A Rwandan Peacemaker Edouard Bamporiki has set off to Indianapolis, U.S.A where a record of 129 Americans and international films will screen their produced films in the 2011 Heartland Film Festival.
According to the event organizers’ statements Bamporiki’s acted Kinyarwanda Film is included among the five narrative feature Award-winning films that will vie for the US$100,000 Grand Prize.
In an interview with Bamporiki, the film was selected among the best 100 contesting films to be screened during the competition.
The competition as said by Bamporiki is intended to promote peace activists globally who do it through artistic work and he is the only one invited from Rwanda.
It also intends at promoting positive change in people’s lives through the transformative power of film.
He said that during such presentations and festivals, as a person representing Rwanda, he is always asked many question about his nation.
“I am always asked a lot of questions as compared to other filmmakers but I realized that it’s because when people hear about Rwanda as a country, they want to know more about the country. I do the best to say all the truth.”
Heartland will award more than U.S$150,000 in cash prizes to this year’s winners, including the $100,000 Grand Prize Award for Best Narrative Features, the $25,000 Award for Best Documentary Feature, and the $10,000 Vision Award for Best Short Film.
The 2011 Heartland Film Festival will take off October 13, and ends on October 22 at various locations in the U.S as announced by Heartland Truly Moving Pictures President and CEO, Jeffrey L. Sparks, at the organizations’ announcement recently.
The Heartland Film Festival is a film event held each October in Indianapolis, Indiana. First held in 1992, its goal is to recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life.
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