Kayije Kagame Explained

Kayije Kagame
Birth Place:Geneva, Switzerland

Kayije Kagame (born 1987) is a Rwandan–Swiss contemporary artist and actress.

Life and career

Kagame was born into a Rwandan family in Geneva in 1987.[1] Her father, Faustin, is a prominent political journalist and advisor to President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (no relation); her mother is a teacher of history and French.[2] [3] One of her siblings is filmmaker Shyaka Kagame.[2] Kayije became interested in acting at age 19 when she ran into director in Rome and he offered her a role in a play.[3] She studied theater at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève for a year, then in 2010 enrolled in the (ENSATT) in Lyon.[2] [3] In 2014, she attended a summer training program in New York hosted by theater director Robert Wilson, who cast her that year in his revival of Les Nègres at the Odéon in Paris.[3] [4]

In art, Kagame has made short films, sound installations, and other installations and performance pieces.[1] [5] In 2019, with other artists, Kagame staged So Long Lives This, and This Gives Life to Thee, a piece that took up every part of the building of the in Geneva.[1] [6] The same year, Kagame and actress Grace Seri toured with Sans Grace/Avec Grace, a two-part performance piece.[1] [7] In 2022, she and filmmaker Hugo Radi began touring Intérieur Vie/Intérieur Nuit, a similar work that is half staged and half filmed.[8] [9]

In Alice Diop's Saint Omer (2022), Kagame made her feature film debut playing Rama, a pregnant writer observing a woman (played by Guslagie Malanda) on trial for killing her own one-year-old daughter.[10] [11] Kagame's character has a real-life analogue in Diop, who attended the trial the film is based on.[12] A. O. Scott of The New York Times complimented Kagame's "seething, quiet performance", and IndieWire praised her "effortless elegance".[13] [14] Kagame was chosen as one of the Révélations at the 48th César Awards, and European Film Promotion (EFP) named her one of 2023's Shooting Stars.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kayije Kagame. lespressesdureel.com. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150807/https://www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/auteur.php?id=4137&menu=4. live.
  2. Sans Grace / Avec Grace. Grütopie 20–22. 5. August 2020. 27 February 2023. fr. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150821/https://grutli.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Grutli_20-22_Journal_1_Web.pdf. live.
  3. News: Rwanda: Kayije Kagame, l'innocence et la vertu. Boisselet. Pierre. 14 November 2014. Jeune Afrique. 27 February 2023. fr. Rwanda: Kayije Kagame, innocence and virtue. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150805/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/39039/archives-thematique/rwanda-kayije-kagame-l-innocence-et-la-vertu/. live.
  4. News: Les Nègres, Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Paris – review. Cappelle. Laura. 6 October 2014. Financial Times. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150806/https://www.ft.com/content/b48bb708-4d3b-11e4-bf60-00144feab7de. live.
  5. Web site: Saint Omer press kit. medias.unifrance.org. Unifrance. 1 March 2023. 16. 1 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230301211329/https://medias.unifrance.org/medias/77/244/259149/presse/saint-omer-presskit-english.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: Kayije Kagame. fr. Théâtre de l'Usine. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150812/https://www.theatredelusine.ch/artiste/kayije-kagame/. live.
  7. News: Kayije Kagame: 'Etre une femme noire est une double force'. fr. Kayije Kagame: 'Being a black woman is a double strength'. 23 September 2020. Radio Télévision Suisse. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150807/https://www.rts.ch/info/culture/spectacles/11625034-kayije-kagame-etre-une-femme-noire-est-une-double-force.html. live.
  8. News: Kayije Kagame • Actress. Stanic. Ana. es. cineuropa.org. 1 March 2023. 1 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230301210439/https://www.cineuropa.org/es/video/439223/. live.
  9. News: Intérieur vie, Intérieur nuit de Kayije Kagame. fr. 6 February 2023. sceneweb.fr. 1 March 2023. 1 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230301210441/https://sceneweb.fr/interieur-vie-interieur-nuit-de-kayije-kagame/. live.
  10. News: For the Documentarian Alice Diop, Only Fiction Could Do Justice to a Tragedy. Zuckerman. Esther. 16 January 2023. The New York Times. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227014133/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/movies/alice-diop-saint-omer.html. live.
  11. News: Meet the 2023 European Shooting Stars. Roxborough. Scott. 14 December 2022. The Hollywood Reporter. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150805/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/european-shooting-stars-2023-berlin-film-festival-netflix-1235281804/. live.
  12. 'Saint Omer', Reviewed: A Harrowing Trial Inspires a Complex, Brilliant Film. Brody. Richard. Richard Brody. 13 January 2023. The New Yorker. 1 March 2023. 2 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230302003415/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/saint-omer-reviewed-a-harrowing-trial-inspires-a-complex-brilliant-film. live.
  13. News: 'Saint Omer' Review: The Trials of Motherhood. Scott. A. O.. A. O. Scott. 12 January 2023. The New York Times. 27 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227205050/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/movies/saint-omer-review.html. live.
  14. News: 'Saint Omer' Review: Alice Diop Reorients a Horrifying True Crime in Her First Narrative Outing. Monks Kaufman. Sophie. 7 September 2022. IndieWire. 26 February 2023. 27 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227150805/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/saint-omer-review-alice-diop-1234759322/. live.
  15. Web site: Kayije Kagame, Switzerland. efp-online.com. European Film Promotion. 1 March 2023. 1 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230301210440/https://www.efp-online.com/en/shootingstars/29901/Kayije-Kagame. live.

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