France, Rwanda

Sarah Mallégol, born in 1983, is a French filmmaker who grew up partly in Rwanda before the 1994 genocide. She studied cinema and transitioned into documentary filmmaking after earlier roles in programming and arts projects for cultural institutions like the Cinémathèque de Tanger and Les Ateliers Médicis. Her filmmaking explores themes of memory, trauma, and intergenerational dialogue, as seen in her work Kumva – Which Comes from Silence, a documentary focusing on Rwandan genocide survivors.

Filmography

Kumva - Which Comes from Silence (2023)