Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama
| Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in Cinematic Television Production Achievement |
| Country | Uganda |
| Presented by | Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) |
| First awarded | 2016 |
The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama is an award presented annually by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at the Uganda Film Festival Awards. The award which was introduced in 2016 to include television categories, is given in honor of a television producer who has exhibited outstanding production for television series.
Winners and nominees
[edit]The table shows the winners and nominees for the Best Television Drama award.
indicates the winner
|
| Year | Television | Producer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 (4th) |
Coffee Shop | Mukeera Dennis Joshia | |
| Deception | George Khihumba | ||
| It Can’t Be | Richard Mulindwa | ||
| Taste of Time | Paul Mugisha | ||
| 2017 (5th) |
Yat Madit | Irene Kulabako Kakembo | [1] |
| Mistakes Girls Do | Richard Mulindwa | ||
| The Honourables | John Ssegawa | ||
| Coffee Shop | Davidson Mugume | ||
| Second Chance | Phad Mutumba | ||
| 2018 (6th) |
Mistakes Girls Do | Richard Mulindwa | [2] |
| Live Your Dreams | |||
| Anti Kale | |||
| Taste of Time | |||
| 2019 (7th) |
#Family | Mathew Nabwiso | |
| The Honourables | John Ssegawa | ||
| Game of Lies | |||
| Mistakes Girls Do | Richard Mulindwa | ||
| 2021 (8th) |
Prestige | ||
| Sanyu | |||
| Mistakes Girls Do | Richard Mulindwa | ||
| What If | |||
| Chapters | |||
| 2022 (9th) |
Prestige | ||
| Sanyu | |||
| Kyaddala | |||
| What If | |||
| Loving Tyra |
Multiple wins and nominations
[edit]By A Television Drama
[edit]No Television drama has won this award multiple times. However, several television dramas have received multiple nominations for this award over years as seen below;
| Nominations | Television Drama |
|---|---|
| 4 | Mistakes Girls Do |
| 2 | The Honourables |
| Taste of Time | |
| Coffee Shop |
By a Producer
[edit]No producer has received multiple wins for this award. Some producers have received multiple nominations for their television series. Richard Mulindwa received nominations for different television series.
| Nominations | Producer |
|---|---|
| 6 | Richard Mulindwa [3] |
| 2 | John Ssegawa |
Records
[edit]- In 2017, Irene Kulabako Kakembo was the first female producer whose television drama series (Yat Madit) was nominated for the award, and became the first female producer to win the award with the same series that same year.
References
[edit]- ^ "OFFICIAL NOMINEES LIST FOR THE UGANDA FILM FESTIVAL 2017" (PDF). UFF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "UCC releases list of movies nominated for Uganda Film Festival awards". Sqoop. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Andrew Kaggwa. "Mulindwa tops Uganda Film festival nominees". Observer. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
