Samuel Ishimwe Karemangingo (born 1991), is a filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaim short film Imfura, where he became the first Rwandan filmmaker represented at Berlinale. Apart from being a director, he is also a cinematographer, editor, sound engineer, screenwriter and producer.
He wrote the script of Crossing Lines and won an award in a local scriptwriting competition organised by Goethe Institute Rwanda. Later he worked as a journalist and photographer after graduating from National University of Rwanda. He then went to Switzerland for further studies. In June 2017, Ishimwe obtained a film degree at the Haute école d’art et de design (Geneva School of Art and Design–HEAD).
In 2017, he made the short film Imfura, which means 'First Born'. The film deals with a story set in a post-genocide Rwanda. It is the first Rwandan production to be included in the competition of Berlinale Shorts. The short film won the Silver Bear Jury Price at Berlin International Film Festival.
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