Dilman Dila

Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer and film maker. He was long listed for the BBC Radio Playwriting Competition (2014), shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2013) and long listed for the Short Story Day Africa prize (2013). He was nominated for the 2008 Million Writers Awards for his short story, Homecoming. He first appeared in print in The Sunday Vision in 2001. His works have since featured in several literary magazines and anthologies. His most recent works is the novelette, The Terminal Move, and the romance novella, Cranes Crest at Sunset. His films include the masterpiece, What Happened in Room 13 (2007), and the narrative feature, The Felistas Fable (2013), which was nominated for Best First Feature at AMAA 2014. His first collection of short stories, A Killing in the Sun, will be out in September this year during the Storymoja Hayfestival. More of his life and works is available at his website http://www.dilmandila.com.