Angella Emurwon is a

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playwright. She is also a filmmaker, stage director, and a writing mentor. She graduated from the 2011 Maisha Screenwriting Lab and has since become a mentor, teaching screenwriting across various countries, including Uganda,

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, and

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. Since 2014, she has been part of the Maisha Film Lab Mentor Team. Angella Emurwon's first short film, ''Sunday'' (2018), received multiple accolades. It won Best East African Short Film at the 2019

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in Rwanda, Best National Short at the 2019

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International Film Festival in Uganda, and 2nd prize in the Films by Women category at the Ndiva Women’s Film Festival in Ghana. The film was also selected for several prestigious festivals, including the Durban Film Festival,

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, and Ngalabi Short Film Festival. She won the 2012 International Playwriting Competition first prize in the English as a Second Language category for her play ''Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence'',Playwriting Competition 2012 - winners announced
bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2014.wins BBC global prize
observer.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
, theeastafrican.co.ke. Retrieved 17 June 2014. in the 23rd International Playwriting Competition held by the

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and the

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, in partnership with

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.wins playwriting competition
, monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014.Radio Playwriting Competition Winner – Angella Emurwon
commonwealthwriters.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Her play ''The Cow Needs A Wife''
monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 17 June 2014. came third in the 2010 BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition. Bamuturaki Musinguzi
"Ugandans Dominate BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition 2010"
artmatters.info, 12 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

Bibliography

Plays

*''Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence'', 2012 *''The Cow Needs A Wife'', 2010

Short stories

References

External links

"Ugandan playwright wins BBC World Service writing competition"
* ttp://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/943962/-/x1eac7/-/index.html "Ugandans sweep BBC awards"
"Writing Plays; What Is It?"

"Censorship and the Arts in Uganda"Angella Emurwon on FacebookYouTube video on Angella Emurwon Part 1 - The challenges of having a social focus
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