Remy Ryumugabe

Réalisateur, scénariste, acteur, monteur, directeur photo, photographe, producteur rwandais.

Remy RYUMUGABE est un réalisateur, scénariste, acteur, monteur, directeur photo, photographe, producteur.

Il a commencé sa carrière cinématographique en 2011 à travers différents ateliers organisés par différentes organisations comme Goethe (centre culturel allemand) Kigali, fondation Maisha, films Almond Tree etc…

Il a réalisé différents projets vidéo et cinématographiques pour des particuliers et des Organisations et en tant qu’assistant réalisateur et superviseur de scénario il a travaillé sur différents projets cinématographiques (MAGERAGERE/CITY DROPOUT, CROSSING LINES, IMFURA, THE WAITING etc…) qui ont été projetés à travers différents festivals de cinéma à travers le monde comme Africa in Motion, Leuven African film festival, Zanzibar festivals internationaux de cinéma etc… Il est également professeur à temps partiel de préproduction et de scénarisation à la 94Hi film school, une petite école de cinéma au Rwanda et il travaille également avec le festival de cinéma africain Mashariki en tant que responsable de la programmation.
Il s’intéresse beaucoup aux œuvres de différents cinéastes, principalement des cinéastes d’avant-garde ou expérimentaux.

Son film expérimental « Aisa » a été officiellement sélectionné à la 14ème édition du festival indépendant et court métrage de Dhaka. Son deuxième court-métrage expérimental « Atta » est sélectionné pour la vidéothèque P’silo et son court-métrage « /ɪəri/ » (2019) a été sélectionné et projeté en compétition internationale de la 21e Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.
Son court-métrage documentaire, « Each of Her Scars Has a Story » (2022) était en compétition au 26 festival ÉCRANS NOIRS de Yaoundé (01-08 Octobre 2022, Cameroun).

He’s the co-founder of KIRURI MFN, an independent production company based in Kigali. He is also the co-initiator and curator of 250 Film Experiment Cine-Club, a cine club based in Kigali, Rwanda.


FILMOGRAPHY / FILMOGRAPHIE

///-/// Finished works / Films finis ///-///

(2023) The murmurings of Ajá
(Short film, video art / Court métrage Fiction, Vidéo d’Art)
Concept: a series recognizing plants as the bodies of gods, curated by the Korean visual research band ikkibawiKrrr. The series consists of 14 One Minutes. The selected films were submitted from Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States.
/// Director / Réalisateur

(2022) Each of her Scars has a story
(Short doc / Court métrage Documentaire)
Synopsis: A few weeks after going through health complications that led to a miscarriage, a 32 years old mother of two intimately revisits her complicated past.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2022) From Here to There
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: An old and wise woman sitting by the lake, reflecting on existence.
/// Editor, producer, writer, and director / Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2022) Muzunga
(Short film / Court métrage Fiction)
Synopsis: An opinionated moto driver’s sanity is pushed to the edge when a total lockdown confronts him with the void in his life
/// Producer / Producteur

(2021) Imuhira
(Short film / Court métrage Fiction)
Synopsis: Kanama’s dream-like journey back to her family does not offer the homecoming she hoped for. The initial solace of familiar surroundings and presence of friends is no comfort when she still feels tormented.
/// Cinematographer, editor and producer / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur

(2020) Sensory Overload
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: Sensory Overload is an audio-visual piece that explores how imagination can be an escape from the realities around us
/// Producer / Producteur

(2019) Mnemosyne
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: Mnemosyne is a eulogy by a grieving and nostalgic man for a mysterious girl he met when he was desperate and anxious about life. The meeting brought hope and since then, they briefly enjoyed each other’s company till the girl’s complicated past and the unfairness of life took over and grabbed her away.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer, and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2018) Melpomene
(Short film / Court métrage Fiction)
Synopsis: For him: Guiltiness, memories, sorrows, and the absence of his muse are all inseparably linked by time.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer, and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2017) /ˈꞮƏRI/
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: A confused man, his past or his present, dreams or reality, false or true awakenings! Who’s who? He can’t really tell. He’s just exploring an eerie situation, to see who or what’s there to be found.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer, and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur


/// Works In Progress: ///

Ijambo
(Cinematographic essay / Essai Cinéma)
Stage: Research and development
/// Author, Editor, Director / Scénariste, Monteur, Réalisateur

Kinema
(Feature Docu-fiction / Long Métrage Documentaire-Fiction)
Stage: Post-production
/// Author, Cinematographer and Co-director / Scénariste, Directeur Photo, Co-Réalisateur

« One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman »
(Feature essay documentary / Long Métrage Essai Documentaire)
Stage: Post-production
/// Author, Cinematographer, Producer, Editor, and director / Scénariste, Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Réalisateur

Qui est mon père?
(Feature documentary / Long Métrage Documentaire)
Stage: Production
/// Cinematographer and Producer / Directeur Photo, Producteur


Quelle / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine
– https://ryumugabe.com/time-based-media/
– https://kirurimfn.com/mnemosyne/
– https://filmfreeway.com/Eachofherscarshasastory
– https://filmfreeway.com/Mnemosyne581
– www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/2022-festival/programme/event/813/
– www.instagram.com/eyetracefilmsphotos | @ganzanation | @shemadeve | @myriam_wa_bazi | @ngabo_ganza | @bheryvan | @ngabopixel | @karemangingo | @sharangabombabazi |
Updated by Thierno DIA, 25 July 2023

Rwandan filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and photographer.

Remy RYUMUGABE is Actor, Cinematographer, Producer, Film Editor, Film Director, Photographer.

