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Angella Emurwon

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Angella Emurwon
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityUgandan
GenrePlays
Notable worksSunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence; The Cow Needs A Wife

Angella Emurwon is a Ugandan playwright.[1] 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, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Germany, and Ghana. Since 2014, she has been part of the Maisha Film Lab Mentor Team.[2]

Angella Emurwon's first short film, Sunday (2018),[3] received multiple accolades. It won Best East African Short Film at the 2019 Mashariki African Film Festival in Rwanda, Best National Short at the 2019 Gulu 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, Silicon Valley African Film Festival, and Ngalabi Short Film Festival.[2]

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,[2][4][5][6] in the 23rd International Playwriting Competition held by the BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers.[7][8] Her play The Cow Needs A Wife[9] came third in the 2010 BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition.[10][2]

Bibliography

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Plays

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  • Sunflowers Behind A Dirty Fence, 2012[4]
  • The Cow Needs A Wife, 2010[11]

Short stories

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References

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  1. ^ "Angella Emurwon". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Maisha Film Lab | Angella Emurwon". Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  3. ^ "Maisha Film Lab | Angella Emuron". Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  4. ^ a b Playwriting Competition 2012 - winners announced[permanent dead link‍] bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. ^ wins BBC global prize observer.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ^ drama earns Ugandan playwright global literary prize Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, theeastafrican.co.ke. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  7. ^ wins playwriting competition Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. ^ Radio Playwriting Competition Winner – Angella Emurwon commonwealthwriters.org. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  9. ^ would a cow need a wife? Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  10. ^ Bamuturaki Musinguzi, "Ugandans Dominate BBC African Performance Play Writing Competition 2010", artmatters.info, 12 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ^ "BBC World Service - Programmes - African Performance 2010: The Cow Needs A Wife by Angella Emurwon". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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