Didy
Switzerland / France, April 2024
FILM,
Documentary,
82 min.
- directed by
- Gaël Kamilindi, François-Xavier Destors
- Written by
- Gaël Kamilindi, François-Xavier Destors
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://www.adokfilms.ch/fr/Catalogue-production/didy.htm
Gaël was five years old when his mother, Didy, died. Memories of her have since been lost in the fury of the civil wars, genocide and AIDS that ravaged Burundi and then Rwanda, precipitating her exile to Switzerland. Thirty years on, he ventures to reopen the pages of his family history by meeting those who knew his mother. Through his memories, he reveals the portrait of a whole generation of Rwandan women, renewing the dialogue with those who bear their stories.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2024
- Original Version
- French, Kinyarwanda (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 82 min.
- ISAN
- 0000 -0005 -9D8E-W-0000-0000-F
- Production
- Adok Films, Compagnie des Phares et Balises, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- José Michel Buhler
- directed by
- Gaël Kamilindi, François-Xavier Destors
- Written by
- Gaël Kamilindi, François-Xavier Destors
- Cinematography
- Eva Sehet
- Editing
- Jean Reusser
- Location Sound Mix
- Eugène Safali, Masaki Hatsui
- Sound Editing
- Adrien Kessler
- Sound Design
- Adrien Kessler
- Re-Recording Mix
- Adrien Kessler
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- CLPB Rights
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Adok Films
Distribution
Release date: 05.02.2025
Awards
(a selection)
- Namur, Festival international du film francophone, L'Agnès 2024 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Amsterdam, 37th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
13.11.2024 - 24.11.2024 -
Namur, 39e Festival international du film francophone Namur
11.10.2024 - 20.10.2024 -
Nyon, 55. Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma Nyon
12.04.2024 - 21.04.2024