Three young Rwandan filmmakers will walk away with awards as the annual Script and Film competition returns in its third edition this Thursday. 

The theme for this year’s gala is: "Inclusion: Dare to be different!” and the event will be held at Century Cinema at Kigali City Tower.

This year’s competition focuses on the topic of inclusion and realising the potential of people living with disabilities.

In all, 60 scripts were submitted by young Rwandan filmmakers, three of which a jury picked and will receive financial support for their production.

The winning entry was One Leg, One Love, a script written by Alexandre Sibomana, while Marie Clementine Dusabejambo scooped second prize for her script, Through My Eyes. The third prize went to Jean de dieu Minani for the script –My Responses.

All three films pointedly illustrate the challenges and opportunities of living with a disability in Rwanda.

Last year’s scriptwriting competition addressed the theme of "Rethinking Reconciliation” and there were three winning entries out of 40 scripts submitted.

The completed projects that were subsequently screened were; Crossing Lines by Samuel Ishimwe, Akaliza Keza by Philbert Aimé Mbabazi, and The Invincible by Yves Montand Niyongabo, all challenging works of art that explored the difficulties of reconciling with family and neighbours in the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

All of the three winning films did not shy away from uncomfortable subjects, literally covering anything from suicide, abortion, and drug abuse as impediments in the road to recovery from genocide.

After an audience vote, The Invincible was declared the best film of the evening, winning Rwf1,000,000.

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