Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo (born in 1987) is a Rwandan filmmaker.
Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo 1987 Rwanda |
| Nationality | Rwandan |
| Occupation | Film maker |
Life
editMarie Clémentine Dusabejambo was born in Kigali in 1987 Rwanda.[1] She trained as an electrical and telecommunications engineer.[2]
Dusabejambo's short film Lyiza won a Tanit bronze award at the Carthage Film Festival in 2012.[1] Her short film A Place for Myself (2016) told the story of a young Rwandan girl with albinism, who struggles in the face of discrimination and stigma at primary school.[3] Dusabejambo had become interested in the topic after hearing news reports of the 2007-2008 killings of people with albinism in Tanzania.[4] The film premiered at the Goethe Institut in Kigali,[5] and was shown at the 2017 Toronto Black Film Festival.[3] It gained three awards, including the Ousmane Sembène Award, at the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF),[5] and won a Tanit bronze award at the Carthage Film Festival in 2016.[1] She was also nominated for Best Short Film at the 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards,[6] and won the Thomas Sankara Prize at the 2017 FESPACO.[7][5]
Icyasha (2018) focuses on a 12-year-old boy, who wants to join the neighborhood football team but who is bullied for being effeminate.[8] It was nominated for Best Short Film at ZIFF 2018,[6] in the short films category at Carthage Film Festival,[9] and for Best Short Film at the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards.[6] It won the Golden Zébu for Panafrican Short Film at Rencontres du Film Court Madagascar 2019.[2]
Films
edit- Lyiza, 2011
- Behind the Word, 2013
- A Place for Myself, 2016
- Icyasha / Etiquette, 2018
References
edit- ^ a b c Linda M. Kagire, FESPACO recap: Nyirasafari highlights government efforts to boost film industry, The New Times, March 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Thierno I. Dia, Dusabejambo Clémentine, africine.org, May 7, 2019.
- ^ a b Moses Opobo, Rwandan film selected for Toronto Black Film Festival, The New Times, February 8, 2017.
- ^ Stephanie Jason, The rise of Rwanda's women filmmakers, Mail & Guardian, March 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c Moses Opobo, Dusabejambo on scooping Thomas Sankara Prize at FESPACO, The New Times, March 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c Glory Iribagazia, Rwandan film nominated for eight AMAA awards, The New Times, September 21, 2019.
- ^ Moses Opobo, Rwandan film scoops two prestigious awards at FESPACO, The New Times, March 8, 2017.
- ^ Moses Opobo, Rwandan movies nominated for ZIFF 2018 awards, The New Times, July 10, 2018.
- ^ Moses Opobo, Three Rwandan films in competition at Carthage Film Festival, The New Times, November 6, 2018.