{{Short description|Uganda-based non-profit training film initiative}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} '''Maisha Film Lab''' is a Uganda-based non-profit training film initiative for emerging East African filmmakers<ref name="monitor">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/-/812796/969410/-/cfyy5f/-/index.html|title=Maisha to hold its first African film festival - Daily Monitor|publisher=monitor.co.ug|accessdate=2016-08-18}}</ref><ref name="indiewire">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/reintroducing-ugandas-maisha-film-labs-founded-by-mira-nair-8-years-after-its-birth|title=Reintroducing Uganda's Maisha Film Labs Founded By Mira Nair... 8 Years After Its Birth {{!}} IndieWire|author=Tambay A. Obenson|publisher=blogs.indiewire.com|accessdate=2016-08-18}}</ref><ref name="ugabox">{{cite web|url=http://www.ugabox.com/uganda/business/Maisha-Film-Lab.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416064115/http://www.ugabox.com/uganda/business/Maisha-Film-Lab.html |archive-date=2013-04-16 |url-status=dead |title=Maisha Film Lab Uganda.Film and Video Making.Training.Screen Writing, Directing, Producing, Cinematography, Editing & Sound Recording Kampala Uganda{{!}}Ugabox.com |accessdate=2016-08-18 }}</ref> and mentorship programme for aspiring filmmakers and youth in Eastern Africa. It encompasses film production, screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound recording, and acting.<ref name="monitor2">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/-/812796/811978/-/bso3gk/-/index.html|title=Our very own screenwriter - Daily Monitor|publisher=monitor.co.ug|accessdate=2016-08-18|archive-date=2013-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204954/http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/-/812796/811978/-/bso3gk/-/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Origins ==
Maisha was established in 2005 by film director Mira Nair.<ref name="columbia">{{cite web | url=http://arts.columbia.edu/maisha-film-lab-screenwriting-mentorship-program-new-york-and-kampala-uganda | title=Maisha Film Lab Screenwriting Mentorship Program (New York and Kampala, Uganda) {{!}} Columbia University School of the Arts | publisher=arts.columbia.edu | accessdate=18 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819063035/http://arts.columbia.edu/maisha-film-lab-screenwriting-mentorship-program-new-york-and-kampala-uganda | archive-date=19 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="shadowandact">{{cite web|url=http://www.shadowandact.com/?p=36935 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117175236/http://www.shadowandact.com/?p=36935 |archive-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead |title=Shadow And Act » Introducing Uganda's Maisha Film Labs... |accessdate=18 August 2016 }}</ref> The name Maisha is from a Swahili word that means "life". Maisha aims to seek, identify, nurture, and promote creative talent among children and youth through hands-on skills development programmes in areas such as journalism, film-making, arts appreciation, and organisation and presentation of cultural and creative events.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
== Notable alumni == thumb|right|Maisha 2011 participants and Mentors Below is a list of distinguished Maisha Film Lab alumni:<ref>{{cite web|title=Maisha Film Lab | Rehema Nanfuka|url=http://maishafilmlab.org/maisha-alumni/rehema-nanfuka/|website=Maisha Film Lab|accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref> *Ashiq Khan *Dilman Dila *Joel Karekezi *Lupita Nyong'o *Mariam Ndagire *Rehema Nanfuka *Philbert Aime Mbabazi *Usama Mukwaya *Samuel Ishimwe
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{cite web|url=http://www.maishafilmlab.org|title=Welcome to Maisha Film Lab - Maisha Film Lab|publisher=maishafilmlab.org|accessdate=2016-08-18}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/education/maisha-film-labs|title=Maisha Film Labs — Education {{!}} Doha Film Institute|publisher=dohafilminstitute.com|accessdate=2016-08-18}}
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