We are thrilled that The Sausage was selected for inclusion in the second edition of the QUEER KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (QUEERKIFF) to be held from December 8th – 10th 2017. The first queer film festival to be held in Uganda, QUEERKIFF celebrates the diversity of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Intersex and Queer communities by providing spaces where Queer films are screened, discussed and celebrated.
The inaugural Queer Kampala International Film Festival was held 9th – 11th, December 2016 at different venues in the country’s capital, Kampala, marking the first time in Uganda that a festival celebrating and reinforcing the right to be LGBTQI was held.
From the Queer KIFF website:
“History: The inaugural Queer Kampala International Film Festival was held 9th – 11th, December 2016 at different venues in the country’s capital Kampala. Security measures included screening of attendees, keeping the venues secret and mobile daily. The attendants had to go to a different venue in the morning and afternoon. Venues were announced within hours to the event. Encouragingly, the LGBTIQ community, supporters and sympathizers hung in there and religiously followed us to the different venues attracting a turn up of more than 836 visitors with in a space of three days.”
On 8th December 2017, the first day of the 2nd edition of the QKIFF opened in Kampala and was a huge success, the festival sold out. It was however raided by the Uganda police on the second day 9th December 2017 . The Festival was later completed on 28th and 29th December 2017 but held in private spaces and with only trusted persons invited.
News story about the raid from Human Rights Watch.
Learn more about this important festival and their determination to persevere in a hostile here: http://www.queerkiff.com/home/