Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama

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| name = Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama

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| awarded_for = Excellence in Cinematic Television Production Achievement

| presenter = Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

| country = Uganda

| year =2016

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The Uganda Film Festival Award for Best Television Drama is an award presented annually by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at the Uganda Film Festival Awards. The award which was introduced in 2016 to include television categories, is given in honor of a television producer who has exhibited outstanding production for television series.

Winners and nominees

The table shows the winners and nominees for the Best Television Drama award.

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!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year

!scope="col" style="width:30%;"|Television

!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Producer(s)

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scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | 2016
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|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Coffee Shop

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mukeera Dennis Joshia

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Deception

|George Khihumba

It Can’t Be

|Richard Mulindwa

Taste of Time

|Paul Mugisha

scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | 2017
{{small|(5th)}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Yat Madit

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Irene Kulabako Kakembo

|rowspan="5"|{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL NOMINEES LIST FOR THE UGANDA FILM FESTIVAL 2017 |url=http://ugandafilmfestival.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/OFFICIAL-LIST-OF-NOMINEES-UFF-2017.pdf |website=UFF |accessdate=13 March 2020}}

Mistakes Girls Do

|Richard Mulindwa

The Honourables

|John Ssegawa

Coffee Shop

|Davidson Mugume

Second Chance

|Phad Mutumba

scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | 2018
{{small|(6th)}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mistakes Girls Do

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Richard Mulindwa

|rowspan="4"|{{cite web |title=UCC releases list of movies nominated for Uganda Film Festival awards |url=https://www.sqoop.co.ug/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/festival.jpg |website=Sqoop |accessdate=13 March 2020}}

Live Your Dreams

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Anti Kale

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Taste of Time

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scope="row" rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | 2019
{{small|(7th)}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | #Family

| style="background:#FAEB86;" | Mathew Nabwiso

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The Honourables

|John Ssegawa

Game of Lies

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Mistakes Girls Do

|Richard Mulindwa

scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | 2021
{{small|(8th)}}

|style="background:#FAEB86;" | Prestige

|style="background:#FAEB86;" |

|rowspan="4"|

Sanyu

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Mistakes Girls Do

|rowspan=2|Richard Mulindwa

What If
Chapters

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scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | 2022
{{small|(9th)}}

|Prestige

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Sanyu

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Kyaddala

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What If
Loving Tyra

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Multiple wins and nominations

=By A Television Drama=

No Television drama has won this award multiple times. However, several television dramas have received multiple nominations for this award over years as seen below;

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! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

! scope="col" align="center" | Television Drama

rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |4

| Mistakes Girls Do

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2

| The Honourables

Taste of Time
Coffee Shop

=By a Producer=

No producer has received multiple wins for this award. Some producers have received multiple nominations for their television series. Richard Mulindwa received nominations for different television series.

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! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations

! scope="col" align="center" | Producer

rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |6

| Richard Mulindwa {{cite news |author1=Andrew Kaggwa |title=Mulindwa tops Uganda Film festival nominees |url=https://www.observer.ug/lifestyle/42-entertainment/45713-mulindwa-tops-uganda-film-festival-nominees |accessdate=13 March 2020 |agency=Observer}}

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2

| John Ssegawa

Records

  • In 2017, Irene Kulabako Kakembo was the first female producer whose television drama series (Yat Madit) was nominated for the award, and became the first female producer to win the award with the same series that same year.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uganda Film Festival Award For Best Actor in a Feature Film}}

Category:Ugandan television awards