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TRAINING NEW CROP: Andrew Nyombi and Kawooya Biwedde started OLa Film Foundation(OFF), an organisation specifically to train students in filmmaking, creative sound, editing (post-production), cinematography, TV production and photography. , writes Joan Salmon.
From Queen of Katwe, The Girl in the Yellow Jumper, The Last King of Scotland, Who Killed Captain Alex, Uganda continues to make strides in film production. However, Uganda is miles away from Nollywood, Bollywood and centuries from Hollywood.
That is why Mr Andrew Nyombi and Mr Kawooya Biwedde feel that it is a clarion call to lay a brick to what those before them have placed on the film industry through training.
After graduating in 2013, the duo attended a documentary film training course at the University of Cape Town, South Africa through the Africa Filmmakers Fellowship powered by the Bosch Alumni network and Ford Foundation in 2017.
“The opportunity came because of our cinema background from Kampala Film School. After the course, we thought it would be important to share the knowledge we received with other fellow Ugandans,” Mr Kawooya says.
Although they did not have money to start a film school, they used the available resources, leaning on the gained knowledge to train students.
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