Timothy Niwamanya

Writer / Filmmaker / @AfroObscura.

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

Creatives in this country mindlessly joining "guilds" backed by an authoritarian state should know by now that it is not their talent that the government values. It's their silence and complicity they are invested in. Great art is, and will always be, anti-establishment.

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship." — George Orwell

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

Well done! @AdLegalug https://t.co/v8jctNDWjz

[Thee Aries @GiftedAsia]

Consuming diverse art, literature and culture is how you become well rounded. Being anti-diversity basically promotes mental, emotional and intellectual regression. Exposure to different ways of living and being can literally only help you.

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

Forty years later, actors continue to struggle.
Until Uganda builds systems that support creation, distribution and artist welfare equally, films will continue to disappear.   #MonitorUpdates https://t.co/L20m6tnIE1

[giramata @gira_amata]

one of the greatest disservices we do to ourselves is the personification of a nation state. it places responsibility onto people in ways it doesnt require of the state. it structures (and emphasizes) the people as servicing of the state and not the state to its people.

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab (@GreatProducers) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / 17.11.2025 - 21.11.2025.

[Charity Atukunda @AtkCharity]

#TheStrangeTree is an eco-dystopian comic, born in @RevealComicsEA and @LDComics. The first 10 pages are being exhibited at the Sheroes: Comic Art From Africa exhibition in Frankfurt at the @weltkulturenffm until August 26 2026. You can also access it on my website. Link in bio.

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

It was an honour to pitch at this year's @greatproducers lab in Addis Ababa where my documentary series project won the @sheffdocfest Network Lab Pitch Award that comes with development & travel support & an industry pass to the festival in June next year. Onwards and upwards.

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

My first festival catalogue! Thank you to the people of Timimoun and the Algerian Ministry of Culture and Arts @mca_gov_dz for hosting and screening us.

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

We're going to be screened in-competition at the inaugural Timimoun International Short Film Festival in Algeria. Glad to be part of the official selection.

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

Congrats to @nitumwesiga & her team for the acclaim & awards her film received on premiering at @DOK_Leipzig.
If you're interested in the thought-process behind it, read this interview I did with her while she was putting it together in the editing room: https://t.co/stjK33EX1x

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

I read Prof. Mamdani's (@mm1124) most recent book #SlowPoison from front to back in all but two days. Such a gripping read! Also, a history lesson on East African politics I did not know I needed. I highly recommend!

[Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab @GreatProducers]

In 2025, GLCPL joins hands with AAFMA to host its workshop in Ethiopia, aligning with AAFMA’s mission to advance Africa’s audiovisual industry by connecting film stakeholders through workshops, conferences and B2B sessions.Thanks to CNC,GIZ,French Institute,Africalia IEFTA

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

My peeps @shasha_ky & @joel_tugaineyo of @cinemaredpillUG went on @b_ibarah's #ReelAfricana podcast and had a great conversation on the state and future of film in Uganda, content creation and much more. Check it out!
https://t.co/Bt7HcYEYed

[Uganda Film Festival @UgandaFilm]

The Best Documentary category celebrates storytelling rooted in truth—narratives that inform, inspire, and provoke thought. 

Meet the nominees:

- A History of Film in Uganda (Timothy Niwamanya)
- The Royal Summit (Edmond Tamale)
- Masaka to Toronto (Walta Gabriel Busulwa)
- The Tongue Turns to the Aching Tooth (Michel van Oosterhout)
- Echoes From the Past: Keeping History Alive (Anthony M. Gwaro)

#UFF2025 #LocalStoriesGlobalImpact

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

Big shout out to @SsoziOzzi at Gorilla Creatives sound studio (@gorilla_waves) for handling the final sound design and production on #AHistoryOfFilmInUganda. You are the real MVP!

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

Super grateful to the organisers of the @ikonawards for awarding my documentary, #AHistoryOfFilmInUganda, over the weekend. Also special thanks to @AnnaAdima and the team at @GZ_Kampala for co-producing this project. We did a thing! #IkonAwards2025

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

I sat down with South African filmmaker Damian Sean Samuels for an interview for @PspCulture on his career, filmmaking ethos and the making of his film, #FinalNotice, that deals with the complex topic of euthanasia.

Have a read: https://t.co/MhVy9eaGbS

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

@tumwineedward @ikonawards Thanks man. Much appreciated.

[Timothy Niwamanya @Sir_Tesh]

Thanks for the nomination @ikonawards #AHistoryOfFilmInUganda

[iKon Awards: Film And Television @ikonawards]

Reality captured like never before. Here are the nominees for the Best Documentary...
#IkonNominees
#IkonAwards2025