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  "When you don't shoot your movie, you stop all opportunities that have come out of it" .                                                               Ajani Salmoni Adjani in the centre together with Aloyo Annet and Nkambo Robert Friday night was a night to remember. Aloyo Annet and Nkambo Robert, the director of studies and director  Mediavision Academy respectively made it to  Goethe-Zentrum Kampala in Kamwokya to watch Dreaming Whilst Black by Adjani Salmoni.  Adjani is a BAFTA award winning British film director and actor,  originally from Jamaica. The basement was filled to capacity as Ugandan filmmakers gathered to get a glimpse of this TV series. The screening opened with remarks from Dr. Anna Adima the director of Goethe-Institut Kampala.   Annet Aloyo together with Nkambo Robert enjoy...

Our director, Nkambo Robert  had the privilege to meet Adjani Salmoni a BAFTA award winning British Producer, writer, director and actor who hails from Jamaica.  This opportunity occurred on Thursday evening at the residence of Her Excellence the British High Commissioner Kate Airey OBE in Kampala.  The event  was attended by Ugandan filmmakers and stakeholders in the film industry. Also present were representatives from the European Union and Goethe-Institut.  In her speech H.E. Kate Airey hailed filmmakers for their connection with reality as Artificial Intelligence takes over humanity.     Adjani Salmoni posses for a photo together with Nkambo Robert and other filmmakers "I had dreamed of meeting Adjani but it wasn't coming through that first, today my dream came true. Thanks to the British Council that has made this possible through its initiative of promoting the creative sector in Uganda",says Nkambo Robert.  During his interaction with...

  Mediavision Academy crew and the Cross Cultural Foundation Uganda team spent the   bigger part of Friday, 10th October filming inside Kidepo Valley National Park.   Kidepo is Uganda’s most isolated national park, but the few who make the long journey north through the wild frontier region of Karamoja would agree that it is also the most magnificent, for Kidepo ranks among Africa’s finest wildernesses. It   lies in the rugged, semi arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with south Sudan in the north west and only 5km from the eastern border of Kenya, some 700km from Kampala. Gazetted as a national park in 1962, it has a profusion of big game and hosts over 77 mammal species photo of buffalos at the Kidepo Valley National Park Our aim was to tell a story of the benefits of the Kidepo Valley National Park to the communities living around it. It was such a great opportunity to visit Kidepo but its by far having the most spectacular landscape of all the park. It  ha...

  Mediavision Academy Cheers The Uganda National Commission for UNESCO  Upon Celebrating The 60th Anniversary:    On the 21st of September 2023 marked the peak of 60 years of the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO (UNATCOM) which was celebrated at the Speke Resort Munyonyo. The celebrations were based on a theme “Sixty years of advancing ideas that have shaped Uganda for Peace and sustainable development” . The event brought together various scholars, stakeholders featured notable guests, including Chief guest Rt. Hon. Lukiya Nakadama, third Deputy Prime Minister who represented H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and First Lady/Minister of Education and Sports, with Hon. Peter Ogwang representing the Chairperson of UNATCOM. Distinguished figures, such as the Ambassador of Japan and UNESCO and UNHCR representatives, were also in attendance. On September 16th, 1963, the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO was established under the Ministry of Education and Sp...

  “Eunice Achan dreams of becoming a big writer after her online Filmmaking Fundamentals for Culture” course. By Namazzi Cindy Immaculate Business Development Officer Kampala, 28th September 2023 –   “I love it when I wake up in the morning knowing it is a class day.   I keep checking the time to make sure I don’t miss my online classes” says Eunice Achan. Achan Eunice, one of the participants of the Filmmaking Fundamentals for culture. Eunice made this revelation this week to Mediavision Academy’s Business development Officer, Cindy Namazzi at Pearlwood offices in Vortex village, Kyebando Katale zone, where she serves as the president of the actor’s guild.     Eunice is one of the 200 students attending the Filmmaking Fundamentals for Culture online course, conducted by Mediavision Academy with support from the National Commission for UNESCO in Uganda.   The course aims at building the filmmakers’ capacity to promoting Cultural and heritage throug...

  International Youth Day: How Mediavision Academy is shaping the future of Uganda’s youth through film, television and radio training   Written by: Daniel Massamba Meboya,  Corporate Communications Strategist 23 August 2023 Robert Nkambo and Annet Aloyo, director and director of studies respectively at Mediavision Academy, flanked with participants of Pearl International Film Festival workshop after a successful shoot of a short film – Location: Mediavision Academy, November 2021   STORY HIGHLIGHTS ·          A 5-year Strategic Plan of Mediavision Academy highlights youth’s training in Film, Television, and Radio as the main focus of our activities. ·          Since 2014, Mediavision Academy has trained 105 young people.  We have been amazed by their eloquent testimonials highlighting the quality of content and qualify of the Academy’s curriculum. ·   ...

Cinema Uganda: The First Edition of Women in Film Launched By Daniel Massamba Meboya Corporate Communication Strategist   Kampala, 17 August 2023 – Film specialists and movie enthusiasts in general attended the launch of the first edition “Women in Film”; an event that took place in the conference hall of the British Council in Kamwokya, Kampala.  Gender equity and knowledge building are essential to creating the spaces and opportunities for women in film if they aspire to take on a managerial and ownership role in the film industry in Uganda, wrote Daniel Massamba Meboya, corporate communication strategist and consultant at Mediavision Academy, who attended the launch of the first edition of “Women in Film”, a platform aiming at providing a nurturing ecosystem for women in the film industry. Inside the conference hall of the British Council, pictures of Ugandan women in film were displayed prominently for young professionals, especially women who ha...