Amelia Umuhire
WRITER
Amelia Umuhire, born 1991 in Kigali, Rwanda is a filmmaker and artist living in Berlin and Kigali.
In 2015 she wrote and directed the award-winning web-series “Polyglot,” in which she follows the lives of young, deracinated London- and Berlin-based Rwandese artists. Her short film “Mugabo” is an experimental short film set in Kigali. It was screened at MOCA Los Angeles, the Berlin Biennale and many more.
In 2018 Amelia Umuhire produced the Prix Europa nominated radio feature Vaterland for the German radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
She was a Villa Romana Fellow in 2020 and adapted the feature into the French "Innocent". She is currently working on her first feature film and developing a series for Netflix.
Amelia Umuhire is represented by Carole Sonderegger.
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SHOWCASE
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POLYGLOT
COMING UP
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VARIA
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