Ben'Imana
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.
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Cast
10 people
Clémentine U. Nyirinkindi
Veneranda
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Kesia Kelly Nishimwe
Tina
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Arivere Kagoyire
Grandmother
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Isabelle Kabano
Suzane
Known for
Small Country: An African Childhood
Black Tea
Antoinette Uwamahoro
Victoire
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Leocadie Uwabeza
Madeleine
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Aime Valens Tuyisenge
Karangwa
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Hamida Uwimana
Ingabire
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Adelite Mugabo
Juge
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Clemence Murorunkwere
Théodata
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Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo Director · Igor Mabano Composer Mostafa El Kashef Cinematographer
Budget $681K · United States release November 27, 2026 · Produced in Gabon, Norway, Rwanda, France
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Budget
$681,023
Production
DUOFilm
Production
Ejo Cine
Production
Les Films du Bilboquet
Production
Princesse M Productions
Production
Ogweli Productions
Production
Canal+
Production
Gabon · Norway · Rwanda · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Kinyarwanda
Release dates
France · May 19, 2026
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · November 27, 2026
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
France · February 3, 2027
Theatrical
United States
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
October 18, 2026 · Premiere · Philadelphia Film Festival
October 20, 2026 · Premiere · Vermont International Film Festival
October 24, 2026 · Premiere · AFI Fest
November 2, 2026 · Premiere · Rehoboth Beach International Film Festival
November 17, 2026 · Premiere · Hawai'i International Film Festival
December 7, 2026 · Premiere · African Diaspora International Film Festival
Australia
June 11, 2026 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
July 15, 2026 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Austria
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 16, 2026 · Premiere · Sarajevo Film Festival
Brazil
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
September 15, 2026 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
November 11, 2026 · Premiere · CINEMANIA Film Festival
China
September 27, 2026 · Premiere · Pingyao International Film Festival
November 6, 2026 · Premiere · Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival
Czechia
July 4, 2026 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Estonia
November 9, 2026 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Finland
September 21, 2026 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
August 24, 2026 · Premiere · Angouleme Francophone Film Festival
September 19, 2026 · Premiere · De l'Écrit à l'Écran Festival
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · CinéMartinique Film Festival
November 4, 2026 · Premiere · Festival du Film de Sarlat
November 8, 2026 · Premiere · Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d'Apt
November 19, 2026 · Premiere · Festival International du Film d'Histoire de Pessac
Germany
September 26, 2026 · Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg
November 8, 2026 · Premiere · Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
November 29, 2026 · Premiere · Around the World in 14 Films
Greece
October 6, 2026 · Premiere · Athens International Film Festival
Hungary
October 31, 2026 · Premiere · Budapest International Film Festival
Indonesia
November 2, 2026 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema
November 16, 2026 · Premiere · Bandung World Cinema
Ireland
November 13, 2026 · Premiere · Cork International Film Festival
Kazakhstan
August 29, 2026 · Premiere · Qyzqaras Film Festival
Kenya
October 15, 2026 · Premiere · NBO Film Festival
Morocco
November 21, 2026 · Premiere · Marrakech International Film Festival
New Zealand
August 2, 2026 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Norway
November 8, 2026 · Premiere · Films from the South Festival
Poland
July 24, 2026 · Premiere · TAURON New Horizons International Film Festival
Qatar
November 25, 2026 · Premiere · Doha Film Festival
South Korea
October 8, 2026 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Spain
October 27, 2026 · Premiere · Valladolid International Film Festival
Taiwan
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Thailand
September 18, 2026 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
Ukraine
October 28, 2026 · Premiere · Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 12, 2026 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 11, 2026 · Premiere · CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
February 19, 2027 · Theatrical
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