The Urusaro International Women Film Festival (sometimes shortened to the Urusaro Festival) is a Rwandan women's film festival.
Held in Kigali, Rwanda and organized by CinéFEMMES Rwanda, it is intended to bring together and empower women filmmakers.
Awards
As of 2024, the Urusaro Festival gave awards to best films in the following categories:
- National Short Fiction
- National Documentary
- East African Short Fiction
- East African Documentary
- African Short Fiction
- African Documentary
- African Feature Fiction.
References
- Emmy, Nsengiyumva (12 March 2019). "Iserukiramuco "Urusaro International Women Film Festival" ryasojwe mu birori bibereye ijisho (Amafoto)". IGIHE (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Rwanda Urusaro film festival submissions open". BizCommunity. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- Kantengwa, Sharon (29 September 2019). "Cinéfemmes and the rise of female film makers". The New Times. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "Rwanda: les cinéastes africaines à l'honneur lors du festival Urusaro". RFI Afrique (in French). 12 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- Kantengwa, Sharon (20 September 2019). "Urusaro International Women Film Festival returns". The New Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Further reading
- Buchana, Patrick (23 May 2014). "Rwanda: Cine Femme – the Nursery Bed of Female Filmmakers in Rwanda". The New Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- Ibrahim, Ntakirutimana (5 October 2019). "Uko byari byifashe mu muhango wo gufungura ku mugaragaro festival ya Urusaro International Women Film Festival". TBR News (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- Kazibwe, Andrew I (16 October 2019). "'Numb' debuts at Urusaro festival". Rwanda Today. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "Women's film festival to showcase 'extraordinary stories'". The New Times. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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