KUMVA – CE QUI VIENT DU SILENCE – KUMVA – WHICH COMES FROM SILENCE
Sarah Mallégol | France 2023 | 108 min. | Kinyarwanda with English subtitles
MONDAY, 20.05. | 7 pm
Votiv Kino, Gr. Saal | TICKETS
Austrian premiere
In presence of Sarah Mallégol
Rwema, Grace, Mizero and Ernest were children when the Rwandan genocide took place in 1994. They remember only vaguely this dark chapter of their country’s history and the suffering their parents endured. In the presence of the camera, the generations come together and, in the encounter, search for ways to talk about their family histories. Memories are shared, stories come to light, and the dead are remembered. A process of healing and reconciliation begins.
KUMVA – CE QUI VIENT DU SILENCE tells of the need to break the silence, speak about the unspeakable and build bridges between the past and the present. With her gentle and patient way of the camera, Sarah Mallégol creates a film that itself becomes part of the process of coming to terms with the past.
Director: Sarah Mallégol
Cinematography: Arnaud Alain
Editing: Marie Beaune
Sound: Eugène Safali
Production: Louise Hentgen, Vertical Production
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
Dok Leipzig 2023 / Interreligious Award
Les Escales documentaires (La Rochelle), 2023
Boden International Film Festival (Suède) – Best Feature Documentary, 2023
Anti-War International Independent Film Festival (Estonie), 2023
Festival CitéCiné (Carcassonne), 2024
Festival La Première fois (Marseille), 2024
Doc Coimbra, Portugal, 2024
BIOGRAPHY
Following her film studies, Sarah Mallégol worked for several years as a programmer with festivals and art venues (Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris,Festival Côté Court, Ateliers Médicis), also supporting artists and filmmakers on their projects. In 2016, she joined the documentary Masterprogram at La Fémis to develop her documentary film “Kumva Which comes from silence”. In 2020, she co-directed “Sakina”, a medium-length documentary (Festival Côté Court 2020).
