Mu gihe u Rwanda rugiye kugerageza amahirwe bwa mbere, mu myaka isaga 60 ishize, ibihugu bya Afurika byagiye bihagararira uyu mugabane mu bihembo bya Oscars, aho Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire na Afurika y’Epfo ari byo byegukanye igihembo cya ‘Best International Feature Film’.

Icyiciro cyahoze cyitwa ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ cyahinduriwe izina mu 2020. Iki gihembo gihabwa igihugu cyohereje filime yatoranyijwe, kikaba kimwe mu byiciro bikomeye muri sinema mpuzamahanga.

Algeria ni yo ya mbere yegukanye iki gihembo

Algeria yegukanye igihembo mu 1970, binyuze kuri filime Z, yayobowe na Costa-Gavras. Yari filime ya mbere ihagarariye Afurika yegukanye iki gihembo.

Iki gihugu cyageze mu bahatanira igihembo cya nyuma inshuro eshanu, binyuze kuri Z (1969), Le Bal (1983), Dust of Life (1995), Days of Glory (2006) na Outside the Law (2010).

Mu 2026, Algeria yongeye kohereza filime Roqia, iyobowe na Yanis Koussim, mu guhatanira ibihembo bya Oscars bizatangwa mu 2027.

Côte d’Ivoire yegukanye igihembo mu 1976

Côte d’Ivoire yegukanye iki gihembo binyuze kuri ‘Black and White in Color’, izwi kandi nka ‘La Victoire en chantant’, yayobowe na Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Yatsinze mu 1976, ikaba imwe mu filime zagaragaje uruhare rw’Afurika muri Oscars.

Afurika y’Epfo yegukanye igihembo mu 2006

Afurika y’Epfo yegukanye igihembo mu 2006 binyuze kuri ‘Tsotsi’, filime ya Gavin Hood ivuga ku musore wo mu nkengero za Johannesburg uhura n’ingaruka z’ubuzima bugoye yaciyemo.

Mbere yaho, iki gihugu cyari cyageze mu bahatanira igihembo binyuze kuri Yesterday (2005).

Mu zindi filime zacyo zagiye zoherezwa muri Oscars harimo The Wound (2017), na The Heart Is a Muscle (2025).

Ibindi bihugu bya Afurika byageze mu bahatanira Oscars

Tunisia yagaragaje intambwe ikomeye binyuze kuri The Man Who Sold His Skin, yahataniraga igihembo mu 2021, ndetse na The Voice of Hind Rajab, yahataniraga igihembo mu 2026.

Algeria na Afurika y’Epfo na byo byagiye byohereza filime nyinshi, ariko izo filime zose ntizigeze zigera mu bahatanira ibihembo bya nyuma. Ibi bigaragaza itandukaniro riri hagati yo kohereza filime, kugera mu bahatanira igihembo no kucyegukana.

U Rwanda mu bihugu byitabiriye Oscars za 2027

Mu 2026, u Rwanda rwinjiye mu mateka ya sinema ku rwego mpuzamahanga rwohereza bwa mbere filime yarwo muri Oscars.

Filime Ben’Imana, yayobowe na Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, ni yo yahagarariye u Rwanda mu cyiciro cya Best International Feature Film mu bihembo bizatangwa mu 2027.

Iyi filime yagaragaye mu iserukiramuco rya Cannes mu 2026, inegukana igihembo cya Caméra d’Or gihabwa filime ya mbere y’umuyobozi wayo, hamwe n’igihembo cya FIPRESCI.

Mu bindi bihugu bya Afurika byohereje filime muri iri rushanwa rya 2027 harimo Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Misiri, Kenya, Maroc, Nigeria, Senegal na Afurika y’Epfo.

Filime zizakomeza gusuzumwa mbere y’uko hatangazwa urutonde rwa nyuma rw’abazahatana, hanyuma hakamenyekana abazagera mu cyiciro cya nyuma.

Kwinjira kwa mbere k’u Rwanda muri Oscars ni intambwe ikomeye ku ruganda rwa sinema rw’Igihugu, nubwo kuba rwarohereje filime bitavuze ko yamaze kugera mu bahatanira igihembo cya nyuma.

Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo wakoze iyi filime, mu minsi ishize yashyikirijwe igihembo cya ‘Caméra d’Or’ mu iserukiramuco ryabereye i Cannes mu Bufaransa