Mugabo is an experimental short film about a young girl’s return to the idealised homeland, a journey to a place full of borrowed memories. Director Amelia Umuhire, a Rwandese filmmaker living in Germany, also directed and produced the fictional web series Polyglot about the lives of young black artists in Europe.
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Film details
- Productielanden
- Germany, Rwanda
- Jaar
- 2016
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2018
- Lengte
- 7'
- Medium/Formaat
- File
