THE EYE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2025

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Film Screening: Memories of Love Returned.

On April 24, 2002, filmmaker Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine’s car broke down in the small town of Mbirizi, Uganda. While waiting for it to be repaired he stumbled upon a small photo studio and met photographer Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo, whose work spanned from the late 1950s to his death in 2006. This chance encounter turned into a 22-year journey documenting and exploring Kibaate’s life and photography and the profound impact it had on Ntare’s life and the lives of the entire community he documented. Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, this intimate, nuanced documentary about the transformative power of photography was named best documentary at the Africa International Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Pan African Film Festival.

EYE Festival Programme

Festival opening reception

7pm Philip Hatcher Moore
10am Denise Maxwell
11.30am Simon Norfolk
1 – 4pm Lunch, workshops, curated visits to National Library. Portfolio sessions, exhibition time
4pm Harry Borden
6.30pm Film Screening: Memories of Love Returned.
10am Joel Goodman
11.30am Eileen Perrier in conversation with Daniel Meadows
1 – 2pm Lunch
2pm Jenny Matthews
3.30pm Panel Session with Guest Speakers