Imbabazi: The Pardon is a 2013 Rwandan film, written and directed by Joël Karekezi in his feature film debut.
Imbabazi: The Pardon was made on a low budget, with actors performing for free, and shot in Uganda.Karekezi invited to Seattle International Film Festival, The New Times, 3 May 2013. Accessed 24 November 2019. The film grew out of Karekezi's earlier short film, The Pardon (2009), which won the Golden Impala Award at the Amakula Film Festival. It received a development award from Gothenburg Film Festival,The Mercy of the Jungle. Accessed 24 November 2019. where it premiered on 28 January 2013. It was also shown at San Diego Black Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, Fespaco and Seattle International Film Festival 2013.
Plot The film follows two former friends, Manzi and Karemera, whose lives diverge during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Manzi joins Hutu Power, while Karemara's life is in danger as a Tutsi. Fifteen years later Manzi is released from prison and tries to make amends for his violent past.Tal Rosenberg, Imbabazi: The Pardon , Chicago Reader, 9 October 2013. Accessed 24 November 2019.
Cast Wilson Egessa as Karemera Joel Okuyo Atiku Prynce as Manzi Rehema Nanfuka as Alice Michael Wawuyo as Kalisa Brenda Ibarah as Dusabe Dissan Matovu as Eric Carlos George as Mayor Bosco Simon Kivumbi as Claude Boda Kafuruku Peter as Dr. James Patrick Mujuka as Psychiatrist Richard Wandera as Soldier John Keloy Kemigisha as Judith Kiconco Allen as Marte Okiyet Julius as Marvin
Awards Nominee, Best Child Actor, Africa Movie Academy Awards 2013.‘Imbabazi: The Pardon’ nominated for AMAA, The New Times, 20 April 2013. Accessed 25 November 2019. Nominee, Audience Choice Award, Chicago International Film Festival 2013 Nominee, Political Film Award, Hamburg Film Festival 2013 Winner, Nile Grand Prize, Luxor African Film Festival 2014
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