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We're happy to announce that STUDIOCANAL's co-produced films Ben’imana and Congo Boy won big at the Cannes Film Festival.   Ben’imana, by a Rwandan film director Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo made history by not only winning two awards at the festival but by being the first Rwandan directed film to feature in the Cannes Official Selection. Marie-Clémentine walked away with the Caméra d’Or award for Best First Feature and the FIPRESCI Prize awarded by the International Critics. The film is a drama set in 2012 Rwanda and it follows Vénéranda, a woman who survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi as she works to facilitate community-led reconciliation. Ben'Imana is scheduled to premiere in July in Rwanda before streaming on CANAL+ platforms later in the year. Congratulations to Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset, who received the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actor for his role in Congo Boy, a film by Congolese filmmaker Rafiki Fariala.   The film is a coming-of-age musical drama set in Bangui, Central African Republic as it follows 17-year-old Robert, a Congolese refugee who must balance school, odd jobs, and caring for his four younger siblings after his parents are imprisoned for using false passports.   Following its theatrical release, Congo Boy will also stream on CANAL+ streaming platforms later in the year.