{{Dennise Mutesi ({picture above}) will be working with film director Gilbert Ndahayo in Live Action Short Film “The Girl In The Ditch”. }}
“This happens to be the second time, I am going to work with Gilbert Ndahayo. He is an amazing director and a very sensible man… in my opinion”, says an excited Mutesi.
Gilbert is back: on set (picture below) with Cinematographer Meddy Saleh.
After seven years in America, Gilbert Ndahayo, also known as Rwandan Filmmaker is getting ready to return on the continent to direct his first Live Action Short Film “The Girl In The Ditch”.
The 17 min narrative film, which production starts February 22, brings on the screen an action heroin Nadine, played by Dennis Mutesi.
“The Girl In The Ditch” is a film about Nadine who witnesses the murder of his parents at the age of nine. But that was twenty years ago. Today, she lives a happy life and enjoys the company of Alice, her sidekick and a distant relative.
Gilbert Ndahayo encourages fellow African filmmakers to conquer their fear and let only stories dictate the style. “Once you do that, you can tell any story you want and build your own audience,” says the filmmaker.
For whatever reasons, whether it is based on luck of infrastructure, whether it is based on cinematic skills; the African filmmakers have to grow from the clichés of stories that do not appeal to the rest of the world. One way to do this is to embrace action films.
The Live Action in “The Girl In The Ditch” surrounds Nadine’s encounter with Rutaro, a businessman, who apparently she knows before the murder of her parents. As the true story explodes, Nadine (Mutesi) and her sidekick have to decide what to do with Rutaro, who is questioning his past.
While Gilbert Ndahayo went into film school in New York, Dennise Mutesi opened a Jewelry in Rwanda. In “The Girl In The Ditch”, they will come out of hiding to produce the first Live Action Short Film ever made by Rwandans.
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