Our Stories
For the Love of Film
The most exciting part of this whole film training was the very first time I finalized editing my very first experimental short film. It was called ‘the dead cat’ and my name appearing on the credits made me so overly … Read more
Arua Film Lab Memory Lane
Was looking at old photos of the Sisi Film Lab Arua training and realized how much time has passed since the beginning of the training early this year. Inspired, I decided to make a blog post of just photos because … Read more
Set Designing
Have you ever been at the Distories Film Studio? If you’ve ever been there, then you’ll understand what I mean when I say the space never stays the same. You come today and find it looking like a police cell. … Read more
Aaron On Set
I was inspired to join the film industry by watching Nigerian and Ghanaian movies from kibandas (shanty film halls) back then. I was admiring the way they did their thing because by then in Uganda it seemed impossible especially in … Read more
Murder Chose Me, Coming Soon.
My film journey began last year in 2024 through Sisi Film Lab training. During this training I got the opportunity to make a few short films. The students I studied with will tell you about the murder freak I was, … Read more
The Short Film Struggle is Real.
I’ve worked on a few film sets so let me honestly tell you that it’s an exhausting ride. I’m talking about long hours, tight schedules and functioning on a whole lot of coffee. During the Dissolution short film shoot, we … Read more
The Story of Frames and Memories
Photos have a way of saying things words cannot. They freeze little moments, a look, a laugh, a quiet pause, or the chaos of a film set and let you feel like you were right there. In this blog, it’s … Read more
The Boy Who Asked How Films are Made.
I used to think movies just “happened.” You’d see them on TV and that was it. I didn’t know someone actually sat down to write them. But the day I saw a name in the credits, “written by” something clicked. … Read more
A Young Filmmaker’s Katandika Butandisi.
My name is Isaac Mutabazi, a filmmaker still in the becoming. But before this chapter began, there was a boy, barely past PLE, slipping into dimly lit kibanda’s with the neighborhood crew just to catch a glimpse of a world … Read more
A Sisi Film lab Trainer’s journey.
Filmmaking turned out to be more than just storytelling, it’s about living a story yourself! It became my ticket for exploring new places. In June 2023, I got a call to join the Film School in Kabale as one of … Read more
His journey of Film
When I joined the Sisi Film Collective training program, I had no formal background infilmmaking— just a deep passion for storytelling and a desire to learn.From a young age, I have always been fascinated by films— the way they entertain, … Read more
The Anime Movie Night
I’ve seen emotional films before and I’m always fine, but this anime movie night made me realise that there is that kind of emotional film that catches you off guard. The kind that lingers longer after the movie ends. So, … Read more