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EXCLUSIVE: Mk2 Films has boarded income connected Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo’s post-genocide play Ben’Imana up of its world premiere successful Cannes Un Certain Regard successful May.
The movie makes history arsenic nan first characteristic by a Rwandan head to beryllium selected for Cannes Official Selection.
Set successful Rwanda successful 2012, Ben’Imana follows Vénéranda, a subsister of nan 1994 genocide against nan Tutsi, who is profoundly progressive successful community-led processes of justness and reconciliation.
As she navigates mounting unit successful her work, a individual situation wrong her ain family forces her to face nan limits of her convictions. Centred connected friendly portraits of women rebuilding their lives, nan movie follows individuals shaping a early successful nan protector of a shared past.
“The assurance of Marie-Clémentine’s gaze, and her expertise to clasp complexity without ever reducing it marks nan presence of a filmmaker pinch imagination and heart.” said mk2 Films’ Head of Acquisitions Emmanuel Pisarra.
“Rather than revisiting nan past, Ben’Imana captures really history continues to unrecorded successful nan present, done women uncovering ways to rebuild and move forward. This is simply a profoundly resonant work, pinch an undeniable affectional reach.”
A decade successful nan making, Ben’Imana is an African mostly co-production, pinch a formed composed almost wholly of non-professional actors.
It is produced by Ejo Cine.Ltd (Rwanda), Princesse M Prod (Gabon) successful coproduction pinch Les Films du Bilboquet (France) and Duo Film (Norway).
Dusabejambo and shaper Samantha Biffot first attended Cannes successful 2022, wherever they presented nan task astatine La Fabrique Cinéma.
The head antecedently explored nan aftermath of nan Rwandan genocide successful short movie Lyiza which played astatine nan Tribeca Film Festival.
Paris-based mk2 Films will besides beryllium successful Cannes this twelvemonth pinch Official Competition titles Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle Monster, Léa Mysius’ The Birthday Party, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur, Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love, and Koji Fukada’s Nagi Notes.
