didy

Name: didy
Director: Gaël Kamilindi & François-Xavier Destors
Released: 2024
Duration: 83

13 PG

What remains, thirty years on, of the memory of a mother left too soon?

V&A Waterfront Tickets Bioscope Tickets

Awards

Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon (2024) – Nominated: Best Feature Film

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (2024) – Nominated: Best of Fest: Best FIm

Namur International Francophone Film Festival (2024) – Winner: Agnès Prize: Best Film

Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO) (2025) – Nominated: Etalon D'or

13 PG

Feature

African

SA Premiere

Award Winning

Screenings – CT

Ster-Kinekor V&AThu 26 June 8.15pm

Screenings – Jozi

BioscopeMon 23 June 6.30pm

Director(s):

Gaël Kamilindi & François-Xavier Destors

Country:

Rwanda | Switzerland | France

Year:

2024

Duration:

83 min

Language(s):

French | English

RATING:

13 PG

In 1992, Didy, a Rwandan political activist, lost her life to HIV/AIDS during a time of immense political upheaval. Decades later, her son Gaël Kamilindi returns to his homeland on a deeply personal journey, seeking to reconnect with his roots and uncover the complex threads of a family history long buried beneath silence and sorrow. As family and friends recall her life, Didy’s story emerges, not just as a political figure, but as a mother, a woman, and a quiet force of resistance. Through an intimate lens, the film delves into generational trauma, shared grief, and the lasting imprint of memory. Set against the backdrop of genocide, displacement, and the AIDS crisis, didy explores the weight of loss through community, the persistence of life through death, and the hope that arises from healing, as Gaël begins to understand the power of one woman and the resilience of a nation.