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| director = Jol Karekezi
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| writer = Jol Karekezi
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| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = Rwanda
| language = English
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'Imbabazi: The Pardon' is a 2013 Rwandan film, the debut feature film of director Jol Karekezi.
'Imbabazi: The Pardon' was made on a low budget, with actors performing for free, and shot in Uganda.[[https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/65463 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,[[https://www.africanfilmny.org/nyaff26/mercy-of-the-jungle/ 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.[
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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, [https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/international-film-festival-2013-river-east-21/Content?oid=11181168 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
Awards
* Nominee, Best Child Actor, Africa Movie Academy Awards 2013.[[https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/65057 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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