The Ikon Awards - film and television awards. Through the awards, Reach A Hand Uganda And Sautiplus Media Hub will seek to award/celebrate (recognize and reward formidable implementers including filmmakers and actors), connect (link participants and their interventions/films/show/series to opportunities for resource mobilization, networking, core organizational development and publicity) and educate (through one-on-one sessions, webinars, online courses and summits from professionals in film industry).

Awards & Prizes

● Best Film
● Best Director
● Best Lead Actor
● Best Lead Actress
● Best Supporting Actor
● Best Supporting Actress
● Best Emerging Film
● Best Director of Photography
● Best Screen Play
● Best Sound
● Best Editor
● Best Costume Designer
● Best Makeup and Special Effects
● Best production design
● Best Visual Effects
● Best Short film
● Best Documentary
● Best Animation Film
● Best Student Film
● Best Actor in a Tv series
● Best Actress in a Tv series
● Best Tv series
● Best East & Central African Film
● Best North African Film
● Best Southern African Film
● Best West African Film
● IKon Rising Star
● IKon Fellow of the year
● Lifetime achievement award
● The African iKon Award
● Best East & Central African Francophone Film

Rules & Terms

● An entry form naming the intended award recipient(s) and including the signatures of all the credited producer(s) and director(s) is required. Alternatively, copy of the complete cast and crew credits should be attached. This is to ensure that all parties are properly informed, and that agreement on the designated award recipient(s) is settled prior to submission.
● To be eligible for the iKON Awards consideration, a film must have achieved a theatrical release, TV or festival screening regardless of any distribution.
● A short film has a running time of 40 minutes or less while a feature film has a running time of more than 40 minutes.
● Films entering the awards must have been released after 1st December 2024 and Submission materials must have been received by deadline.
● The significant dialogue or narration must be in English, or the entry must have English-language subtitles.
● For West African submissions, only projects from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo are eligible for this category
● For East African submissions, only projects from Burundi, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania are eligible for this category.
● For South African submissions, only projects from Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe are eligible for this category.
● For North African submissions, only projects from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara are eligible for this category.