In 2014 his documentary Beats of the Antonov on war, music, and identity won the People's Choice Award at 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Aside from the Beats of the Antonov, Kuka's other documentary, Darfur Skeleton under his other name (Hisham Hajomar), was based on the agonising reality of the displaced Sudanese in the aftermath of the ruination of the Kondowa forest [REF].