Kwerekana filime 80 no gutanga ibihembo: Ibizaranga iserukiramuco rya 'Mashariki'

Iri serukiramuco riteganyijwe kuva ku wa 23 kugeza ku wa 29 Ugushyingo 2026, i Kigali, rikaba rigamije guteza imbere sinema nyafurika, guteza imbere impano nshya no gufungura amahirwe y’ubufatanye hagati y’abakora ibihangano n’abashoramari bo mu Rwanda no hanze yarwo.

Nk’uko Mashariki Group, itegura iri serukiramuco, yabitangaje mu itangazo ryayo, iyi nshuro izaba ari ingenzi mu rugendo rwa Mashariki, kuko ari yo ya mbere ibaye nyuma yo gutangiza Mashariki Arts Academy, ishuri rigamije gufasha urubyiruko n’abandi bafite impano mu buhanzi kubona ubumenyi n’ubushobozi bwo gukora kinyamwuga.

Ibi byerekana ko Mashariki ishaka kurenga kwerekana filime gusa, ahubwo ikaba n’urubuga rwo gutegura abazavamo abakora sinema b’ejo hazaza, kubahuza n’abamaze kumenyekana no kubafasha kubona amahirwe mu ruganda rw’imyidagaduro.

Kimwe mu bizaba bikurura abakunzi ba sinema ni uko hazerekanwa filime 80 zatoranyijwe, zigaragaza ubudasa bw’inkuru nyafurika, imyumvire itandukanye n’impano z’abakora sinema ku mugabane.

Izi filime zizaha abazitabira amahirwe yo kureba ibihangano byubakiye ku buzima bw’abantu, umuco, ibibazo byugarije imiryango n’ibihugu, ndetse n’inzozi n’ibyifuzo by’Abanyafurika.

Kuri bamwe, iri serukiramuco rizaba umwanya wo kumenya filime nshya no kuvumbura abakora sinema bashya; ku bandi, rizaba urubuga rwo kunguka ubumenyi, kuganira ku buryo inkuru zubakwa no gusobanukirwa uko sinema ishobora gufasha abantu gusangira ibitekerezo n’ubunararibonye.

Guhitamo izi filime kandi ni kimwe mu bigaragaza intego ya Mashariki yo guha umwanya inkuru z’Abanyafurika, kugira ngo zigere ku bantu benshi kandi zibone uko zihuzwa n’amasoko yo mu karere no ku rwego mpuzamahanga.

Iyi nshuro ya 12 izarangwa kandi n’umuhango wo guha impamyabumenyi abanyeshuri ba mbere bize muri Mashariki Arts Academy.

Uyu muhango uzaba ari intambwe ikomeye ku ishuri no ku banyeshuri baryo, kuko uzagaragaza umusaruro w’amasomo n’amahugurwa bigamije kubategura gukora mu ruganda rw’ubuhanzi n’imyidagaduro.

Mashariki Arts Academy yashyizweho mu rwego rwo gufasha abafite impano kuziteza imbere, bakunguka ubumenyi ngiro, bakamenya uko bakora kinyamwuga kandi bakitegura guhangana n’ibisabwa ku isoko ry’umurimo mu bijyanye n’ubuhanzi.

Kuba umuhango wo gutanga impamyabumenyi uzabera muri iri serukiramuco bifite igisobanuro cyihariye: guhuza amashuri n’amahugurwa n’aho abantu bashobora kugaragaza impano zabo, guhura n’abanyamwuga no gushaka amahirwe yo guteza imbere ibyo bakora.

Ni uburyo kandi bwo kugaragaza ko iterambere rya sinema ridashingira gusa ku kugira ibikoresho cyangwa inkuru nziza, ahubwo ko rikeneye n’abantu bafite ubumenyi, ubushobozi n’amahirwe yo kubukoresha.

Ikindi gikorwa kizaba gifite umwihariko ni Masharket, isoko mpuzamahanga ry’ibihangano n’ibikorwa byo mu ruganda rw’ibirimo, rizwi nka Kigali International Content Market.

Riteganyijwe kuva ku wa 27 kugeza ku wa 29 Ugushyingo 2026, rikazahuza abakora filime, ababyaza umusaruro ibihangano, abandika inkuru, abashinzwe gukwirakwiza filime, ibitangazamakuru, abashoramari n’abandi bafite uruhare mu ruganda rw’ibirimo.

