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Akello

  • Akello
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2017
Format : Short
Running time : 18 (in minutes)

Akello a 14 years old gets pregnant due to influence of a friend later on she is sent away from home.

A film by Walta Gabriel BUSULWA

Uganda, 2017, Fiction, 18'04'', Drama

starring Nansimbi Proscovia and Zziwa Jibaurl Dungu

Country: Uganda
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 18'04''

Produced by Neeraj Vishwakarma

Director: BUSULWA Walta Gabriel


2017 | 3rd Mashariki African Film Festival, KIGALI, Rwanda | 24-31 March 2017
* Selected - Competition East African Short Fiction Film

2017 | Valerie vocational institute, Kampala
* Special local premiere screening, followed by a panel discussion on teenage pregnancy

2017 | African union youth summit week - Art for peace forum | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
* World Premiere

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Guerrilla Arts
  • HOT
  • Bayimba
  • Uganda Women Writers Association
  • Arts 256
  • 32º East
  • Amakula Festival

With the support of