
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Directing
Biography
Born in Kigali (Rwanda), Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo has been a self-taught filmmaker since 2008, and trained as an electronics and telecommunications engineer. Her films have been screened at numerous international festivals and broadcast on television, winning several prestigious awards, including: the Prix Thomas Sankara at FESPACO 2017, the Prix Cinit at Milano Festival 2012, the Prix Ousmane Sembène and Golden Dhow at ZIFF 2016, Deux Bronze Tanit at JCC (Tunis), the Prix Efere Ozako at AMAA Awards 2017.
Known For

Rwanda, 2012. The country is emerging from an era of silence after the 1994 Tutsi genocide, and people's courts are being set up with the aim of bringing justice and reconciliation. Veneranda, a survivor, is convinced of the need for these trials. Despite pressures, she organises discussion sessions between victims and the families of the executioners. Therapy for some, an act of betrayal for others, these testimonial sessions revive and reveal the traumas that each of them try to overcome, in their own way. The wounds of Veneranda's past are exposed again when she learns of her daughter's unexpected pregnancy and the identity of the father. Veneranda has to face her own contradictions and the dark parts of her past.
Ben'Imana

The past is always present in the life of Lyiza who has to live with the traumatic memory of her parents' murder, during the genocide in Rwanda. When she recognizes in the father of her classmate, the person responsible for their murder, a great tension started. The harmony returns through the intervention of a teacher who takes the youngsters to the museum of the genocide, the place of memory, and guides Lyiza towards forgiveness.
Lyiza

A young student finds her lack of English brings her considerable ridicule from her classmates.
Behind the word

At a casual elementary school comes a five year old albino girl, Elikia. Due to her skin color her classmates make her realize that her being 'different' is more a problem than a special trait. While the neighborhood treats her as a stereotype, her mother encourages her. Together, they fight back and raise their voice to find a place for themselves.
A Place for Myself

A bullied boy tries to join a boys football team.