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Myriam U. Birara, Rwanda, 2023

SYNOPSIS

Three years after the genocide against the Tutsis, Eva, a young woman with dreams of going to medical school is abducted and subjected to Guterura, a form of traditional marriage. Feeling abandoned by her conservative family who pushes her to accept her new situation, Eva bonds with the cousin of her abducto

BIOFILMOGRAPHY

Myriam U. Birara is a Rwandan self-taught filmmaker and painter born in 1992. Her passion for art from a very young age pushed her self-taught filmmaking and painting. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in finance. She got her first taste in filmmaking in 2011. Myriam directed three shorts including Imuhira, which premiered in competition at Locarno International Film Festival in 2021 and won the Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award, IMUHIRA short film was shown in important film festival like BFI London film festival, Melbourne International film festival…also in 2022 it won The best east African short film Award in URUSARO women film festival in Rwanda.

In February 2023 her first feature film THE BRIDE was premiered at Berlinale in forum section and won a Jury special mention for the GWFF best first feature film Award. April 2023 THE BRIDE was part of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria international film festival in feature film official competition where it won The Silver Lady Harimaguada de Plata award and CIMA award.

THE BRIDE was shown at BFI London film institute in official selection, in Festival du nouveau cinema de Quebec official competition and won best actress award and special mention of the best feature film, and THE BRIDE were in new directors’ competition in Chicago international film festival.

THE BRIDE was part Khouribga festival international du cinema Africain and won the grand prize SEMBENE and critic prize.