Intego ni ugutanga urubuga ruzafasha aba banyamwuga guhura, kungurana ibitekerezo, gushaka abafatanyabikorwa no kuganira ku buryo ibihangano byatezwa imbere, byakorerwa ubushobozi, byamurikwa kandi bikagera ku babikeneye.

Ku bakora sinema bo mu Rwanda, amahirwe nk’aya ashobora kubafasha kumenyekanisha imishinga yabo, gushaka abashobora kuyitera inkunga no kwagura imikoranire yabo n’abandi bakora ibihangano muri Afurika no mu mahanga.

Masharket izaba ihuza kandi igikorwa cy’ubuhanzi n’ubucuruzi, hagamijwe ko ibihangano nyafurika bitagarukira ku kwerekanwa gusa, ahubwo binagira amahirwe yo kugera ku masoko yagutse no kubyara inyungu ku babikora.

Iri serukiramuco rizasozwa n’umuhango wo gushimira no guhemba abagaragaje ubuhanga budasanzwe mu bihangano byabo.

Ibihembo bizaba umwanya wo guha agaciro abakoze filime zigaragaza ubuhanga mu kubara inkuru, guhanga udushya, kugira umwihariko no guteza imbere sinema nyafurika.

Uretse gushimira abamaze kumenyekana, ibi bihembo bizanatera imbaraga abahanzi bakizamuka, bibibutsa ko ibikorwa byabo bishobora kumenyekana no kubona umwanya mu ruganda rwa sinema.

Iziwacu: Guha agaciro inkuru z’Abanyarwanda n’umuco wabo

Mu rwego rwo guteza imbere inkuru zishingiye ku buzima bw’Abanyarwanda, Mashariki izakomeza gushyira imbere ibyiciro bya Iziwacu.

Ibi byiciro bigamije guha umwanya inkuru z’abakora sinema bo mu Rwanda, umuco nyarwanda, ubuzima bw’abaturage n’ibindi bigaragaza imibereho n’indangagaciro by’iwabo.

Gushyigikira inkuru nk’izi bifite akamaro mu kubungabunga umurage ndangamuco no gufasha ab’ingeri zitandukanye kumenya uko Abanyarwanda babayeho, ibibazo bahura na byo, ibyo bishimira n’intego bafite.

Bifasha kandi abahanzi bo mu Rwanda kubona urubuga rwo kwerekana ibihangano byabo, mu gihe abitabira baturutse mu bindi bihugu babona amahirwe yo kumenya umuco nyarwanda binyuze muri sinema.

Ni uburyo bwo kugaragaza ko inkuru zishingiye ku buzima bw’ahantu runaka zishobora kugira agaciro karenga imbibi zaho zakorewe, igihe zubatswe neza kandi zigashyikirizwa abazumva.

Mashariki African Film Festival ya 2026 izaba irimo kandi amahugurwa n’ibiganiro byimbitse bizahuza urubyiruko, abahanzi bakizamuka n’abanyamwuga bafite ubunararibonye.

Muri ibi bikorwa, Mashariki izakorana na Youth Connect mu rwego rwo gufasha urubyiruko kubona ubumenyi ngiro, ubujyanama n’amakuru ajyanye n’amahirwe ari mu bijyanye no gukora filime, kubaka inkuru no guteza imbere ibindi bihangano.

Amahugurwa azafasha abitabira kunguka ubumenyi ku buryo ibihangano bitegurwa, ndetse banahure n’abantu bashobora kubagira inama ku rugendo rwabo rw’umwuga.

Iyi gahunda ifite akamaro cyane cyane ku rubyiruko rufite impano ariko rutarabona uburyo bwo kuruhuza n’abanyamwuga cyangwa kumenya uko rwatangira gukora mu ruganda rw’imyidagaduro.

Ubufatanye na Youth Connect bugaragaza kandi ko guteza imbere impano bisaba ibirenze kubwira urubyiruko ko rushoboye; bisaba kuruha ubumenyi, ubujyanama n’amahirwe yo gushyira mu bikorwa ibyo rwize.

