Ben'Imana

Plot

Rwanda, 2012. The country is emerging from an era of silence after the 1994 Tutsi genocide, and people's courts are being set up with the aim of bringing justice and reconciliation. Veneranda, a survivor, is convinced of the need for these trials. Despite pressures, she organises discussion sessions between victims and the families of the executioners. Therapy for some, an act of betrayal for others, these testimonial sessions revive and reveal the traumas that each of them try to overcome, in their own way. The wounds of Veneranda's past are exposed again when she learns of her daughter's unexpected pregnancy and the identity of the father. Veneranda has to face her own contradictions and the dark parts of her past.

About Ben'Imana

Ben'Imana is a 2026 drama film directed by Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo, co-written with Delphine Agut. A co-production of Rwanda, Gabon, France, Norway, and Ivory Coast, it stars Clémentine U. Nyirinkindi as Vénéranda, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi, involved in community-led justice and reconciliation eighteen years later. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May, where it won the Caméra d'Or. It was the first film directed by a Rwandan filmmaker to be included in the festival's official selection. It was also selected as the first ever Rwandan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards.

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