Dilman Dila is the author of two critically acclaimed collection of short stories, A Killing in the Sun and Where Rivers Go To Die which was a finalist in the Philip K Dick Awards 2024. His recent novellas are The Future God Of Love and A Fledgling Abiba. He is currently working on his debut novel, Dreams of a Yellow Ballon. He has been listed in several prestigious prizes, including BSFA for Best Short Story in 2021, and the Nommo Awards in 2017 and 2022. Other notable listings include the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition (2014), the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2013), and the Short Story Day Africa prize (2013, 2014). His short fiction appeared in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six, and in The Best of World SF V.2. His films include the masterpiece, What Happened in Room 13 (2007), which has attracted over eight million views on Youtube, and The Felistas Fable (2013), which was nominated for Best First Feature at Africa Movie Academy Awards (2014), and which won four major awards at Uganda Film Festival (2014). In 2016, he released his second feature film, Her Broken Shadow, a scifi set in a futuristic Africa. It is now on the festival run, and has screened in places like Durban International Film Festival. More of his life and works are online at www.dilmandila.com and you can watch his films on his PeerTube Channel
He looks so much older now.