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Monday, 11 July 2011

UMFI Special General Assembly

20th Jan. 2011
at
National Theatre _Green Room


UFMI organized her 1st ever General Assembly in which UFMI introduced the entire elected Executive Body, Achievements and Way forward. The massively attended Conference was graced by the honorable presence of Mrs. Nasuuna Juliet; the Registrar of Copyright in Uganda who was also the Chief Guest, Maj. Gen. Elly Tumwiine the UFMI Patron and membership across the film fraternity.

The President; Dr. Nsubuga Eddie;
a publisher _CEO _Eddie Soft Production, assured that as the Secretariat and on behalf of the entire film fraternity in Uganda; UFMI as a collecting society is working up to and for:
i. Protecting Copyright & Neighboring Rights of both local and foreign members in Uganda.
ii.
Develop tariffs and licensing all categories of copyright users.
iii.
Organize and prepare the distribution of Royalties to all stakeholders/members both locally and internationally.
iv.
Enforcement of Copyright & Related Rights.
v.
Promotion of Creativity & Originality

The Gen. Sec. Mr. Matovu Kaggwa Ramadhan; an Actor, established that with an objective of collective and lobbying for stakeholders’ rights in the film industry, UFMI has managed to bring together several interested parties through and with achievements like; Election of officials, Establishment of Guilds, Networking with foreign Film fraternities, Negotiations of Reciprocal Agreements with sister CMOs and organization of Movie Awards among others.

In the Assembly, members as well as all stake holders were argued to collectively work in the UFMI’s bide to build and strengthen the public’s confidence and UFMI assured legitimacy transparency and access to UFMI administrative policies.


For more info about
UMFI Special General Assembly, refer to the General Assembly Report.

Uganda Movie Awards

23rd November, 2008

National Theatre _Green Room



THE UGANDA FEDERATION OF MOVIE INDUSTRY


Fostering unity among the local film fraternity, Uganda Federation of Movie Industry brings together filmmakers, directors, producers, scriptwriters, actors, Video Translators, Movie Performers/Actors, Production Aids and distributors. We are currently working very hard at sensitizing the public about the copyright law.


BACKGROUND OF AWARDS

Since the local film industry is in its infant stages, UFMI figured that the introduction of movie awards would be one sure way of encouraging more peop

le; actors, scriptwriters, producers, directors and distributors to join the industry. You can see how the Pearl of Africa Music (PAM) Awards have changed the face of the Ugandan music industry.


LUCRATIVE BUSINESS?


Artists are investing in the industry. For instance, bringing Ramsey Noah and Genevieve Nnaji to the Awards show cost us close to $100,000, a figure that is hard to recover from gate collections alone. It was quite costly to bring them because UFMI had to fly them from the US, especially considering the fact that it had no sponsors yet. But this rewards dividends with time especially when the public begins to appreciate locally-made films.


For more Information about the UFMI Movie Awards 2008; Read the Vision on line press release.

Contact Us

Uganda Federation of Movie Industry
Collective Management Organization
P.o. Box 30964
Kampala _Uganda
East Africa

Tel: 0202 6 27351

Email:
ugandafmi@yahoo.com

ufmi.cmo@gmail.com

Website:
ufmi.blogspot.com


Location
Jesco Plaza
Plot 10 _Wilson Rd
5th Floor _Room CF 22