Nairobi Film Festival kicks off with a bang with the African premiere of 'Ben'Imana'

The Nairobi Film Festival, running from October 15 to 25, opened with the African premiere of 'Ben'Imana', directed and co-written by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo and Delphine Agut. The 2026 drama is a co-production involving Rwanda, Gabon, France, Norway and Ivory Coast, and stars Clémentine U. Nyirinkindi as Vénéranda, a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Eighteen years later, her character takes part in community-led justice, dialogue and reconciliation initiatives. The reviewer praises the cinematography and the film’s depictions of rural Rwanda.