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Rwandan short film gunning for 2020 Oscars

Rwandan filmmaker Philbert Mbabazi. He is currently attending the prestigious Locarno Filmmakers Academy, (August 7-17) as part of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. PHOTO | ANDREW I KAZIBWE | NMG

By  ANDREW I KAZIBWE

Rwandan filmmaker Philbert Mbabazi, 28, is eying the 92nd Oscars Academy Awards next year, following the recent qualification of his short film I Got my Things and Left, that won the City grand prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2019 in Germany, one of the biggest film festivals in Europe.

The win makes the film eligible for the Oscars, if it gets selected after official submission.
Produced in Rwanda, I Got my Things and Left had its first public screening in July in Kigali.

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