Yuhi Amuli

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Yuhi Amuli
CitizenshipRwanda
Alma materBerlinale Talents
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter and producer
Notable workIshaba (2015)

Yuhi Amuli is a film director, screenwriter and producer from Rwanda.[1]

Background[edit]

After dropping out of law school in 2014, he attended several screenwriting and directing workshops worldwide; including Maisha Film Lab in 2014.[2] He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents.[3]

His directorial debut feature film A Taste Of Our Land (2020) premiered at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles and won the Jury Award for Best First Narrative Feature Film.[4][5] The film won the African Movie Academy Awards (2020) for Best First Feature Film by a Director.[6]

Along with his own work in film, he served as the Public Relations Officer for the Mashariki African Film Festival in Kigali for a five-year period.[1]

Filmography[edit]

  • Ishaba (2015)[7][8]
  • Akarwa (2017) [9]
  • Kazungu (2018)[10]
  • A Taste Of Our Land (2020)[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Interview: Rwandan Director Yuhi Amuli on His Magnetic Relationship With Film". OkayAfrica. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  2. ^ "Berlinale Talents - Yuhi Amuli". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  3. ^ "Rwandan movie vies for top continental prize in Morocco". The New Times | Rwanda. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  4. ^ ipoadmin (2020-03-04). "Pan African Film Festival Wraps & Winners -". Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  5. ^ "Rwandan film 'A Taste of Our Land' wins in Morocco". The East African. 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  6. ^ BellaNaija.com (2020-12-21). "And the 2020 AMAA Winners are… "The Milkmaid", "The Ghost and The House of Truth", Ramsey Nouah | See the Full List". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  7. ^ "Yuhi Amuli talks about his love for cinema". The New Times | Rwanda. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  8. ^ Oguntimehin, Babatunde (2022-06-02). "Rwandan Movie Vies For Top Prize at African Film Festival in Morocco". News Central TV | Latest Breaking News Across Africa, Daily News in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt Today. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  9. ^ "Two Rwandan films selected for Al Jazeera's Africa Direct". The New Times | Rwanda. 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  10. ^ "Kazungu". www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  11. ^ DIFF | A Taste of Our Land Durban International Film Festival - 21–30 July 2022, retrieved 2022-08-03