' Folk Tale)], indiewire.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref> won two nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best First Feature by a Director, and for Best Make-up Artist<ref name=chimpreports>[http://chimpreports.com/index.php/mobile/entertainment/20522-film-uganda-misses-oscars-at-amaa.html "Film: Uganda Loses Out On AMAA Oscars"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220204/http://chimpreports.com/index.php/mobile/entertainment/20522-film-uganda-misses-oscars-at-amaa.html |date=14 July 2014 }}, chimpreports.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.</ref><ref name=viasat1>[http://viasat1.com.gh/vone/news/entertainmentmain.php?postId=27 "AMAA 2014: Joselyn Dumas, Shirley Frimpong, others nominated"], viasat1.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.</ref> It was also nominated for the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2014 for Best Make-up Artist.<ref name="africamagic"/>
== Awards and recognition ==
===Writing=== *Nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Awards: Notable online fiction. *Longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa prize, 2013 *Shortlisted Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2013 *Longlisted for BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition 2014<ref name="bbc.co.uk" /> *Nominated for the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award<ref name="pkdaward">[https://www.philipkdickaward.org/2024/01/2024-philip-k-dick-award-nominees-announced.html/ ''Philip K. Dick Award'']</ref>
===Film=== *Winner of The Jury Award (Bronze drum) at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, with [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/51068/The-Sound-of-One-Leg-Dancing ''The Sound of One Leg Dancing''], 2012 *Winner of Film of the Year (Best Director) at the Uganda Film Festival 2014 for ''The Felistas Fable''<ref name="kamukamapolly.wordpress.com" /> *Winner of Best Feature Film at the Uganda Film Festival 2014 for ''The Felistas Fable'' *Winner of Best Screenplay at the Uganda Film Festival 2014 for ''The Felistas Fable'' *Nominated for Best First Feature by a Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014, for the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_dFKWm2gIk&index=3&list=PLbqWtWtBdAqbbRovg9KSAMsr6YVjRHO7B ''The Felistas Fable''] *His film, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_dFKWm2gIk&index=3&list=PLbqWtWtBdAqbbRovg9KSAMsr6YVjRHO7B The Felistas Fable], was nominated for Best Make-up Artist at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014 and at the African Magic Views Choice Awards, 2014
== Published works == === Novellas, Chapbook === *{{cite book |last=Dila |title=Cranes Crest at Sunset |publisher=Storymoja Publishers |year=2013 |isbn=9789966001818 |author-mask=2}} *{{cite book |last=Dila |title=The Terminal Move |publisher=Fox & Raven Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=9780987008985 |author-mask=2}} *{{cite book |last=Dila |title=A Fledgling Abiba |publisher= |year=2020 |isbn= |author-mask=2}} *{{cite book |last=Dila |title=The Future God of Love |publisher= |year=2021 |isbn= |author-mask=2}} *
===Short story collections=== *{{cite book |last=Dila |url= |title=A Killing in the Sun |publisher=Black Letter Media |year=2014 |isbn=9780987019875 |author-mask=2}} *{{cite book |last=Dila |title=Where Rivers Go to Die |publisher=Rosarium |year=2023 |isbn=9780578368030 |language=en |author-mask=2}}
===Short stories=== * "The First War", in ''The Sunday Vision'', January 2001 * "The Soldier's Wife", in ''The Sunday Vision'', February 2001 * "The Campaign Agent", in ''The Sunday Vision'', May 2001 * "Death in the Moonlight", in ''The Sunday Vision'', May 2001 * "Stu's Honeymoon", in ''The Swamp'', 2004 * "Bloodline of Blades", in ''ShadowSword'', October 2005 * "Lights on Water", in The Short Story anthology, 2014 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130901085625/http://usersites.horrorfind.com/home/horror/darkfire/jan05_1.html "Fragments of Canvas"], in ''Dark Fire'', January 2005 * [http://www.gowanusbooks.com/Dila_Homecoming.html "Homecoming"], Gowanus Books, 2007, and nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Award: Notable Online Fiction of 2007 * [http://www.gowanusbooks.com/In%20Search%20of%20a%20Smoke_Dilman%20Dila.html "In Search of a Smoke"], Gowanus Books, 2007 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319025704/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-230633241.html "The Young Matchmaker"] in ''The Kathmandu Post'', 4 July 2010 * [http://storymojaafrica.co.ke/blog/2011/04/10/stones-bounce-on-water-a-short-story/ "Stones Bounce on Water"], Storymoja.com, April 2011 * "Billy is Three Weeks Dead", in {{cite book |title=Dead Men (and Women) Walking |editor=Ann Dawson |publisher=Bards and Sages |year=2006 |isbn=9781847289063}} * "The Broken Pot", in {{cite book |title=Feast, Famine & Potluck |editor=Jennings |editor-first=Karen |editor-link=Karen Jennings (author) |publisher=Short Story Day Africa |year=2013 |isbn=9780620588867}} * "The Puppets of Maramudhu", in {{cite book |title=African Roar 2013 |editor=Emmanuel Sigauke |publisher=StoryTime |year=2013 |isbn=9780987008985}} * "Lights on Water", in ''The Short Story'', 2014 * "Red Bati" in ''Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora'', 2020 * "Yad Madit" in ''Africanfuturism: An Anthology'', (2020, Brittle Paper)
==Filmography==
===Producer/Director/Writer=== * ''Under Sarah's Bed'' (2007, Uganda), 1 minute, film * ''Home is a Fine Place to Die'' (2007, Uganda), 3 minutes, film * ''Listening to Her Voice'' (2008, Uganda), 12 minutes, film * [http://www.vimeo.com/11743989 ''Street Strings''] (2008, Uganda), 15 minutes, documentary * [http://untouchablelovenepal.blogspot.com/ ''Untouchable Love''] (2011, Nepal), 90 minutes, documentary * [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/51068/The-Sound-of-One-Leg-Dancing ''The Sound of One Leg Dancing''] (2011, Nepal), 30 minutes, documentary * [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/51069/The-Dancing-Poet ''The Dancing Poet''] (2012, Nepal/Uganda), 60 minutes, documentary * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_dFKWm2gIk&index=3&list=PLbqWtWtBdAqbbRovg9KSAMsr6YVjRHO7B ''The Felistas Fable''] (2013, Uganda), 90 minutes, fiction * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lkYP4EZw2A ''Saving Mugisha''] (2013, Uganda), 18 minutes, fiction
===Writer/Director=== * ''How Will I Get a Drink?'' (2007, Uganda), 5 minutes, documentary * ''The Young Ones Who Won't Stay Behind'' (2008, Uganda), 15 minutes, documentary * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZnpN86hPzo&index=2&list=PLbqWtWtBdAqbbRovg9KSAMsr6YVjRHO7B ''What Happened in Room 13''] (2007, Uganda), 18 minutes, film
===Writer=== *''After the Silence'' (2006, Uganda), 34 minutes, film
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/04/wheres-the-african-chick-lit/ "Where’s the African Chick-Lit?"] *[http://kwani.org/event/kwani-out-about/125/kwani_at_storymoja_hay_festival__panel_discussion__reservoir_of_public_memory__kwani_sunday_salon.htm "Kwani? at Storymoja Hay Festival – Panel Discussion : Reservoir of Public Memory & Kwani? Sunday Salon"] *[http://untouchablelovenepal.blogspot.com/p/credits.html "Biographies and Credits "] *[http://www.doenculture.com/370/en/now-i-write-humorous-and-light-stories "Now I Write Humorous And Light Stories"] *[https://www.sites.google.com/site/trivisionuganda/films-and-projects/independent-films/after-the-silence-cast-and-crew "After the Silence Cast and Crew "] *[http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressreleases/festivalfonden-stoeder-haitisk-filmskola-548986 "Festivalfonden stöder haitisk filmskola"] *[http://www.mutantspace.com/the-short-anthology-new-short-story-magazine/ "The First Issue Of The Short Anthology Uses Joe Coleman’s Photographs As The Basis For A Series Of Short Stories"] *[https://archive.today/20140613200438/http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/44492/print "Africa: Maisha film lab accepting applications for 2008 labs"] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140822092829/http://writivism.com/?page_id=1409 "Mentors"]}} *[http://www.dilmandila.com/2013/12/this-has-been-good-year.html "This Has Been a Good Year"]
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