Republik Repair Film

Her short film ‚Mugabo‘, set in Kigali, Rwanda is an experimental short film about the return to the homeland and the question of what to do with our past. Amelia Umuhire, who survived the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, explores the millennial survivor experience mixing genres and tones to convey the complexity of loss and accepting the collective and individual past. Mugabo premiered at „Film Africa 2016“ in London and was awarded „Best Experimental Film“ at the „Blackstar Film Festival 2017“.

Amelia Umuhire is a Rwanda filmmaker. She directed and produced the web series Polyglot about young black artists in Europe. The series is set in Berlin and London and focuses on ideas of home and identity in an increasingly hostile environment. The series was screened at various international festivals such as Film Africa London, Tribeca Film Festival, Geneva International Film Festival where it won Best International Web Series 2015.

Mugabo (6:32 min, 2016)

Polyglot (Episoden 1 – 3, 2015)