

Ben'Imana
Rwanda, 2012. The country is emerging from an era of silence after the 1994 Tutsi genocide, and people's courts are being set up with the aim of bringing justice and reconciliation. Veneranda, a survivor, is convinced of the need for these trials. Despite pressures, she organises discussion sessions between victims and the families of the executioners. Therapy for some, an act of betrayal for others, these testimonial sessions revive and reveal the traumas that each of them try to overcome, in their own way. The wounds of Veneranda's past are exposed again when she learns of her daughter's unexpected pregnancy and the identity of the father. Veneranda has to face her own contradictions and the dark parts of her past.
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $681K
- Box office
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- Language
- Kinyarwanda
- forgiveness
- rwandan genocide
- pregnancy
- grief
- female protagonist
- genocide
- woman director
- mother daughter relationship
- 2010s
- teen pregnancy
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
Director
Writers
Music
Produced in
Gabon, Norway, Rwanda, France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival17 Oct 2026
- PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival18 Oct 2026
- PremiereVermont International Film Festival20 Oct 2026
- PremiereAFI Fest24 Oct 2026
- PremiereRehoboth Beach International Film Festival2 Nov 2026
- PremiereHawai'i International Film Festival17 Nov 2026
- Theatrical (limited)Los Angeles, California27 Nov 2026
- PremiereAfrican Diaspora International Film Festival7 Dec 2026
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival12 Oct 2026
- PremiereCINECITY Brighton Film Festival11 Nov 2026
- Theatrical19 Feb 2027
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival11 Jun 2026
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival15 Jul 2026
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 2026
- PremiereCINEMANIA Film Festival11 Nov 2026
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival23 Oct 2026
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA
- PremiereSarajevo Film Festival16 Aug 2026
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival2 Oct 2026
ChinaCN
- PremierePingyao International Film Festival27 Sept 2026
- PremiereGolden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival6 Nov 2026
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival4 Jul 2026
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival9 Nov 2026
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival21 Sept 2026
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival19 May 2026
- PremiereAngouleme Francophone Film Festival24 Aug 2026
- PremiereDe l'Écrit à l'Écran Festival19 Sept 2026
- PremiereCinéMartinique Film Festival16 Oct 2026
- PremiereFestival du Film de Sarlat4 Nov 2026
- PremiereFestival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d'Apt8 Nov 2026
- PremiereFestival International du Film d'Histoire de Pessac19 Nov 2026
- Theatrical3 Feb 2027
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Ben'Imana was released on 27 November 2026.
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