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Ngalabi Short Film Festival online 2021
From 25th to 27th June 2021, Goethe-Zentrum Kampala celebrated the 5th edition of the “Ngalabi Short Film Festival”, for the first time completely online during the second total lockdown in Uganda due to the corona pandemic. Besides the daily screening of short films from Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Ruanda, Kenya and Germany, we had exciting…
Read MoreGZK online Movie Nights 2020
In June 2020, we decided to continue our independent film program online via GZK Facebook Live. In terms of availability of the films, accessibility of the filmmakers and responsibility towards the local film scene, especially in times of Covid-19, we saw it as reasonable to continue to show African (short) films with a focus on…
Read More“A Ugandan Design Show” by Maria-Sheba Atukunda
We closed 2020 with the announcement of the Small Project Grant Winner (Deadline 30th November 2020): Congrats, to Maria-Sheba Atukunda who will work on her project “A Ugandan Design Show”- A concept you have not seen before, a show bringing together creatives that will be bursting with innovations. Maria-Sheba is a 27-year old Ugandan Architecture…
Read MoreExplore our Newspaper for students of German in Uganda!
From the 16th November – 16th December 2020 the Language Department of Goethe Zentrum Kampala designed an interactive seminar for all students of German aimed at establishing an Online Newspaper for German learners. 11 students from Mengo Senior School, Kings College Buddo, Kibuli Secondary School, Gayaza High School, Trinity College Nabbingo, St. Mary’s College Kisubi und Nabbisunsa…
Read MoreVitiligo drawing project -“Part of us” by Senkubuge Martin Quid
We are thrilled to present to you our Winner of the 1st Small Project Grant 2020: Senkubuge Martin Quid (SMQ). His VITILIGO-DRAWING PROJECT (Photography in Hyperrealistic Drawing) will be implemented with the grant of 2.000.000 UGX. This project intends to capture attention from the public through an organized Art exhibition of SMQ’s powerful portraiture drawings of Vitiligo…
Read MoreShort documentary film “Scalp Deep” by Naseeba Bagalaaliwo
We present to you the winner of the third Small Project Grant 2019: Naseeba Bagalaaliwo. Naseeba will be using the 2.000.000 UGX to create a short film titled ‘Scalp Deep’ exploring the nature of female identity, femininity and beauty through the lens of African women with short cropped or shaved hair. The link between femininity…
Read MoreAudio-visual project titled ‘To Her, From Him’ by Michael Matovu
We are happy to announce the winner of the second “Small Project Grant” 2019: Michael Matovu. He will be using the 2.000.000 UGX to create an audio, visual and interactive project titled ‘To Her, From Him’. Michael was developing this project since the start of 2019 – The project is comprised of a 4 song…
Read MoreCookbook about Ugandan cuisine by Jonathan Kabugo
Goethe-Zentrum Kampala is really happy to announce the winner of the first “Small Project Grant” 2019: Jonathan Kabugo. He will be using the 2.000.000 UGX to create a cookbook showcasing various foods, dishes and traditional cuisines from East, West, North and Central Uganda. This book preserves the time old traditions of preparing, cooking and dining…
Read MoreKampala Design Week’s “Design Garage” at Martyr’s University Uganda
The Design Garage, a project, co-funded by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala’s Small Project Grant, has its mandate to Resource the Community of Designers, students of design, as well as Professionals in various fields of design. As part of Kampala Design Week, the Design Garage intends to achieve these aims through monthly sharing workshops – about sharing thoughts…
Read More“YOUR HEART HO! Letters from the shuttle. Letters to the metropolis”
Canon Griffins Exhibition, a word play, “straight up (…) and going for the middle ground” between the words “Ahoy!” – (“the cry of carriage men”), and “Hoe” – (“a camaraderie thing between “hookers””) offered a photographic insight into Ugandan streets and their slogans. In his exhibition, Canon Griffin picked up these phrases, slogans and sentences and brought…
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