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Amakula Kampala intends to create a platform of exchange by providing workshops, seminars and lectures on practical and theoretical aspects of film production and discussions focusing on important issues of the day. These programmes are hosted by local, regional and international directors and producers with whom audiences will have the opportunity to meet and engage.
As most of the festival programmes the workshops are free of charge. You don't need to get registered.
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PRE-FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS
Saturday April 17, 24, May 2, 8, 15, 1 pm Makerere University
A Modest Proposal Project Development workshop by the Amakula Kampala festival directors Lee Ellickson and Alice Smits
Saturday April 17, 24, May 2, 8, 15, 3 pm Makerere University
Platform Taken From Life: film screenings with discussion series presented by Lee Ellickson and Alice Smits
Saturday May 15, Sunday May 16, 11 am-7 pm, Monday May 17 and Tuesday May 18, 3-10 pm
One Shot Theory workshop by Leonard Retel Helmrich
Dutch-Indonesian filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich, noted for the remarkable fluidity of his camera work, will conduct an intensive 4 day workshop on camera technique, focusing on his one shot theory. Participation by registration only.
GREEN ROOM NATIONAL THEATER
Saturday May 22, 12 pm
One Shot Theory Workshop Presentation
Leonard Retel Helmrich discusses and shows the results of the One Shot Theory workshop together with the participants
Sunday May 23, 1-5 pm
Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda seminar Part I Producing films in Africa
Congolese filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda will speak on issues confronting African film production and the digital possibilities.
Monday May 24, 3 -5 pm
Lecture and discussion: Re-shaping Television Broadcasting in East Africa
Dommie Yambo-Odotte and Anne Kanyi from Development through Media in Kenya will present the results of a research project that they conducted in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, focusing on the relationship between the development of local film production and television broadcasting. Followed by discussion.
Tuesday May 25, 1-6 pm
Panel discussion: The Future of Cinema in East-Africa
Part I: Film and its Institutions: production, distribution and the audience
With Dommie Yambo-Odotte (director Media Through Development, Kenya), Elvis Wavamunno (executive director WBS), Benon Tibanyendera (Union of Video Owners & Operators Association), George Sengendo (UFTI), Robbie Wodomal (Media Forum). Moderated by Paul Kavuma Nkwanga
Part II: Imagining an East-African Cinema: On Aesthetics, Content and Form
With Wanjiru Kinyanjui (filmmaker, Kenya), Philip Luswata (writer, actor, director), Dipio Dominica (Makerere University, Literature), Robert Kalundi Serumaga (writer), David Kyungu (Matatizo Multi-Media Productions, Tanzania), Petna Ndaliko Katondolo (video producer, choreographer)
Wednesday May 26, 6 pm
Talk: Cesar Paes, filmmaker of Brazilian origin will discuss the ethno-cultural underpinning with special focus on his latest work in progress in Madagascar.
Thursday May 27, 6 pm
Talk: Xoliswa Sithole, actress, filmmaker and producer from South Africa speaks on the adventures of film production in Africa
Friday May 28, 5-7 pm
Panel discussion: In Search of African Cinema
With Xoliswa Sithole, Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Nodi Murphy, Robbie Wodomal. Moderated by Manthia Diawara.
Saturday May 29, 1-5 pm
Balufu Bakupa Kanyinda seminar: Part II Promises of Digital Technology
Investigation in the promises of the digital in African TV and film production. Screening of his video afro@digital, exploring the digital revolution in Africa.
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY GREAT HALL
Thursday May 27, 2-4 pm
Manthia Diawara lecture: On the History of African Cinema: from Ousmane Sembene to Abderahmane Sissako
Manthia Diawara, professor African Studies at the New York University and authority on African cinema, will offer an historical perspective on the evolution of content and aesthetics in African cinema surveying the major themes and aesthetic choices (mise-en-scene, editing and camera format) treated by African directors from the sixties to the present, up to the current video wave in Anglophone cinema.
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