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NEXT MONTH’S FILM – MUNYURANGABO

Directed by Lee Isaac Chung
Drama – Rwanda, USA – in Kinyarwanda with English subtitles – 97 min

After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. Though they plan to visit Sangwa’s home for just a few hours, the boys stay for several days. From two separate tribes, their friendship is tested when Sangwa’s wary parents disapprove of Munyurangabo, warning that “Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.”

ACCLAIM
WINNER – Grand Jury Prize – AFI Film Festival
WINNER – Best Narrative Feature – Sarasota Film Festval
WINNER – Best First Film – Mexico City Int’l Contemporary Film Festival
WINNER – Peace and Cultural Understanding Award – Wine Country Film Festival
WINNER – SIGNAS Award – Amiens Int’l Film Fesival
NOMINATED – Breakthrough Director – Gotham Awards
NOMINATED – Someone to Watch – Independent Spirit Awards
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), Berlin Int’l Film Festival, Toronto Int’l Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, Rotterdam Int’l Film Festival, London Int’l Film Festival

REVIEWS
“An astonishing and thoroughly masterful debut… This is, flat out, the discovery of this year’s Un Certain Regard batch”
– Robert Koehler, Variety

“Remarkable! An authentically beautiful film…a ‘small’ masterpiece”
– Robin Woods, Film Comment

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