Mutiganda Wa Nkunda

Mutiganda wa Nkunda (born 18 October 1989), is a Rwandan director, screenwriter and producer.

Personal life He was born on 18 October 1989 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Career In 2012, while still a student, four of wa Nkunda's screenplays were shortlisted in the Global Dialogues Short Story Creating Contest.

After leaving his journalism career in 2016, he focused completely on filmmaking. In 2016 he directed the TV series City Maid for Rwanda Television and scripted the series Virunga School for Royal TV.

Under the banner of IZACU, he self-funded his first feature film, Nameless, which he later pitched at the Takmil workshop at the 2018 Carthage Film Festival where it was acquired by the French giant Orange Studio. The film premiered at the 2021 Fribourg Film Festival in Switzerland and was selected to compete in the main competition at FESPACO 2021 where it won the prize for Best Screenplay.

In 2020 he produced A Taste of our Land directed by Yuhi Amuli, which won Best First Feature Narrative at the PanAfrican Film Festival in 2020 and Best First Feature Film by a Director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards that same year. The film also provided Michael Wawuyo a Best Actor Award at the Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2013 Rayila Director, writer, producer Short film 2014 Inshuti (Friends) Director TV sitcom 2015 Ishaba Producer Short film 2015 Seburikoko Writer TV series 2015 La Femme Nue (The Naked Woman) Director Short film 2016 City Maid Director TV series 2016 Virunga School Writer TV series 2017 Ibanga ry’umunezero (The Secret of Happiness) Director, writer, producer Short film 2021 Nameless Director Feature film (debut) 2020 Rocabye (Ibihozo) Director Short film 2019 Pearl Lost in an Empty House Producer Feature film 2020 A Taste of our Land Producer Feature film