Country:Rwanda

Director:Noel Munyurangabo

Program:African Panorama

Summary:

Daddy Ruhorahoza, Who we Are (Rwanda, 2008, 7 min.)
An African gay man breaks up with his friend to go back to his country
Daddy Ruhorahoza, Lost in the South (Rwanda, 2008, 17 min.)
In this short fiction a Rwandan man who just returned to his country and his lover, a Canadian aid worker doubting her work talk about their lives in the South.
Edouard Bamperiki, Long Coat (Rwanda, 2008, 61 min.)
Edouard Bamperiki, Where is the truth? (Rwanda, 2008.

Country:Rwanda

Director:Daddy Youssouf

Program:Eastern Parallels

Summary:

Psychologically tormented by something so grave he did in the past, a man decides to go to a confessional. After talking to a priest, he doesn’t feel any better and he adopts an original way of asking for forgiveness…

Country:Rwanda

Director:Nicole Kalisa

Program:Eastern Parallels

Summary:

Violence feeds violence. This story depicts the impact of domestic violence on children
in families.
Nicole Kalisa entered film training at the Rwanda Cinema Centre in 2005. She was the main in a film by Thierry Dushimirimana A Love Letter to my Country. Now Nicole works at the Rwanda Cinema Centre planning the Rwanda Film Festival event. This is her directorial debut resulting of the training by Rwanda Cinema Centre and the Swedish Film Institute

Country:Rwanda

Director:Ruhanira Richmond

Program:Eastern Parallels

Summary:

This is a story of two friends, Biryundeke and Cyriac who were accused of committing genocide crimes and lived in prison for almost 12 years. When Cyriac hears on the radio about a presidential pardon, Biryundeke decides he prefers to stay in prison as he watches his friends walk away from prison life.

Country:Rwanda

Director:Eric Kabera

Program:Eastern Parallels

Summary:

On the floor of the virunga mountain, where the gorrillas have their habitat, there is Alphonse with his genius bike that impresses every body in his community!