Dilman Dila

Dilman Dila
Portrait photo of Dilman Dila
Dila in 2019
BornDilman Dila
OccupationFilm maker, writer
Alma materMakerere University
GenreFiction
Notable worksCranes Crest at Sunset, The Felistas Fable
Website
dilmandila.com

Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer, film maker[1][2] and a social activist.[3] He is the author of two collection of short stories, A Killing in the Sun and Where Rivers Go to Die,[4] and of two novellas, Cranes Crest at Sunset,[5] and The Terminal Move.[6][7] He was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for "A Killing in the Sun",[8] longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa prize, 2013,[9] and nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Award for the short story "Homecoming".[10] He was longlisted for the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition with his first radio play, Toilets Are for Something Fishy.[11] His film The Felistas Fable (2013)[12] won four awards at the Uganda Film Festival 2014,[13][14] for Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Feature Film, and Film of the Year (Best Director). It won two nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best First Feature by a Director, and Best Make-up Artist.[15] It was also nominated for the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards for Best Make-up artist, 2013.[16] His first short film, What Happened in Room 13, is one of the most watched African films on YouTube. In 2015, he was longlisted for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature for his story "Onen and his Daughter".[17]

  1. ^ Exploring the Ugandan Film Scene: Talking Movies with Director Dilman Dila[permanent dead link] ignitechannel.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ Participants[permanent dead link] berlinale-talents.de. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ Books they read-Dilman Dila, 22 October 2011 monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. ^ Anjellah Owino, "Soldiers story 'A Killing in the Sun' launched", Standard Digital, 27 September 2014.
  5. ^ Anjellah Owino, "Is there a chick-lit gap in African literature?", Standard Digital, 30 March 2014.
  6. ^ Interview / Dilman Dila foxandraven.co.za. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. ^ Double Review: The Terminal Move and Project Hydra (Fox and Raven Publishing) davebrendon.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  8. ^ Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2013 Shortlist commonwealthwriters.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. ^ The Longlist shortstorydayafrica.org. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  10. ^ Editor nominations for 2008 Million Writers Award, storysouth.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Shortlist and Longlist", BBC World Drama.
  12. ^ Dilman Dila’s Felista arrives observer.ug. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  13. ^ Andrew Kaggwa, "Uganda: Felista's Fable Dominates Film Awards", AllAfrica, 31 August 2014.
  14. ^ Polly Kamukama, "Felistas reigns supreme at film awards", The Critic, 1 September 2014.
  15. ^ "AMAA Nominations announced in Johannesburg" Archived 5 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine, ama-awards.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  16. ^ 2014 AMVCA Nominees Announced Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine africamagic.dstv.com. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Longlist for the Inaugural Jalada Prize for Literature". Jalada. 5 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.