Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo uherutse kwegukana igihembo cya ‘Caméra d’Or’ mu Iserukiramuco ry’i Cannes yavukiye i Kigali mu 1987, yiga ibijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga mu by’amashanyarazi n’itumanaho.

Urugendo rwe muri sinema rwatangiye mu 2011, ubwo yakoze filime ngufi “Lyiza”, yamuhesheje igihembo cya Bronze Tanit mu iserukiramuco rya Carthage.

Yakomeje gukora filime zirimo “Behind the Word” yo mu 2013, “A Place for Myself” yo mu 2016 na “Icyasha” (Etiquette) yo mu 2018. Izi filime zamuhesheje ibihembo bitandukanye mu maserukiramuco akomeye muri Afurika, arimo Zanzibar International Film Festival na FESPACO.

Mu 2026, Dusabejambo yakoze amateka ubwo filime ye ya mbere ndende, “Ben’Imana”, yatoranywaga mu cyiciro cya Un Certain Regard mu iserukiramuco rya Cannes.

‘Ben’Imana’, yakozwe na Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, yegukanye igihembo cya Caméra d’Or mu Iserukiramuco rya Cannes. Iki ni kimwe mu bihembo bikomeye muri sinema mpuzamahanga, gihabwa filime ya mbere ndende yahize izindi mu byiciro byose by’iryo serukiramuco.

Iki gihembo cyatanzwe mu isozwa rya Festival de Cannes 2026, aho Ben’Imana yahize izindi filime za mbere 30 zari zatanzwe mu byiciro bitandukanye by’iri serukiramuco. Iyi filime yari yerekanwe mu cyiciro cya Un Certain Regard kigenerwa filime zifite uburyo bwihariye bwo kuvuga inkuru no gucukumbura ibibazo byimbitse by’umuryango.

Ben’Imana ishingiye ku nkuru yibanda ku kwibuka Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ubutabera, imbabazi n’urugendo rw’ubwiyunge.

Igaruka ku nkiko Gacaca zashyizweho nyuma ya Jenoside kugira ngo zifashe mu butabera no kongera kubanisha Abanyarwanda, binyuze mu kuvuga ukuri, kwemera ibyabaye no gushaka inzira yo kubana nyuma y’amateka akomeye.

Inkuru yayo igaruka kuri Veneranda, umugore usaba imbabazi imbere y’abaturage mu rukiko Gacaca mu mudugudu we. Ku rundi ruhande hari Suzanne, murumuna we, ushaka ko abakekwaho kwica umugabo we n’umwana we bavuga ukuri.

Hari kandi Tina, umukobwa wa Veneranda, ugaragaza uburyo urubyiruko rutabonye Jenoside ariko rukomeje kubaho mu ngaruka zayo mu miryango no mu gihugu.

Ibi bituma Ben’Imana itaba gusa filime ivuga ku mateka, ahubwo ibaza ikibazo gikomeye cy’uburyo igihugu gishobora gukira ibikomere bitavugwa n’uburyo ukuri, imbabazi n’ubutwari bw’abagore bishobora kuba umusingi w’ubwiyunge.

Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo ku rutonde rw’abazita abana b’ingagi