Filime Ben’Imana ya Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo yegukanye ibihembo bibiri bikomeye birimo Caméra d’Or na FIPRESCI Prize mu Iserukiramuco rya Cannes ku wa Gatandatu, tariki ya 23 Gicurasi.
Sinema nyarwanda yinjiye ku rwego mpuzamahanga mu buryo budasanzwe ku wa Gatandatu, tariki ya 23 Gicurasi, ubwo umuyobozi wa filime Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo yakoraga amateka mu Iserukiramuco rya Cannes rya 79, yegukana igihembo gikomeye cya Caméra d’Or gihabwa filime ya mbere y’umukinnyi cyangwa umuyobozi wa filime.
Iyi ntsinzi ikomeye, yongeweho n’igihembo cya FIPRESCI Prize mu cyiciro cya Un Certain Regard, ntabwo yazamuye gusa izina rya Dusabejambo muri sinema mpuzamahanga, ahubwo yanabaye ikimenyetso gikomeye cy’iterambere rya sinema nyarwanda ikomeje kuzamuka ku muvuduko mwinshi.
Ku bantu benshi bakora muri uru ruganda rwa sinema, iyi ntsinzi ifite icyo isobanuye kirenze gutsinda kwa Dusabejambo nk’umuntu ku giti cye. Babibona nk’ikimenyetso cyerekana ko inkuru z’Abanyarwanda, abakora filime n’ibikorwa bya sinema byo mu Rwanda bishobora guhangana ku rwego rwo hejuru ku isi.
Umukinnyi wa filime ndetse n’umuyobozi wa filime umaze igihe muri uru ruganda, Jones Kennedy Mazimpaka, yavuze ko iki ari ikintu gikomeye gitanga icyizere ku ruganda rw’ubugeni n’umuco mu Rwanda.Yagize ati: “Ibi bihembo bitanga icyizere atari gusa ku bantu bakoze iyi filime, ahubwo no kuri sinema nyarwanda muri rusange.”
Yakomeje agira ati: “Nubwo uru ruganda rugikura, kubona filime nyarwanda itsindira i Cannes ni ibintu byiza cyane. Byerekana ko Abanyarwanda bashobora guhangana ku rwego mpuzamahanga.”Mazimpaka yavuze kandi ko iyi ntsinzi itanga ubutumwa bukomeye ku bushobozi bw’u Rwanda no kumenyekana kwarwo ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Yagize ati: “Kubona Abanyarwanda batsindira ibihembo kuri urwo rwego bitanga ubutumwa bugira buti: mukore byinshi kurushaho, mukomeze muzamuke.”“Byatumye u Rwanda ruba runini cyane kurusha uko rungana ku ikarita y’isi. Mu bitekerezo by’isi, ruba igihugu kinini.”
Uyu mukinnyi wa filime yavuze kandi ko urugendo rwa Dusabejambo rukwiye kubera urugero abakiri bato bifuza gukora sinema mu Rwanda.Yagize ati: “Ni umuntu witangiye sinema kuva akiri muto. Urugendo rwe ni isomo rikomeye ku bakora filime benshi tangirira hasi, wizere urugendo kandi ukure binyuze mu bunararibonye.”
Mazimpaka, wigeze gukorana na Dusabejambo mu ntangiriro z’urugendo rwe muri sinema, yongeyeho ati: “Clémentine ni urumuri.”Intsinzi ya Ben’Imana i Cannes yanakajije ibiganiro ku mahirwe y’u Rwanda yo kuzitabira ibihembo bya Oscars mu buryo bukomeye.
Kubera ko u Rwanda rwashyizeho bwa mbere komisiyo ishinzwe gutoranya filime zijya muri Oscars mu 2025, Ben’Imana yatangiye gufatwa nk’imwe muri filime zifite amahirwe yo kuzahagararira igihugu mu cyiciro cya Best International Feature Film.Mazimpaka, uri muri iyo komisiyo, yavuze ko kuba iyi filime yaramenyekanye i Cannes byayongereye amahirwe ku rwego mpuzamahanga.Yagize ati: “Filime yageze i Cannes iba yamaze kubona inzira iyijyana muri Oscars.”
“Filime yatsindiye ibihembo kandi ikemerwa n’abasesenguzi iba ifite izina rikomeye ku rwego mpuzamahanga.”Nubwo yavuze ko inzira yo kugera muri Oscars igoye kandi isaba ibisabwa byinshi ndetse no kwamamaza filime ku rwego mpuzamahanga, yavuze ko bishoboka cyane.
Yagize ati: “Kugera muri Oscars kuri Clémentine ntabwo ari ibintu bisa n’ibiri kure.”Hagati muri aya mateka harimo filime Ben’Imana, inkuru ibera mu Rwanda mu 2012 ikagaruka ku bwiyunge, ihungabana no kubabarira, binyuze ku nkuru ya Vénéranda, warokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994 kandi ufite uruhare rukomeye mu nkiko Gacaca.
Iyi filime yerekanwe bwa mbere mu cyiciro cya Un Certain Regard ku wa 19 Gicurasi, nyuma iza kuba imwe muri filime zakunzwe cyane muri icyo cyiciro.Muri iyi filime harimo abakinnyi barimo Clémentine Uwimana Nyirinkindi, Isabelle Kabano, Kesia Kelly Nishimwe, Leocadie Uwabeza, Antoinette Uwamahoro na Aimé Valens Tuyisenge.
Iyi filime yakozwe ku bufatanye bw’ibigo birimo Ejo Cine Ltd yo mu Rwanda, Princesse M Prod yo muri Gabon, Les Films du Bilboquet yo mu Bufaransa ndetse na Duo Film yo muri Norvège, ibintu byerekana uburyo sinema nyarwanda iri kurushaho gukorana n’amahanga.
Nyuma yo kwakira igihembo cya Caméra d’Or, Dusabejambo yavuze ko agituye abagore b’Abanyarwanda.Yagize ati: “Nakoze iyi filime kuko nifuzaga guha icyubahiro abagore bo mu gihugu cyanjye, abo babyeyi banyuze mu makosa n’ibintu bitavugwa, ariko bakabona imbaraga zo gukomeza guhagarara bafite icyubahiro.”
Yakomeje ati: “Ikirenzeho, babonye mu mitima yabo ubushobozi bwo gutanga, kubabarira no gukomeza ubuzima nubwo bitari byoroshye kandi bibabaza.”Yanashimye umuco wo gukorana ukomeje kuranga abakora sinema mu Rwanda.Yagize ati: “Gukora filime ya mbere ni nko gusimbukira mu cyuho. Ariko iyo uri kumwe n’umuryango ukomeye w’abakora filime, ntugwa hasi ahubwo urazamuka.”
Ku ruganda rwa sinema nyarwanda, ibyabereye i Cannes byarenze kuba intsinzi y’iserukiramuco gusa. Byabaye ikimenyetso cy’uko sinema nyarwanda yinjiye mu cyiciro gishya, aho abakora filime bo mu Rwanda batakiri gusa abitabira ibiganiro mpuzamahanga, ahubwo batangiye no kubigena no kubiyobora.
