Join Us
All filmmakers and audio-visual artists, or other artists, who are resident in Uganda are free to join. There will be a two month probation period after an application before membership is granted, and successful members are expected to be team players and committed to creating a healthy environment of cooperation and respect for one another. The film collective is classified into 3 membership categories.
Associate Member
Members at this level have access to trainings and workshops, screenings and professional networking events. They will have access to producers and other professionals to kickstart their own careers. They will also be able to initiate a production or work in a production to gain credit.
Requirements: Members are expected to demonstrate enthusiasm in filmmaking, and may be hobbyists, film buffs, or entry level filmmakers and students of film. Practitioners of other arts, for example poets, visual artists, sculptors, stage directors, or writers of novels, short stories, plays, radio dramas, and creative non-fiction like blogs and newspaper features, or any artist in any field who wishes to transition into film, are all welcome to start here. The annual registration fee is UGX 75,000/=
Full Member
Members are experienced filmmakers or audio-visual artists, with credits in a professionally made film, or audio-visual product. They have assurance of a crew position on collective membership projects.
Requirements: Members are expected to have appeared in a credit of a professionally produced film or TV series. We consider ‘professionally made’ to be any film or audio-visual product like podcasts that has screened at a credible festival, on TV, or otherwise widely distributed to the general public. The annual registration fee is UGX 100,000/=
Corporate Member
This membership category is open to arts organizations and production companies that have an interest in film and media production. Benefits include full access to the film studio, technical equipment and financial support, and also institutional support whenever necessary.
Requirements: Members are expected to be fully registered, either as a CBO, or as a company with URSB, and are active. The annual registration fee is UGX 200,000/=