Mu gihe Kigali ikomeje kwakira ibikorwa bitandukanye by’ubuhanzi n’umuco, Mashariki African Film Festival irifuza kugira uruhare mu kuyongerera ubushobozi bwo kuba ihuriro ry’abakora sinema, abashoramari n’abandi banyamwuga bo muri Afurika no ku rwego mpuzamahanga.

Guhuriza hamwe abantu bafite uruhare mu ruganda rw’ibihangano bitanga amahirwe yo gusangira ubumenyi, kubaka imikoranire no gushaka ibisubizo byafasha ibihangano nyafurika kugera ku bantu benshi.

Ibi kandi bishobora gufasha abahanzi bo mu Rwanda kwagura imikoranire yabo, kumenyekanisha imishinga yabo no kureba uko impano bafite yazavamo ibikorwa bibateza imbere ndetse bikagira uruhare mu bukungu bw’igihugu.

Mashariki Group ivuga ko iyi nshuro ya 12 izaba umwanya wo guhuza uburezi mu buhanzi, gukora ibihangano, kubaka imikoranire no gushaka amahirwe y’akazi n’ubucuruzi mu ruganda rw’imyidagaduro.

Kuva ku filime 80 ziteganyijwe kwerekanwa, ku banyeshuri ba mbere ba Mashariki Arts Academy bazahabwa impamyabumenyi, kugeza kuri Masharket n’amahugurwa y’urubyiruko, ibikorwa by’uyu mwaka bigaragaza icyerekezo cyo guteza imbere sinema nk’ubuhanzi bushobora no kubyara amahirwe arambye.

Iserukiramuco rya Mashariki African Film Festival rizabera i Kigali kuva ku wa 23 kugeza ku wa 29 Ugushyingo 2026, mu gihe Masharket yo izaba kuva ku wa 27 kugeza ku wa 29 Ugushyingo.

Ni amahirwe ku bakunda sinema, abakora ibihangano n’abifuza kumenya byinshi ku ruganda rw’imyidagaduro nyafurika, mu gihe Kigali izaba ihuriro ry’inkuru, impano n’ibitekerezo bishobora kugira uruhare mu hazaza ha sinema ku mugabane.

Urutonde rwa filime n'abakinnyi bahataniye ibihembo bya 'Mashariki' bigiye gutangwa ku nshuro ya 12

LONG FEATURES COMPETITION

3 Cold Dishes – Asurf Amuwa Oluseyi (Côte d'Ivoire, France, Nigeria)

Aisha Can't Fly Away – Morad Mostafa (Egypt)

Cards on the Table – Victor Gatonye (Kenya)

Congo Boy – Rafiki Fariala (Central African Republic)

Ebinto – Luc Gnepa (Côte d'Ivoire)

Goundafa, The Cursed Song – Ali Benjelloun (Morocco)

Her Daughters' Mother – Chinàzaēkpērē Chukwu (Nigeria)

House of the Wind – Kouemo Auguste Bernard (Cameroon)

It Comes in Waves – Fitch Jean (Canada)

Kileo – Bill Afwani (Kenya)

Loss – Abdulkadir Sheikh Ato (Somalia)

Rusambo – Angela Zivo Gapa (Zimbabwe)

Service to Heart – Paul S. Wilo (Zambia)

Slum Bomber – Maureen Jolly Nankya (Uganda)

What a Day – Niyitegeka Gratien, Denis Iriniga (Rwanda)

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

À toi l'honneur – Raïssa T'keba Kafechina (Togo)

Beneath the Veil – Hazar Abbassi (Tunisia)

Binta Is Okay – Fatimah Binta Gimsay (Nigeria)

Boom, Baby! – Saburi Seif (Tanzania)

Burden of Silence – Zeyna Seyni Diop (Senegal)

Dead Flowers, Red Roses – Tolulope Akande (Nigeria)

Desert Rose – Oussama Benhassine (Algeria)

Diva – Solim Poyodé (Togo)

Do You Know Who I Am? – Paulo Idalécio (Angola)

Embe Dodo – Kelvin Kagambo (Tanzania)

God Sleeps on Sundays – Naishe Nyamubaya (Zimbabwe)

Guhaado – Mahad Qalax (Somalia)

