Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo has actually signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), marking another turning point in a year that has actually brought worldwide acknowledgment for her launching function movie, ‘Ben’imana.’
According to home entertainment publication Variety, the filmmaker, whose very first function as director won the Camera d’Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, has actually signed up with the skill firm, which represents stars, filmmakers and other innovative experts.
Ben’imana was called finest very first function at Cannes, where it likewise got the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard area. The movie made history as the very first by a Rwandan director to be picked for the celebration’s Official Selection.
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Rwanda picked Ben’imana as its first-ever submission for the very best global function classification at the 99th Academy Awards. It has actually likewise gotten an election for finest global function at the Gotham Film Awards.
Following its Cannes best, the movie evaluated at a number of significant global celebrations, consisting of the Toronto International Film Festival, the BFI London Film Festival and AFI Fest.
The production took control of a years to finish and was made through a collaboration including Rwanda and Gabon, with France and Norway likewise getting involved. About 90 percent of the team originated from Rwanda’s regional movie market.
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International sales are being managed by MK2, while Alexander holds the movie’s United Kingdom and United States rights. For Alexander, Ben’imana is likewise the very first title under its freshly released movie department.
About the filmmaker
Born and raised in Kigali, Dusabejambo established her filmmaking abilities mainly through self-directed knowing. She signed up with an area cumulative of young filmmakers in 2008, an experience that assisted set her on the course to directing.
In 2010, she won a screenwriting competitors arranged by the Tribeca Film Institute. The acknowledgment assisted her make her very first brief movie, Lyiza, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011. The movie later on won the Bronze Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival in 2012.
She went on to direct other brief movies, consisting of “A Place for Myself” and “Icyasha.”
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Her work has actually likewise extended beyond composing and directing. Dusabejambo functioned as an archivist on “Why We Hate,” a documentary series produced by Steven Spielberg and Alex Gibney. She likewise worked as an assistant director on “Faces We Lost.”
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