Dusabejambo M. Clementine

#Filmmaker 🇷🇼 Where life plants you🌱 bloom with Grace🌷

[Dusabejambo M. Clementine @dusabejambo]

À toutes ces Mamans au Coeur d’ or
Qui luttent sans cesse
pr aide leurs enfants Handicapés
pr les rendre heureux
Leur courage de feu 🔥
Leur rêve de Lune 🌕
Leur vie vibrante 😇
“Mwarakoze” pour des belles moments qui furent pr moi un bain d’ humanité🙏🏿

[Brut Afrique @BrutAfrique]

🇷🇼 Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo devient la toute première réalisatrice rwandaise à décrocher cette distinction pour son premier long-métrage, Ben'Imana, qui raconte la difficile réconciliation au #Rwanda après le génocide.

[Sinema Focus KE @sinemafocuske]

Defining Moment for Rwanda as Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo’s ‘Ben’Imana’ Wins Caméra d’Or and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes

“I made this film because I wanted to pay tribute to the women of my country, those mothers who are at the roots of an entire nation’s healing. Those mothers who, through error and unspeakable, found the strength to remain standing with dignity…” - Dusabejambo said during her acceptance speech.

Read more: https://t.co/qjhAzTaiv7

[Durban FilmMart SA @durbanfilmmart]

Congratulations to #DFMIAlumni Ben’Imana by Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo for winning the Caméra d’Or @Festival_Cannes 🎬🏆

We celebrate this remarkable milestone and the continued global impact of African storytelling. ✨

#Cannes2026 #AfricanCinema #DFMIAlumni

[IGIHE @IGIHE]

Filime nyarwanda ‘Ben’Imana’, yakozwe na Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, yegukanye igihembo cya Caméra d’Or mu Iserukiramuco rya Cannes.

[Rwanda Embassy in Qatar @RwandainQatar]

The DFI-granted Rwandan film Ben’Imana, by Marie-Clémentine @dusabejambo, has won the prestigious Caméra d’Or and the FIPRESCI Award (Un Certain Regard) at @Festival_Cannes

Congratulations to the entire Ben’Imana team for this historic milestone for #Rwanda and #African cinema.

[franceinfo @franceinfo]

🔴 La Caméra d'or, qui récompense le meilleur premier film dans toutes les sections du festival, revient à la réalisatrice rwandaise Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo pour "Ben'imana".

#Cannes2026

[Jerry Chiemeke @J_Chiemeke]

And @dusabejambo's film has (deservedly) won the @FIPRESCI prize at this year's Un Certain Regard!

[Dusabejambo M. Clementine @dusabejambo]

#Repost @FilmsMk2
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[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo’s Ben’Imana follows a survivor who leads her community toward reconciliation — but doesn’t extend that grace to her daughter https://t.co/PRg93DpqWA

[UTUMATWISHIMA @jnabdallah]

Muri #FestivaldeCannes ,
U #Rwanda rwaserukiwe bwa mbere na Film #Benimana yakozwe na #Clementine #Dusabejambo.

1)- Iyo ukoze ikintu cyiza cy’agaciro,
2)- Ukitondera ubunyamwuga bwacyo,
3)- Ukagiherekeza na Discipline

#Uratsinda. #RwoX
Intsinzi= discipline+consistance

[Raoul Rugamba @raoulrugamba]

Goosebumps….

I am so so so soooo happy and proud of our comrade …. Big up Clémentine, worked hard for it, very much deserved.

I pray for more moments like this, may #Rwanda keep shining again and again through our talents, our creativity, our creations, our arts, and our innovations. #Visitrwanda #Createinrwanda #Createfromrwanda

[Dusabejambo M. Clementine @dusabejambo]

#Repost @mk2films
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Kinyarwanda lesson starts here. 📖

#BenImana, arrives at @festivaldecannes with a language, and a story, worth knowing.

#BenImana #UnCertainRegard #CannesFilmFestival Cannes2026

[Durban FilmMart SA @durbanfilmmart]

We’re pleased to share that #DFMIAlumni BEN’IMANA by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo and produced by Samantha Biffot has been officially selected @Festival_Cannes, in the Un Certain Regard section.

Read more: https://t.co/ktFMeiI8np

#Cannes2026 #AfricanStorytelling

[RedSeaFilm @RedSeaFilm]

The Red Sea Film Foundation returns to Cannes for its annual Women in Cinema gala — spotlighting trailblazing talents from the Arab world, Africa, and Asia.

This year, we’re proud to spotlight Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo.

Born in Rwanda, Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo's journey as a filmmaker started in 2008, when she joined a group of young filmmakers in her neighborhood in Almond Tree Films. In 2010, she responded to a call-out for a script competition by the Tribeca Film Institute, which she won. This victory enabled her to make her first short film, "LYIZA," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011 and won a Bronze Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival in 2012. Clementine worked as a researcher for "Why We Hate?", a documentary series by Steven Spielberg and Alex Gibney. Her short films have been presented and awarded at several festivals, including the Carthage Film Festival, where she won the Tanit de Bronze in 2012 and 2018 in Carthage. Her first feature film, "Ben'Imana", has been officially selected to screen in Cannes 2026 - Un Certain Regard.

#RedSeaFilmFoundation #RedSeaIFF #WomenInCinema

[Yolande Makolo 🇷🇼 @YolandeMakolo]

Congratulations @dusabejambo.

[Dusabejambo M. Clementine @dusabejambo]

@YolandeMakolo Thank You🙏

[Sandrine Umutoni @XandrineUmutoni]

At a time of remembrance, the way our stories are told — and who tells them — matters deeply.

“Ben’ Imana”, by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, selected under the category ‘Un Certain Regard’, at the Festival de Cannes.

#Kwibuka32

[RedSeaFilm @RedSeaFilm]

Cannes has announced the line-up for the Un Certain Regard section of its 2026 edition, which includes the Red Sea Film Foundation-supported film “Benimana” by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo.

The #RedSeaFilmFoundation is proud to have supported this exceptional project through the #RedSeaFund and the #RedSeaSouk.