Rwanda-
Icyasha, a Rwandan fiction film has been selected for The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO )2019 Short Film Competition. (Etiquette), a Rwandan fiction film has been selected for The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO )2019 Short Film Competition.
Produced last year by Clemantine Dusabejambo, the film further emulates the power the director holds in casting of majorly children.
About the Film
ICYASHA follows a twelve years old boy and football lover tries desperately to join a neighborhood boys‘ team. His effeminate character disqualifies him. He gets denigrated and bullied several times. He finds himself confronted to a world where he has to prove and claim his masculinity. It is a story that simultaneously discusses the pain and beauty of childhood.
