Father’s Day


Mediatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike
Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza
RWA 2022, Encounters
© Iyugi Productions

Cedric Ishimwe
Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza
RWA 2022, Encounters
© Iyugi Productions

Aline Amike
Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza
RWA 2022, Encounters
© Iyugi Productions

Mediatrice Kayitesi
Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza
RWA 2022, Encounters
© Iyugi Productions

Yves Kijyana
Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza
RWA 2022, Encounters
© Iyugi Productions

Mediatrice Kayitesi
Father’s Day by Kivu Ruhorahoza
RWA 2022, Encounters
© Iyugi Productions
With
- Mediatrice Kayitesi (Zaninka)
- Aline Amike (Mukobwa)
- Yves Kijyana (Karara)
- Cedric Ishimwe (Kadogo)
- André Musagara (Zaninka’s Husband)
- Elie Bigirimana (Mukobwa’s Father)
Crew
Director | Kivu Ruhorahoza |
Cinematography | Taté |
Editing | Kivu Ruhorahoza |
Music | Michael Makembe |
Sound | Eugene Safali |
Production Design | Ricardo Sankara |
Costumes | Sonia Uwimbabazi |
Make-Up | Becky Mucyo |
Assistant Director | Innocent Munyeshuri |
Casting | Dida Nibagwire |
Production Manager | Innocent Munyeshuri |
Producers | Kivu Ruhorahoza, Dida Nibagwire |
Executive Producer | Gaël Faye |
Produced by
Iyugi Productions

Aline Amike, Mediatrice Kayitesi, Dida Nibagwire
The actors backstage with the casting manager of the film.
Father’s Day · Encounters · Feb 11, 2022

Lorenzo Esposito, Kivu Ruhorahoza, Mediatrice Kayitesi, Yves Kijyana, Aline Amike
The director (2nd from left) during the talk with the member of the selection committee (left) and the audience.
Father’s Day · Encounters · Feb 11, 2022

Dida Nibagwire, Yves Kijyana, Aline Amike, Mediatrice Kayitesi, Kivu Ruhorahoza
The film team at the Photo-Call.
Father’s Day · Encounters · Feb 11, 2022

Mediatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike, Yves Kijyana, Kivu Ruhorahoza (clokwise from top left)
The film team in conversation with the audience.
Father’s Day · Encounters · Feb 11, 2022
Kivu Ruhorahoza
Father’s Day
Encounters · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Jan 25, 2022
Kivu Ruhorahoza

The filmmaker, writer and visual artist was born in Rwanda in 1982. His films and artistic works have been screened and exhibited at film festivals including Sundance, Sydney and Venice as well as in museums like the Tate Modern and MoMA. His writing is published by Les Éditions Magellan in Paris and has featured in “Chimurenga” magazine.
Filmography
2011 Grey Matter 2015 Things of the Aimless Wanderer 2018 The Orgelbuechlein Project; installation 2019 Tourism and Anthropology in the Wake of a Romantic Break-Up; short film · Europa: Based on a True Story 2020 Ghosts in the City; installation 2022 Father’s Day
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022