He began his filmmaking career in 2011 through different workshops organized by different organizations like Goethe (German culture center) Kigali, Maisha foundation, Almond Tree films etc…

He has directed different video and film projects for individual and Organizations and as assistant director and script supervisor he has worked on different film projects (MAGERAGERE/CITY DROPOUT, CROSSING LINES, IMFURA, THE WAITING etc…) that have been screened through different film festivals around the world like Africa in Motion, Leuven African film festival, Zanzibar international film festivals etc… He is also a part time teacher of pre-production and screenwriting at 94Hi film school, a small film school in Rwanda and he’s also working with Mashariki African film festival as Head of programmation.
He is very interested in works of different filmmakers mostly Avant-garde or experimental filmmakers.

His experimental film « Aisa » has been officially selected at 14th edition of Dhaka independent and short film festival. His second short experimental film « Atta » is selected for P’silo Video library and his short « /ɪəri/ » (2019) has been selected and screened in the international competition of the 21st Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.

OTHER BIO
Remy Ryumugabe is a Rwandan filmmaker/ visual artist. His works, including /ˈꞮƏRI/, Melpomene, and Mnemosyne among others, have been selected and exhibited at festivals around the world like the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Fribourg International Film Festival, International Kansk Video Festival, WNDX Festival of the Moving Image, BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Internationales Digitalkunst Festival, and Galerie Imane Farés. His latest two short films – « From Here to There », which he wrote and directed, and « Muzunga », which he produced – had their world premieres in the International Competition of the 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
His short documentary film, « Each of Her Scars Has a Story » (2022), has been selected for the international short documentary strand of the 26th ÉCRANS NOIRS Film Festival, held from 1st to 8th October 2022 in Yaounde.

He’s the co-founder of KIRURI MFN, an independent production company based in Kigali. He is also the co-initiator and curator of 250 Film Experiment Cine-Club, a cine club based in Kigali, Rwanda.




FILMOGRAPHY / FILMOGRAPHIE

///-/// Finished works / Films finis ///-///

(2023) The murmurings of Ajá
(Short film, video art / Court métrage Fiction, Vidéo d’Art)
Concept: a series recognizing plants as the bodies of gods, curated by the Korean visual research band ikkibawiKrrr. The series consists of 14 One Minutes. The selected films were submitted from Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States.
/// Director / Réalisateur

(2022) Each of her Scars has a story
(Short doc / Court métrage Documentaire)
Synopsis: A few weeks after going through health complications that led to a miscarriage, a 32 years old mother of two intimately revisits her complicated past.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2022) From Here to There
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: An old and wise woman sitting by the lake, reflecting on existence.
/// Editor, producer, writer, and director / Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2022) Muzunga
(Short film / Court métrage Fiction)
Synopsis: An opinionated moto driver’s sanity is pushed to the edge when a total lockdown confronts him with the void in his life
/// Producer / Producteur

(2021) Imuhira
(Short film / Court métrage Fiction)
Synopsis: Kanama’s dream-like journey back to her family does not offer the homecoming she hoped for. The initial solace of familiar surroundings and presence of friends is no comfort when she still feels tormented.
/// Cinematographer, editor and producer / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur

(2020) Sensory Overload
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: Sensory Overload is an audio-visual piece that explores how imagination can be an escape from the realities around us
/// Producer / Producteur

(2019) Mnemosyne
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: Mnemosyne is a eulogy by a grieving and nostalgic man for a mysterious girl he met when he was desperate and anxious about life. The meeting brought hope and since then, they briefly enjoyed each other’s company till the girl’s complicated past and the unfairness of life took over and grabbed her away.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer, and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2018) Melpomene
(Short film / Court métrage Fiction)
Synopsis: For him: Guiltiness, memories, sorrows, and the absence of his muse are all inseparably linked by time.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer, and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur

(2017) /ˈꞮƏRI/
(Experimental, Short film / Court métrage Fiction, Experimental)
Synopsis: A confused man, his past or his present, dreams or reality, false or true awakenings! Who’s who? He can’t really tell. He’s just exploring an eerie situation, to see who or what’s there to be found.
/// Cinematographer, editor, producer, writer, and director / Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur


/// Works In Progress: ///

Ijambo
(Cinematographic essay / Essai Cinéma)
Stage: Research and development
/// Author, Editor, Director / Scénariste, Monteur, Réalisateur

Kinema
(Feature Docu-fiction / Long Métrage Documentaire-Fiction)
Stage: Post-production
/// Author, Cinematographer and Co-director / Scénariste, Directeur Photo, Co-Réalisateur

« One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman »
(Feature essay documentary / Long Métrage Essai Documentaire)
Stage: Post-production
/// Author, Cinematographer, Producer, Editor, and director / Scénariste, Directeur Photo, Monteur, Producteur, Réalisateur

Qui est mon père?
(Feature documentary / Long Métrage Documentaire)
Stage: Production
/// Cinematographer and Producer / Directeur Photo, Producteur



Quelle / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine
– https://ryumugabe.com/time-based-media/
– https://kirurimfn.com/mnemosyne/
– https://filmfreeway.com/Eachofherscarshasastory
– https://filmfreeway.com/Mnemosyne581
– www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/2022-festival/programme/event/813/
– www.instagram.com/eyetracefilmsphotos | @ganzanation | @shemadeve | @myriam_wa_bazi | @ngabo_ganza | @bheryvan | @ngabopixel | @karemangingo | @sharangabombabazi |
Updated by Thierno DIA, 25 July 2023