I Owe You a Touch – Marwan Elshafie (Egypt)

Kanyana – Justine Musabyeyezu (Rwanda)

Keep Him Safe – Nikita Neo Mokgware, Bone Buzae Choene (Botswana)

Last Sign – Ishimwe "Pablo" Prince (Rwanda, Türkiye)

Le linge sale – Médéssè Agohoundje (Benin)

Lovebirds Part 2 – Ndizeye Alibaba (Rwanda)

Mandala – Charite Kayitsinga (Rwanda)

Never Forget – Bakayoko Mohamed Namory Isaac (Côte d'Ivoire)

Nobody's Piece – Jessie Chisi (Zambia)

Pamodzi – Maxwell Mutunwa Mwape (Zambia)

Remnants – Zion Sulaiman Mukasa Matovu (Rwanda)

Silent Grief – Loyiso Paul Pududu (South Africa)

Sinai America – Rewan Mousa (Egypt)

The Coffin Keeper (Nínú igi ati nínú erú) – Angel Gabriel (Nigeria)

The Collector – Andrew Evans Odera (Kenya)

The Fortunate – Habtamu Gebrehiwot (Ethiopia)

The Rooftop – Ishimwe Delphin (Rwanda)

The Swap – Sally Wanja Ngoiri (Kenya)

The Unnamed – Abanoub Nabil (Egypt, Sweden)

Tomasi – Portia Ncwane (South Africa)

Tomorrow in Another Day – Adel Ben Othman (Tunisia)

Verses My Brother Taught Me – Thomo Tshipinyane (South Africa)

Yakubu – Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay (Ethiopia, India)

DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION

Crushed Time – Alain Dufau, Nadia Dutreuil (France, Réunion)

Djeliya, Memory of Mandingo – Boubacar Sangaré (Burkina Faso)

Ejo Tey, Teranga in the Land of Thousand Hills – Papalioune Dieng (Senegal)

Fruit de mer, une industrie – Joseph Saha (Cameroon)

Kikuyu Land – Bea Wangondu, Andrew H. Brown (Kenya, United States)

Robots – Yaseen J. Khan (South Africa, Sri Lanka)

Suya: A Spicy Piece of Home – Daro Umaigba (Nigeria)

The Other Reauburn – David-Pierre Fila (Congo)

The People Shall – Mark Maina Maingi, Nick Wambugu Gichuki (Kenya)

The Woman Who Poked the Leopard – Patience Nitumwesiga (Uganda)

Tin Hinan, the Last Nomad – Leila Artese Benhadj (Algeria, France, Italy)

TV SERIES

Àdúrà - Martins Keyen (Nigeria)

Against the Tides - Oluwatoyosi Olamide Lala (United Kingdom)

Back Stage Munezero - Yves (Rwanda)

Born 2000 - King Himself (Tanzania)

Calabar My Calabar -Joseph Gabriel Okulaja (Nigeria)

Calamity - Saul Mashaba (South Africa)

Come and See - Oluchi Mary Nsofor (Nigeria)

Double Whammy - Korede Olayinka (Nigeria)

Minus 1 - Habibu Iragena (Rwanda)

My Little Stories: The Cook and the Bee - Manuelly Leshika N'landou-Tchibindat (Congo, Côte d'Ivoire)

Rough (The Documentary) - Arowolo David Dare (Nigeria)

The Legacy of Adam - Roger Andre Gihlemoen (Tanzania)

The Penance Diary -Sydney Agaba (Uganda)

Umudugudu -Janet Mutesi, Jean Maurice Kabuguza, Sean Creighton (Rwanda)

RWANDA FOCUS

Bridge of Christmas – Dusabe Busine Israel (Rwanda)

Hands of Hope – Niyoyita Roger (Rwanda)

Rukuruzi – Mutuyimana Ibrahim (Rwanda)

The Bride – Myriam Birara (Rwanda)

Iserukiramuco Mashariki African Film Festival rigiye kuba ku nshuro ya 12 i Kigali kuva ku wa 23 kugeza ku wa 29 Ugushyingo 2026, rizerekana filime 80 zatoranyijwe, hanatangwa ibihembo ku barushije abandi mu ruganda rwa sinema