35e 19 > 28.03.2021

Imbabazi : Le Pardon

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  • fiction
  • RW
  • 2013 | 77 min. | Colour
  • Language : English | Kinyarwanda |
  • Subtitles :
Cast & Crew
Screenplay
Joel Karekezi
Cinematography
Jack Elliott
Editing
Veronique Doumbe
Music
Ioannis Kourtis
Sound
Matt Perry Thomas
Cast
Wilson Egessa
Joel Okuyo Atiku Prynce
Rehema Nanfuka
Brenda Ibarah
Producer
Veronique Doumbe
Casey Schroen
Joel Karekezi
Karekezi Film Production
Print Contact
Sudu Connexion
Joel Karekezi
Filmobiography

2008 Diploma in film directing from Québec’s CinéCours

2009 Trained in screenwriting at Maisha Film Lab, Uganda
2009 The Pardon (first short, awarded at Amakula in Uganda and Silicon Valley African Film Festival in California)
2009 Les jeunes à la poursuite du travail (short)
2009 Survivor
2010 Ntukazime Nararokotse
2013 Invitation at La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes
2018 The Mercy of the Jungle (Grand Prix, Fespaco 2019)

Nouveau territoire : Rwanda
Films of the International Jury

Screened as part of the official programmes of Chicago and Hamburg, this debut feature film by Joel Karekezi is a new, extended version of his successful short film The Pardon. It tells a bleak story: Manzi is freed at the end of his 15-year sentence for his part in the Rwandan genocide. His former best friend is determined that Manzi pay the full price for his crimes.

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