- Source: Pearl International Film Festival
The Pearl International Film Festival (PIFF), is an annual film festival held in Kampala, Uganda. It has been described as one of the biggest film events in Uganda. PIFF is a non-governmental organization founded by Moses Magezi and established in 2011 to develop and promote film and other cultural industries as catalyst for the regional social and economic growth. The first edition of PIFF happened at the National Theatre and still will holds other edition every May.
The festival
The annual multi disciplinary arts and cultural festival is PIFF’s major activity; the festival is an all-arts affair, with a week of screenings of the best local cinema and an awarding evening Gala. The festival also aims to draw attention to raise the profile of films with the aim of contributing towards the development of cinema, boosting the film industry worldwide and celebrating Ugandan cinema at currently at the national level.
The PIFF festival now runs 5 programs over a week that include:
Film Awards
Film Workshops
Students Programmes
Exhibition
During the festival, films are shown in the capital Kampala.
Awards
Best Film
Best Cinematography
Best Documentary
Best Short/Animation
Best Actor Feature
Best Actress Feature
Best Writer
Lifetime Achievement Award
PIFF Award
Best Editor
Best Director
Best Film Journalist
Best Media House
Best Sound
Best Production Design
See also
Cinema of Uganda
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Zhao Wei
- Rizal Mantovani
- Abominable (film)
- Zhao Lusi
- Pokémon (anime)
- Scarlett Johansson
- Ben Affleck
- About Cherry
- Brad Pitt
- Cillian Murphy
- Pearl International Film Festival
- Pearl (2022 film)
- 3rd Pearl International Film Festival
- 7th Pearl International Film Festival
- List of film festivals
- Cinema of Uganda
- San Sebastián International Film Festival
- Omerta (2017 film)
- Pearl (disambiguation)
- Sitges Film Festival
