Description: Maisha Film Lab partners with the 4 Regional East African Film festivals for an 8-day Screenwriting Lab in each of our target countries, Kenya , Tanzania , Rwanda and Uganda. For each Lab, Maisha’s International Reading Committee selects 9 participants based on their submitted scripts. 3 professional screenwriters volunteer their time to mentor the participants during the 8 day Lab. At the end of each lab, the mentors award a production grant of $2,000 to the best screenplay. These funds are contingent on the Maisha’s administrative team’s approval of the winning filmmaker’s shooting script, budget, and production plan.

Summary: Asif’s grand historical tapestry is one of the most beautiful epics from India. Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair.

Summary: A tired sixty year old divorcee with a meagre salary dreams of setting up his own restaurant. His family reconnects around this dream as a symbol to a better life.

Summary: SEMINAR presented by Frank Ukidike

Summary: This film details the last hours of the life of Joan of Arc: her trial, imprisonment, torture, and execution. Robert Bresson, Le Process de Jeanne d’Arc (France, 1962, 65 min.) Bresson's screenplay evinces a commitment to historical documents as it is strictly drawn from the transcriptions of Joan's trial and rehabilitation.

Summary: A short documentary focusing on the challenges and the triumph the women food vendors in the Kampala streets of Uganda face every day. Joseph Kitsha, Envelope of communication (Uganda, 2009, 10 min.) Prossy is deaf. But her dream is to drive a car like “the hearing people”. A film on what people call the “school for the deaf”. Mpisi, Young UG vs The People (Uganda, 2009, 20 min.) A film compiled of rough footage and interviews in which the director seeks answers to the question why do people do the things they do... Dennis Onen, My City on Fire (Uganda, 2009, 5 min.)** 10.September 2009 – Riots in Kampala. Most people are go home but the filmmaker goes out on the streets with his camera and finds his city on fire. Ntare Guma Mbaho Nwine, Beware of Time (Uganda/USA, 2007, 62 min.) Based on a true story, this acclaimed play charts one man’s epic journey across Uganda, Cuba, Canada and America.

Summary: This film was the germinating event for the creation of Arugba

Summary: Kriznar travelled to the war zone in 2006 to plead for peace with rebel leaders of the SLA on behalf of Serbian president Drnovsek and discovered the real reason for the war.

Summary: Kriznar travelled to the war zone in 2006 to plead for peace with rebel leaders of the SLA on behalf of Serbian president Drnovsek and discovered the real reason for the war.

Summary: Shaw describes the female survivors of the civil war in Liberia, the feelings of guilt, shame and the will to survive.

Summary: Shaw describes the female survivors of the civil war in Liberia, the feelings of guilt, shame and the will to survive.

Summary: This film was the germinating event for the creation of Arugba

Summary: Slave trading caravan reaches a village in the midst of terror over the appearance of a raging lion while a young man is pressured into the uncomfortable role of a hero.

Summary: This drama is about the life of Andrei Rublev, the great 15th century Russian icon painter during a turbulent period of Russian history is about believe and faith.

Summary: Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands.