DocsDay: ‘A Taste of Our Land’ by Yuhi Amuli
In April we hosted over 20 film makers and enthusiasts for the screening of Yuhi Amuli`s short film ‘A Taste of Our Land‘ at the GZK rooftop. Yuhi Amuli is a film director, producer, and screenwriter from Rwanda. His directorial debut feature film A TASTE OF OUR LAND (2020) premiered at the Pan African Film…
The Ngalabi Short Film Festival 2023: A Weekend of Cinematic Delight
From September 1st to 3rd 2023, film enthusiasts in Uganda were treated to a remarkable cinematic experience at the seventh edition of the Ngalabi Short Film Festival, hosted by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/Ugandan German Cultural Society at Circular Design Hub, an innovative and creative hub in Kampala, Uganda. Curated by the talented Joel Tugaineyo, the festival brought…
TEMBELE film premiere
On 7th of August we had the pleasure to host the premiere of this amazing movie in the presence of the director. TEMBELE by Morris Mugisha is handling the topic of mental health. It tells the story of a man stuggeling after he and his wife lost their child during birth. It is supposed to…
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…
GZK 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…
Ngalabi Short Film Festival 2020
As Goethe-Zentrum Kampala, we were happy to celebrate the “Ngalabi Short Film Festival” with its 4th edition from Jan 31st to Feb 2nd 2020 at Maisha Garden. We presented to the audience a selection of short films from the African continent, Germany, and Sweden for three days. As we have been growing more and more the last…