GIORDANO COSSU

FRANCIA - RWANDA | 2014 | 36’

Rwanda, twenty years on: former genocide killers and survivors live together once again in former or newly built umudugudus (villages). Haunted by their past and fearing an uncertain future. How is life together, when your neighbor is the one who killed your family? A thought-provoking documentary on reconciliation and cohabitation in the hills of Rwanda.

Giordano Cossu is an independent journalist and documentary maker, with a Master in Journalism from Crisis Areas and a passion for storytelling “fuori dai sentieri battuti”, his documentaries are particularly focused on social and human rights issues. Director of several media programs raising awareness on social, migration, environmental issues particularly in Africa, in partnership with leading media such as RFI, France 24, La Stampa and TV5 Monde. Italian by birth, he has lived in several countries worldwide, speaks 4 languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish), and he is currently based in France.