Making the Band (90min), Uganda/Canada

When talented singer-songwriter and single mother Shabella Makosi and 2 other girls (Christy & Annitah) are rejected in a talent search contest, and decide to team up with and a guy (Deano) to form a band. SHabella has just one goal in mind: fulfilling her childhood singing ambition to be able to give her daughter a better life. Aided by Lillian’s (Christy’s friend) belief, management prowess and financial backing, the band develops with a real shot at success. But on the evening of their biggest event of the year - an AIDS fundraising concert, fate threatens to spoil the party and it’s time for Shabella to make a choice. Caught in a web of confusion, Lillian stumbles upon a mystery that would potentially ruin her love life! Does she admit defeat, or face the music and stand up for what she believes in?