Our Lady of the Nile (2019 film)

Our Lady of the Nile is a 2019 film directed by Atiq Rahimi. An adaptation of the novel Our Lady of the Nile by Rwandan writer Scholastique Mukasonga, the film is set in Rwanda in 1994, amid the beginning of the tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples that would eventually culminate in the Rwandan genocide.

Plot
Set in pre-genocide Rwanda, the film tells how the genocide is experienced from the perspective of Hutu and Tutsi teenage girls from Our Lady of the Nile, an elite Catholic boarding school.

Cast

 * Veronica (Clariella Bizimana)
 * Virginia (Amanda Santa Mugabekazi)
 * Monsieur Fontenaille (Pascal Greggory)
 * Gloriosa (Albina Kirenga)
 * Modesta (Belinda Rubango)

Awards
2020 Berlin International Film Festival, Winner: Crystal Bear (Generation 14plus) Best Film.

Festivals

 * 2019 Toronto Film Festival (where it premiered)
 * 2019. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
 * 2020, Giffoni Film Festival
 * 2020, Cinemania
 * 2020 Africa in Motion
 * 2020, São Paulo International Film Festival
 * 2020, Fribourg International Film Festival
 * 2020, Seville European Film Festival
 * 2020, Palm Springs International Film Festival
 * 2020, Haifa International Film Festival
 * 2020, Luxor African Film Festival
 * 2021, Adelaide Film Festival
 * 2021, New York African Film Festival
 * Darwin Film Festival
 * Marrakech International Film Festival