Filime Òkola, yakozwe n’umuyobozi wa filime ukomoka muri Nigeria, Paul Lasisi, yegukanye igihembo cya Africa’s Best Independent Film 2026 mu iserukiramuco rya All African Independent Film Festival (AAIFF Africa), ryabereye i Kigali. Iyi ntsinzi yongeye kugaragaza ubushobozi bw’abakora sinema muri Afurika bwo gutanga inkuru zishingiye ku muco, amateka n’ubuzima bw’abantu, zigashimisha n’abareba filime bo hanze y’ibihugu bakomokamo.
Iri serukiramuco ryabaye kuva ku wa 15 kugeza ku wa 17 Ukwakira 2026, ribera muri Institut Français du Rwanda, ikigo cy’umuco w’Igifaransa giherereye i Kigali. Ryitabiriwe na filime 19 zo mu bihugu 14, zihatana mu byiciro bitandukanye by’ibihembo bya sinema yigenga.
Nk’uko bigaragara ku rubuga rwemewe rwa AAIFF Africa, Òkola ni yo yegukanye igihembo gikuru cy’uyu mwaka, cyagenewe filime yigenga nziza kurusha izindi muri Afurika.
Filime Òkola ivuga ku mukobwa ukiri muto witwa Jaye, ubuzima bwe bugaterwa impungenge n’inkovu idasanzwe afite ku mubiri. Iyo nkovu ituma atangira gushakisha inkomoko yayo, akagenda amenya byinshi ku buzima bwe, umwirondoro we n’uruhare umuco n’imyemerere bigira mu buzima bw’abantu.
Iyi nkuru ikora ku bibazo by’umuco, inkomoko, imyemerere gakondo n’uburyo abantu basobanura ibintu badahita bumva. Uko Jaye akomeza gushakisha ibisobanuro by’inkovu ye, ni ko agenda yegera ukuri ku buzima bwe no ku byo yari asanzwe azi ku muryango we.
Paul Lasisi yavuze ko igitekerezo cya filime cyaturutse ku bushake yari afite bwo gusobanukirwa n’akamaro k’inkovu gakondo, cyane cyane mu muco w’Abayoruba bo muri Nigeria.
Mu bice bimwe na bimwe by’uyu muco, inkovu gakondo zagiye zikoreshwa mu kumenya inkomoko y’umuntu cyangwa umuryango, kandi zikagira ibisobanuro bijyanye n’ubwiza, umwirondoro n’imigenzo. Lasisi yakoresheje ubwo bumenyi mu kubaka inkuru ihuza amateka n’imibereho y’abantu.
Paul Oluseyi Lasisi ni umuyobozi wa filime ukomoka muri Nigeria, wibanda ku nkuru zigaragaza umuco nyafurika n’ubuzima busanzwe bw’abantu.
Mu kiganiro yagiranye n’ikinyamakuru The Nollywood Reporter muri Kamena 2026, yasobanuye ko ubushakashatsi ku mateka n’akamaro k’inkovu gakondo mu muco w’Abayoruba bwamufashije kubona igitekerezo cy’iyi filime.
Yagaragaje ko ashaka gukora filime zishingiye ku muco nyafurika, ariko zikanagira ubutumwa bushobora kumvikana ku bantu bo mu bindi bihugu. Ibi byatumye Òkola igaragara mu maserukiramuco atandukanye mpuzamahanga, aho inkuru zishingiye ku muco nyafurika zikomeje kubona umwanya.
Filime kandi yakozwe ku buryo ishobora gukurikiranwa n’abantu batavuga indimi zikoreshwa muri Nigeria, binyuze mu busobanuro bwanditse mu ndimi zitandukanye.
Kwegukana igihembo cya Africa’s Best Independent Film 2026 ni intambwe ikomeye kuri Lasisi n’itsinda ryakoze Òkola. Ibihembo nk’ibi bifasha filime zigenga kumenyekana, kubona abakunzi bashya no gufungura amarembo y’andi maserukiramuco n’amahirwe yo kugera ku masoko mpuzamahanga.
Filime yigenga ni filime ikorwa hanze ya gahunda zisanzwe z’inganda nini za sinema, akenshi ikaba ishingira ku bitekerezo byihariye by’umuyobozi wayo n’ubushobozi bw’itsinda riyikora. Izi filime zishobora gutanga umwanya ku nkuru zishingiye ku muco, ibibazo by’imibereho n’ibitekerezo bidakunze kugaragara muri filime zikorwa ku rwego runini.
AAIFF Africa yatangaje ko mu iserukiramuco ry’uyu mwaka hatanzwe ibihembo 17 mu byiciro birindwi. Ibi bigaragaza uko iri serukiramuco rigerageza guteza imbere impano nshya no gufasha abakora filime bo muri Afurika kubona umwanya wo kwerekana ibikorwa byabo.
Icyakora, igihembo cya filime nziza yigenga ntikigomba kwitiranywa n’igihembo cy’umuyobozi mwiza wa filime. Mu rutonde rw’abatsinze, igihembo cy’umuyobozi mwiza wa filime muri Afurika cyahawe Ivere Hounkpatin kubera filime At Sea, Without Support.
Kuba iri serukiramuco ryarabereye i Kigali biha u Rwanda umwanya mu bikorwa bigamije guteza imbere sinema nyafurika. Guhuza abakora filime, abayobozi bazo, abakunzi bazo n’abandi bakora mu ruganda rw’imyidagaduro bitanga amahirwe yo kungurana ibitekerezo no kwagura ubufatanye.
Iri serukiramuco kandi rituma abakunzi ba sinema mu Rwanda babona amahirwe yo kureba filime zo mu bindi bihugu bya Afurika, bakamenya imico itandukanye n’inkuru zigaragaza imibereho y’abaturage bo ku mugabane.
Intsinzi ya Òkola i Kigali ni urugero rw’uko inkuru ifite inkomoko mu muco w’igihugu kimwe ishobora kumvikana no gukundwa n’abantu bo mu bindi bihugu.
Uko sinema nyafurika ikomeza kwaguka, filime nk’iyi zishobora gufasha abareba gusobanukirwa n’amateka, imigenzo n’ibibazo by’imibereho bitandukanye, ari na ko zongera amahirwe y’abakora filime yo kugera ku rwego mpuzamahanga.