1994 or thereabouts. There is a civil war on in Burundi. A genocidal conflict opposing Hutus and Tutsis... We are witnesses to one of those sadly frequent episodes : the attack by the rebels of a minibus transporting ordinary passengers. A Kalashnikov bursts out. The bus stops, the passengers get off. There follows a "selection" separating Hutus and Tutsis. But who is a Hutu, who is a Tutsi? "Na Wewe" means "You Too" in Kirundi.

Produced and directed by
Ivan Goldschmidt

An idea by
Jean-Luc Pening (Menya Media - Burundi)

Written by
Jean-Luc Pening Et Ivan Goldschmidt

1.- Main roles:
The European__ Renaud RUTTEN (Belgium)
Clément__ Floris KUBWIMANA (Burundi)
The Chief__ Ismaël KAPOSHO (Burundi)
Aimé__ Issa RUGENDO (Burundi)
Freddy__ Ciza MUHIRWA (Burundi)
Woman with Handkerchief__ Purcheline MATEGA (Burundi)

2.- Secondary roles :
The Zairian__ Vanessa NGOGA (Burundi)
Man with Moustache__ Adolphe NTIBASHARIRA (Burundi)
Man with Training suit Freddy SABIMBONA (Burundi)
2nd Assailant__ Joseph MDAYISENGA (Burundi)
Child Soldier 1__ Jean Richard NIYONGABO (Burundi)
The Mulatto__ Ornella NIJIMBERE (Burundi)
The Pygmy__ Joseph KARUNDI (Burundi)
The Rwandan__ Thierry NDABAHAGAMYE (Burundi)
Child Soldier 2__ Venuste HAKIZIMANA (Burundi)
Child Soldier 3__ Gérome NTAKARUMANA (Burundi)

3.- Extras:
The Soldier__ Imani RASHIDI (Burundi)
The Bus Driver__ Issa NDAYISHIMIYE (Burundi)
Bus Passenger 1__ Lidwine NSEKERABANDI (Burundi)
Bus Passenger 2__ Eugénie NDAYISENGA (Burundi)
Bus Passenger 3__ Sylvestre NSABIMANA (Burundi)
Assaillant 3__ Felix MUSWIWIMANA (Burundi)
Assaillant 4__ Willerme MIMANI (Burundi)
Assaillant 5__ Anicet MUSAGA (Burundi)
Assaillant 5__ Jacqueline HAKIZIMANA (Burundi)
Child Soldier 4__ Valence HABONIMANA (Burundi)

Helped by
the audiovisual French-speaking Community of Belgium
and Télédistributeurs Wallons.

With the support from the Flanders Audiovisual Fund
Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs
and UNESCO

A coproduction : Cut ! sprl - A Private View - RTBF (télévision belge) - Menya Media (Burundi)


1. Title :"NA WEWE"

2. Language : French - (English subtitles)

3. Copy 35 mm - Aspect ratio: "1:85" - Sound: Dolby SRD.

4. Screenplay: Jean-Luc PENING et Ivan GOLDSCHMIDT

5. Producer: "Cut !" sprl - Ivan GOLDSCHMIDT

6. Co-producers: "A Private View" bvba - Gent :- Dries PHLYPO
- Jean-Claude VAN RIJKEGHEM
"RTBF"(Belgian TV): - Arlette ZYLBERBERG
- Frédérique LARMAGNAC

7. Executive Producer: Menya Media Burundi : - Jean-Luc Pening
- Jean-Luc Kesch

8. Distributor : Premium Films (Paris) : Jean Charles Mille

9. Shooting format: Vidéo HD - Color
Begining shooting: 11 August 2009 - End shooting: 18 August 2009
Days of shooting: total: 8 days
Country of Shooting: Burundi

10. First screening: 25 April 2010 (Uccle - Belgium)

11. Renting Companies:
Camera : "Lites Lighting"
Sound : "Adhoc sound"
Lighting : "Lites Lighting" and "Twylite scrl"
Grip : "Cinetec"
FX - grading : "Grid"
Mixing Studio : "Agent"
Film Report : "Filmik"
Lab : "Studio l'Equipe"

Awards :
- "Grand Prix of the Short Film", Tübingen Festival (Germany)
- "The Public's Prize", Brussels Festival (Belgium)
- "The Authors' Prize", Brussels Independent Film Festival (Belgium)
- "2nd Prize" - Confrontations - at the Berlin Interfilm Festival (Germany)
- "Prize of the Press", The Media Festival 10/10, Namur (Belgium)
- "B-TV Prize" The Media Festival 10/10, Namur (Belgium)
- "Ciné-courts Prize", "Le Court en Dit Long" Festival, Paris (France)
- "Honourable Mention" Flickerfest - (Australia)
- "THESS International Short Film Festival" Ranked among the first 10 of the shorts of the year, in Thessalonica (Greece). This Festival of festivals rates films that already won awards in the current year throughout the world (without disclosing the rank within the top ten)

Official selections at Festivals
2011
* January "The Flickerfest International Short Film Festival", Australia
* January "Festival du Film Court Francophone", Vaulx-en-Velin, France
* February "Academy Award Nominee - Live action short film", Los Angeles, USA
* February "Festival de Clermont-Ferrand". France * March "Festimages.be", Charleroi. Belgium
* March "CamboFest" Kampot. Cambodia.
* March "Heart of Gold International Film Festival" Queensland
* June "Jerusalem International Film Festival", Israel
2010
* November "Interfilm Berlin", Germany
* November "Tübingen Festival", Germany
* November "The Media Festival 10/10" (Belgium)
* November "Festival international en Abitibi, Canada
* November "Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers", Latvia * November "Brussels Independent Film Festival", Belgium
* October "Off-Courts Festival", Trouville, France
* October "Namur Festival", Belgium
* October "Kenya International Film Festival", Kenya
* October "THESS International Short Film Festival", Greece
* September "Paris Court Devant" Festival, Paris, France
* September "Festivaloostende.be", Ostend, Belgium
* September "Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie", Canada
* August "Festival international de cinéma et d'art de Percé", Canada
* June "Le Court en Dit Long" Festival, Paris. France
* May "Brussels Festival", Belgium
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We bevinden ons in het jaar 1994. De burgeroorlog in Burundi is aan de gang. Deze kortfilm vertelt één van de vele spijtige episodes uit dit broederconflict: de aanval door de rebellen op een minibus die burgers vervoert. Het geratel van een kalashnikov. De bus komt tot stilstand, de passagiers stappen uit. Er volgt een bevel: "Hutu's naar links en Tutsi's naar rechts!". Het sorteren begint van de goeie Hutu's die mogen blijven leven, en de serpenten, de Tutsi's die ze gaan elimineren. Maar wie is nu Hutu en wie Tutsi?
Dit verhaal is volledig gebaseerd op echte personages en waargebeurde situaties.