Usama Mukwaya

"Sometimes building relationships is facilitated through food, enjoyable events and more."

"True success depends on one’s commitment to hard work, the courage to unlearn old habits, and the openness to embrace new industry approaches."

"People here always want to grab a simple camera and a table light, get their cousin and shoot a movie. You can’t say that’s wrong, but it’s not cinema."

"Its not about being cute or not, but the confidence of how you see yourself in the reflection."

"It affected me so much having to adapt to different parenting environments."

"You can use whatever medium that you have chosen to run to change lives, impact a society and as well to create a legacy."

"Do it now if you can, when you can. Sometimes later goes for never."

"Kinna-Uganda has something to do with mediocrity. We should follow the trends of other industries like Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood; let us call our films Ugawood."

"We have a lot of things that define who we are from where we come from and as filmmakers we need to be true to our identity."

"Inspirations come differently, sometimes you are just sleeping and get a bad dream, others are stories in papers. So people have different stories, it’s about art. I make sure I keep my brains awake."

"By engaging regional leaders and opening up to the global stage, we are setting the foundation for an even more impactful iKON Awards. [on his perspective and vision for the iKON Awards 2026]"