23/03/2025
The Regional Film Competitions is an annual event organized by Uganda Communications Commission, UCC. Yesterday was the events gala night for the 3rd edition of the awards and it was held in Tororo district for the Eastern region where movies submitted were nominated into 7 categories that's 1.Best Film, 2.Best actor, 3.Best community Impact film, 4.Best smart phone film, 5.Best original sound track, 6.Best student film and Best actress. Busoga film makers submitted included 1."Within us" by Umar Balunya and "Midpoint" by Aliwuya Sadati, all nominated in all the 7 categories. All movies won in 5 categories out of the 7 and that's Best Film, Best sound original sound track, Best Actor, Emmanuel Walugula, Best community impact and Best smartphone film. Busoga wins big as it was in the second edition of the Regional Film competitions held in Jinja last year where Kagoya won 3 awards/ categories including best Film, Best community impact and Best actress out of the 4 categories. Busoga has the biggest number of awards in the region from the competition that's 8 out of 11. We have always won in the best categories.
Below is the full list of winners at the regional film competitions Eastern region 2025
1. Best Film= *Within us by Umar Balunya* *Busoga*
2. Best community impact = *Within us by Umar Balunya* *Busoga*
3. Best sound track= *Within us by Umar Balunya* *Busoga*
4. Best actor= *Emmanuel Walugula from Within us* *Busoga*
5. Best Actress= Hawa from Helpless- *Mbale*
6. Best student = Hawa from Helpless- *Mbale*
7. Best Smart phone= *Midpoint by Aliwuya Sadati* *Busoga*
Rt Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga
Busoga Kingdom has more than 50 tourism sites and other tourists activities. This is to promote and attract more visitors and investors to come.
