Philbert Aimé Mbabazi

Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo, is a Rwandan filmmaker. He has made several critically acclaimed short films including, The Liberators, Versus and I Got My Things And Left.

Personal life

Philbert Aimé Mbabazi was born in 1990 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Career

Mbabazi obtained his B.A in cinema department from Geneva University of Art and Design in Geneva. During school times, he made two films The Liberators and Versus. Both films were screened in several film festivals including Vision du Réel Nyon, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Tampere, Oberhausen and Uppsala Short Film Festival. After graduating in 2017, he returned to Rwanda.
In 2019, he directed the short film I Got My Things And Left which won the Grand Prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. The film has screened at more than 20 film festivals such Rotterdam International Film Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Go Short Nijmegen, Indie Lisboa and ISFF Hamburg, FIFF Namur etc.
He started the film production company called 'Imitana Productions' based in Kigali, Rwanda. He later made his maiden feature film Republika.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Genre	Ref.
2012	Ruhago	Director	Short film
2012	Ruhago Destiny FM	Director	Short film
2014	City Dropout	Director	Short film
2014	Akaliza Keza	Director	Short film
2014	Mageragere City Dropout	Director	Short film
2016	Waiting	Director	Short film
2016	The Liberators	Director, writer, editor, producer, sound mix	Short film
2016	Versus	Director, writer, editor, casting, producer, sound mix	Short film
2018	Keza Lyn	Director, writer, producer	Short film
2018	I Got My Things And Left	Director, editor, casting	Short film
2020	Fish Bowl	Producer	Short film