KAVUMA VIERI MWANJE also known as A One Kavuma is a Ugandan self-made filmmaker, cinematographer and producer born on Sunday 12th July 1998 at 6:00 Am in Kyamuyimbwa Village, Masaka to Mwanje Vincent and Namagga Prossy. Being the first born with 4 siblings, one brother (Ssekyewa Victor) and three sisters (Nakintu Vickie, Nakavuma Veronica and Namwanje Violet).
A One Kavuma begun his humble filmmaking journey on his own by watching YouTube tutorials during his S.6 Vacation in 2018 practicing whatever he learnt with his smart phone. So ambitious about making film, Kavuma started his filmmaking brand/company “Slim snaps” at the go.
in 2020 during the Lockdown, A One Kavuma sold his smart phone and topped up with his small savings to secure his first laptop, on this laptop he could edit using better software rather than phone apps that had a lot of limitations, with him owning a laptop editing videos became easier after he learnt how to use editing software like Adobe premiere pro, Adobe After effects, Photoshop and Davinci Resolve.
In 2021, Kavuma Vieri made his first film which was a music video “Do me dat – Shiroh” for a friend who still does music under his one man company Slim snaps, this music video helped him get a job at Captured Studios where he got a chance to know more about Cameras and other equipment as most of the things were at his disposal, he also worked on a number of numerous projects while at Captured studios which include: music videos, weddings, documentaries and so on. These helped boost his confidence and knowledge on production. During around the same time he met Nakigozi Aidah who bought the idea of making films as slim snaps.
After a year, Kavuma left Captured studios and joined World Wild Ltd a coffee exporting company as the chief content creator and social media wizard being responsible for creating content on a daily for social media and website, this helped him learn to work faster and mind about the target audience.
In his spare time after work and on weekends, Kavuma and Aidah worked on bringing the filmmaking dream to life with slim snaps, they were later joined by Anthony Kambale and more people who were willing to chase the filmmaking dream.
On 1st September 2023, A One Kavuma released his first short film “WHY DID YOU GIVE ME 49?” which featured actors like Kambale Anthony on his You tube Channel “Slim snaps”
A release of another short film “THREESOME” followed shortly after on the channel on 1st April 2024 which showed great progress of Kavuma’s filmmaking journey.
Kavuma took part in the Opportunities Are Here project by international trade center, funded by European Union where he got his first funding for a 6-minute short film “THE BOY FROM KAMPALA” which won him the award for best film, filmmaking category in the competition.
Kavuma Vieri’s filmmaking journey continues as he is working on more projects with different roles since he is multi-talented.