Our history · Kigali, 2013
Women's Potential in Cinema
Twenty young women from across Rwanda. Fifteen days. One film of their own.
Closing ceremonyMarch 24, 2013
Kigali, RwandaKigali Serena Hotel
Presented byUmbrella Cinema Promoters
Where it began
In 2013, at twenty-two, Dydine Umunyana Anderson brought twenty young women from every province of Rwanda into a fifteen-day filmmaking workshop. Most had never held a camera.
They trained in scriptwriting, directing, editing and cinematography, then made one film together and screened it on the final day. The workshop was free for every participant.
On March 24, they graduated at the Kigali Serena Hotel, with ministers, senators and international partners in the room. That night also launched Umbrella Cinema Promoters, the work that grew into Kind Kulture.
20
young women trained as filmmakers
15
days across four tracks
1
film, made and screened by the graduates
With our founding partners: Ministry of Youth & ICT, Ministry of Sports & Culture (MINISPOC), GirlHub, National Treasure Athletics & Arts Foundation, and the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda.
What came next
Later in 2013, Dydine became a Youth Peace Ambassador for Aegis Trust at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. In 2020 she and Alex Anderson founded Kind Kulture in Los Angeles. In Spring 2027, Stories in Color: A Human Dignity Exhibition opens as the founding exhibition of the Kind Kulture Institute.