Filimi nyarwanda ishingiye ku nkuru mpamo yitwa ‘Imbabazi: The Pardon’ yatoranyijwe muri zimwe zizahatanira ibihembo ngarukamwaka bya ‘Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)’ ku nshuro ya byo ya 9, mu cyiciro cya ‘Best Child Actor’.
Iyi filimi ishingiye ku nkuru mpamo yayobowe n’umunyarwanda ‘Karekezi Joel’ usanzwe ukora filimi, Imbabazi: The pardon ikaba ivuga ku mateka y’abaturanyi babiri bari inshuti magara ariko bakaza kutumvikana ku bijyanye no kwitabira jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994, itumye uwayikoze ahurira n’abandi baturuka impande zose mu mujyi wa Yenagoa wo muri Leta ya Bayelsa mu gihugu cya Nigeria, mu birori byo gutanga ibihembo kuri uyu wa gatandatu.
Muri iyi filimi, Manzi yagizwe umwe mu bayobozi b’ibaze, bituma atitangira mu kwitabira Jenoside, maze yica se na murumuna wa Karemera kandi yari inshuti ye magara. Nyuma y’ibikomere byinshi ku mutima, Karemera yaje kwiyubaka, yubaka urugo aranabyara. Manzi amaze gufungurwa nyuma y’imyaka 15 yamaze muri gereza, Karemera atangira gushaka uburyo yakwihorera.
‘Imbabazi: The Pardon’ ni filimi ivuga ku mateka ya mbere, mu gihe na nyuma ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ikaba yarakozwe ku nkunga ya ‘International Film Festival Fund’.
AMAA, ni ibihembo bikomeye cyane ku mugabane wa Afurika bihabwa abakora filimi, bigategurwa buri mwaka. Byatangijwe mu w’2005 na ‘African Film Academy (AFA)’ ku gitekerezo cya Peace Anyiam Osigwe, bikaba bihabwa Abayobora filimi (Directors), Abakinnyiba filimi (Actors), Abandika filimi (Script writers) n’abandi bakora ibintu bitandukanye muri filimi, mu rwego rwo guteza imbere filimi muri Afurika.
Filimi zihatana:
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film
1. Nairobi Half Life : Kenya
2. Ninah’s Dowry : Cameroon
3. Last Fishing Boat : Malawi
4. Virgin Margarida : Mozambique
5. Elelwani : South Africa
6. Last Flight To Abuja : Nigeria
7. Confusion Na Wa : Nigeria
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Short Film
1. Dead River - Tim Huebschle: Namibia
2. Elegy For A Revolutionary - Paul van Zyl: South Africa
3. Yellow Fever - Ngendo Mukii: Kenya
4. Kwaku Ananse - Akosua Adoma Owusu: Ghana
5. Nhamo - Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein: Zimbabwe
6. Big Daddy - Chris Ihidero: Nigeria
7. Release - Sofia de Fay: South Africa
8. Burnt Forest - Zippy Kimundu: Kenya
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Documentary
1. Fuelling Poverty: Nigeria
2. Gun To Tape: Kenya
3. Swimming The Zambezi: South Africa
4. Give Me Back My Home: Kenya
5. The African Cypher Fly On The Wall: South Africa
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Child Actor
1. Cobweb
2. The Ugandan
3. Imbabazi, The Pardon
4. Ninah’s Dowry
5. Swirl In Bamako
6. Salimatu Traore (moi Zaphira)
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Promising Actor
1. Belinda Effah : Kokomma
2. Sumela Maculuva : Virgin Magarida
3. Joseph Wairimu : Nairobi Half Life
4. Shonelo Mbutho : Ulanga The Mark
5. Karoumwi Olakunle : The Twin Sword
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role
1. Gabriel Afolayan : Hoodrush
2. Ali Nuhu : Blood And Henna
3. Olwenya Maina : Nairobi Half Life
4. Alfred Atungu : Twin Sword
5. Ikponmwosa Gold : Confusion Na Wa
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Leading Role
1. Oc Ukeje : Alan Poza
2. Bimbo Manuel : Hereos And Zereos
3. Lindani Nkosi : Zama Zama
4. Justus Esiri : Assasins Practice
5. Hlomla Dandala : The Contract
6. Femi Jacobs : The Meeting
7. Amurin Wumnembom : Ninah’s Dowry
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Leading Role
1. Yvonne Okoro : The Contract
2. Florence Masebe : Elelwani
3. Mariam Ouedraogo : Moi Zaphira
4. Rita Dominic : The Meeting
5. Mbutung Seikeh : Ninah’s Diary
6. Flora Suya : Last Fishing Boat
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Director
1. Kenneth Gyang : Confusion Na Wah
2. Shemu Joyah : Last Fishing Boat
3. Shirley Frimpong Manso: Contract
4. Niji Akanni : Hereos And Zeroes
5. David Kitounga : Nairobi Half Life
6. Ntshavheni Wa Luruli : Elelwani.
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