biography

Remy Ryumugabe is an award-winning Rwandan filmmaker and visual artist whose audiovisual and photographic work has been showcased at prestigious international festivals and galleries, including Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Fribourg International Film Festival, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Galerie Imane Farès, Museum Hilversum, Goethe-Institut Kigali, Indiba Arts Gallery, Kigali Center for Photography, and Het Nieuwe Instituut, among others. His works have received multiple accolades, including the Jury Prize at the 41st Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Best Experimental Film at the 15th Festival Internacional de Cine Africano de Argentina, Best Male Director in Short Documentary at the 8th Urusaro International Women Film Festival, and the Young African Filmmakers’ Award at the 29th Afrika Filmfestival Leuven.

As a producer, he has worked on acclaimed films such as Imuhira (selected at Locarno and the BFI London Film Festival) and the feature film Minimals in the Titanic World, which he produced and premiered at the Forum section of the 75th Berlinale. He is also developing several photography projects, art installations, and feature films that have been supported by prestigious development platforms such as Ouaga Producers Lab, Takmil, Yaoundé Film Lab, and Moulin d’Andé.

A Berlinale Talents alumnus (2025), Remy is the co-founder of KIRURI MFN, co-initiator and curator of the 250 Ciné-Club, and Artistic Director of KAZI Productions.