Umuturanyi an adventure in the making

 

It was a quite challenging experience but nevertheless fun to live. The story had been chosen, and had one and a half day to be screened at the closing festival. It was a thrill as this was the first edition, and first time for most of the crew members –students from the festival. One day to shoot, another to edit!

The runner (Ukundwa Jaques) , Director ( Ganza Moise) , Producer(Nyabyenda Jean Baptiste) and the casted actors (Twagirayezu Raoul Castro) , ( Umutoni Providence ) After a whole day of shooting

 

The D.O.P (left) Cynthia Butare, the Mentor/ Assistant Director Kantarama Gahigiri and the Director Ganza Moise shooting what was then the last shot of the Movie.

It really came in handy having an international Swiss filmmaker as your workshop mentor and A.D. The other mentors and festival team backing up as Executive producers. This made it possible for a team of students to work together cohesively and achieve the time challenge that was on them.

The D.O.P Cynthia Butare (front) ,Arts Director Noah E. Nturanyenabo (taking the picture) and The Executive Producer /Mentor ( Cajetan Boy) setting up for the confession sequence .

Which is why this project is considered as a preview of what professional filmmaking is, for the director and most of the students within the workshop.

The D.O.P and Director taking a break after the bathroom scene.

 The following day was full off editing, from morning till evening where the result would be screened.

The D.O.P /Editor and Director and runner reviewing the result so far that day.

The film was eventually screened that evening and the festival was closed . It has been stuck in post-production until late August, where the last version was uploaded on Vimeo.

Credits to Ngabo Arnold for the Re-editing.

 

it was a revealing experience , seeing your work screened and liked ir talked about by various people and filmmakers .

 

 

 

Umuturanyi (The girl next door ) is on vimeo :

 

 

From ‘the startover ‘ to ‘umuturanyi’

 

Umuturanyi is a result of the Mashariki African Film Festival‘s first edition workshop in 2015.

Originally named “The start over” was the story of a lonely -live alone lonely – graphic designer who finds out he has a brain tumor, under some really tense circumstances .

Throughout the workshop, the story had quite some changes and evolved .

Ganza Moise the writer and director making some corrections on the script

After four days of workshop on writing and directing , it came to be what it is ; “Umuturanyi the girl next door “.

The script came to be chosen among the 2 best stories and was produced throughout the workshop.

 The director Ganza Moise (left) discussing with his main actor Raoul Castro Twagirayezu after the first scene   .