Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Director


The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Director, also known as Feature Film of the Year, is an award presented annually by Uganda Communications Commission at the Uganda Film Festival Awards. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry in Uganda. It's different from Best Feature Film which is awarded for best motion. The award was introduced in 2013 and the first winner of the award was Matt Bish for his directing work on State Research Bureau. Rehema Nanfuka became the first female director to be nominated at the Uganda Film Festival Awards in 2018 and became the first female director to win the award in Uganda.

Winners and nominees

The table below shows winners and nominees for Best Director since the inception of the award in 2013.

YearDirectorFilm
2013
Matt BishState Research Bureau
2013
Joseph Kenneth SsebaggalaAkataka
2013
Alex MusisiUganda at 50 Years
2013
Alex MusisiIntimate
2014
Dilman DilaThe Felistas Fable
2015
Joseph S KenHouse Arrest
2015
Hassan MageyeThe Tailor
2015
Farooq MutebiCall 112
2015
Hassan 'Spike' IsingomaThe Boda Boda Thieves
2015
Alex KakoozaMy Rising Sun
2015
Ronnie LugumbaHanged For Love
2016
Richard MulindwaFreedom
2016
Richard MulindwaThe Only Son
2016
Kennedy KihireNew Intentions
2016
Hassan MageyeInvisible Cuffs
2016
Ziwa Aaron AloneWako
2017
Hassan MageyeDevil's Chest
2017
Steven Ayeny
2017
T. West Ttabu WasswaBreaking with Customs
2017
Daniel MugerwaRain
2018
Rehema NanfukaVeronica's Wish
2018
Matt BishBella
2018
Richard Mulindwa94 Terror
2018
BenluxusSlay Queens
2018
Isaac SsekitolekoKikumi Kikumi
2019
Richard MulindwaLailah
2019
Robert KatoggoRed Rats
2019
Roger MatelJa MugabirweN.S.I.W.E
2019
Eleanor NabwisoBed of Thorns

Multiple wins and nominations

The following individuals have won multiple Best Director awards:
WinsDirector
2Richard Mulindwa

The following directors have received two or more Best Director nominations
NominationsDirector
4Richard Mulindwa
2Hassan Mageye
2Alex Musisi

Superlatives

Female nominees/winners

Two female directors have been nominated in the category, and one has won the award.