BEHIND THIS CONVENT
Previews:
USC Shoah Foundation Institute, Los Angeles (USA)
Bates College, Portland (USA)
Northern Illinois University, Chicago (USA)
Murdoch University, Perth (AUSTRALIA)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (USA)
University of Massachusetts Boston, Massachussetts (USA)
Commentary:
“… treated with openness…” Verona Jury Award (2008)
“… his film is a homage to those that died and the survivors who had to live with their loss.” Al Jazeera (2008)
Word premiere:
ZIFF, Zanzibar International film festival (2008)
Awards:
Verona Award (ZIFF, 2008), Best African feature film
Signis Commendation (ZIFF, 2008), Best African documentary
Directed and produced by Gilbert Ndahayo
DV, 50 min. (2008) Documentary
Available on DVD
Kinyarwanda with English/French/Italian subtitles
Film Festivals:
Canada, Pan-Africa International - VUES D'AFRIQUE 25ème édition
Sélection Officielle 2009, Compétition Internationale Documentaire
South Africa, Cape Winelands Film FestivalCAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
In competition for the 2009 edition of the Cape Winelands Film festival in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Greece, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century
Official selection of the 11th Thessaloniki Documentary film festival
Italy, XXVIII Festival Conema Africano Verona
(European premiere)
Tanzania, Zanzibar International film festival
(World premiere)
Synopsis:
Behind This Convent features revealing
interviews with survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
This documentary is titled in reference to the site for violence and execution of
about 200 Tutsi.
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