Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Born in Rwanda, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo is a self-taught filmmaker. She took her first steps in cinema in 2008, as part of a collective of young filmmakers in her neighbourhood. In 2010, she won a scriptwriters’ competition of the Tribeca Film Institute, which gave rise to her first short film, Lyiza, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011 and won the Bronze Tanit at the (JCC) Carthage Film Festival in 2012.
She worked as an archivist on the documentary series Why We Hate? directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir, executive-produced by Steven Spielberg and Alex Gibney, and as Assistant Director for Faces We Lost by Piotr Cieplak.
Her short films (Lyiza, A Place for Myself, and Icyasha) have screened at major international festivals and won numerous awards. Based in Kigali, Ben’Imana is her first feature film.
