Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo

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Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo (* 1987 in Kigali ) is a Rwandan director and screenwriter .

Professional background

Dusabejambo studied electrical engineering and worked in various film productions during her studies. After first experiences on various film sets, she made her first own short film Lyzia in 2011 , for which she won the Tanit Bronze Award at the Carthage Film Festival 2012.

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In her films she directs the focus on societal and social inequalities and portrays people struggling for social recognition.

The short film A place for myself (2016) is about a girl with albinism who is confronted with experiences of discrimination at school. At the Zanzibar Film Festival , the film received the Golden Dhow Award for best short film (ZIFF Award 2016 Best Short Film).

Icyasha is about a 12-year-old boy who wants to join the village football team, but is excluded from the other children because of his feminine nature.

Her first feature film, Iwacu, is about a therapist who has escaped the genocide of the Tutsi and who, when her daughter becomes pregnant, is confronted with her traumatic past.

Filmography

  • Lyiza , 2011
  • Behind the Word , 2013
  • A Place for Myself , 2016
  • Icyasha ( Etiquette ), 2018
  • Chez nous ( Iwacu ), 2019

Awards

  • 2012: Tanit Bronze Award at the Carthage Film Festival
  • 2016: Golden Dhow Award for the best short film (ZIFF Award 2016 Best Short Film)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beti Ellerson: AFRICAN WOMEN IN CINEMA BLOG: Marie Clementine Dusabejambo talks about cinema in Rwanda. In: AFRICAN WOMEN IN CINEMA BLOG. February 2, 2012, accessed February 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Africiné. Retrieved February 22, 2020 (French, English, Arabic).
  3. ^ Une place pour moi (A Place for Myself). Retrieved February 22, 2020 (French).
  4. ↑ Icyasha, le destin de compliqué Fils. Retrieved February 22, 2020 (French).
  5. ↑ Chez Nous! (Iwacu!) [Projet de film]. Retrieved February 22, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Dusabejambo, Marie-Clementine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Rwandan director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Kigali