Urusaro International Women Film Festival

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The Urusaro International Women Film Festival (sometimes shortened to the Urusaro Festival) is a Rwandan women's film festival. [1] [2]

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Held in Kigali, Rwanda and organized by CinéFEMMES Rwanda, [3] it is intended to bring together and empower women filmmakers. [4] [5]

The festival was founded by Jacqueline Murekeyisoni, founder and CEO of Cine Femmes Rwanda. Floriane Kaneza was its director from 2019-2021. [6]

Awards

As of 2024, the Urusaro Festival gave awards to best films in the following categories: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Emmy, Nsengiyumva (12 March 2019). "Iserukiramuco "Urusaro International Women Film Festival" ryasojwe mu birori bibereye ijisho (Amafoto)". IGIHE (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Rwanda Urusaro film festival submissions open". BizCommunity. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Kantengwa, Sharon (29 September 2019). "Cinéfemmes and the rise of female film makers". The New Times. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rwanda: les cinéastes africaines à l'honneur lors du festival Urusaro". RFI Afrique (in French). 12 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Kantengwa, Sharon (20 September 2019). "Urusaro International Women Film Festival returns". The New Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Kantengwa, Sharon (2019-09-28). "Cinéfemmes and the rise of female film makers". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-03-29.

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