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PATRICK SEKYAYA

WRITER l DIRECTOR l PRODUCER

PATRICK SEKYAYA - Has made a name for himself as an actor,writer and director in Uganda and Africa.

He trained with Maisha Film Lab in 2007 as a film Editor he later founded Afri-plus films one of Uganda’s leading filmmaking companies.

n 2009, He directed and produced his debut film Origin of sin which scooped best feature film at the Silicon Valley African film festival in 2010.

In 2010, he also became best director out of 8 other African directors in Nairobi, Kenya at the film Africa training by one fine day films under the mentorship of acclaimed Germanfilmmaker Tom Tykwer.

Patrick was also selected to attended the 3rd Durban talent campus in 2010 in South Africa.

In 2011 Patrick was also selected to attend the BerlinaleTalent campus in 2011 in Germany.

He is an award winning director who won Most Gifted Filmmaker in Uganda at the annual Super Talent Awards -2012.

His latest film ’The Ugandan’ won Best Narrative Feature Film at the 2012 Silicon Valley African film festival in California.

The Ugandan’ was also got selected for the official competition at the biggest film festival in Africa -FESPACO- 2013 in Burkina Faso.

’The Ugandan’ recently won Best Child Actor at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA’s) - 2013.

Patrick Sekyaya is also Producer and Director for MNET’s Africa Magic.

Patrick sekyaya is also the Ugandan Ambassador at the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) - the largest film association on the African continent