KWETU is the home that brings value to our faces, voices and future film prospects through the dynamic of the creative force.

Film industry is one of the biggest in leisure and the entertainment world. The nascent film industry in Rwanda is beginning to blossom and a number of players have come up to support it thus. A sustainable film industry in Rwanda can only be supported by a strong and sustainable capacity building mechanism in creating Film Content Providers with a spirit of creativity and entrepreneurship. Kwetu’s film production training to yield movie economy

About Kwetu Film School, its vision, mission and situation.

Kwetu Film School is located in Gacuriro estates in Kigali. It is a center of academic and cultural institution exploring new kinds of communication, cultural expression, and regional civic engagement.

Kwetu Film School is a growing film institution that is here to provide trainings and education for interested and talented students and professionals in the creative and technical fields of film and TV.

Our vision is to be among the leading training institutions in filmmaking, media and design in Rwanda and the region.

Nature of our programs

Our programs include trainings and polishing skills and Media Design courses in a variety of programs within the areas of production. The program includes modules and lessons in directing, script writing, film and TV production, camera, editing, sound and light, history of film, marketing, set design, post production, laws and regulations of the film industry.

These courses which run for only three months are supported by the Ministry of Education and the Workforce Development Authority (WDA).

The film institute partners with the Rwanda Media Project to offer a two-year full time diploma training for media designers. This program is supported by the German government, Deutsche Welle Akademie and European Film Babelsberg.

Kwetu has also got scholarships for students who show potential to excel but have difficulties with funding their training.

Financial cost of taking up courses at Kwetu Film School

Today, the 3-month ‘Fast Track Filmmaker' course costs RWF 320 000. That is RWF 20 000 Registration Fee and RWF 300 000 Enrollment Fee, which is spread over the duration of the course in three equal parts. Based on the above fee, we consider this as a baseline for our students to be interested in acquiring more skills to embark on this journey.

We also offer the Rwanda Media Project 'Media Designer' course in partnership with our international partner schools.

This full-time course takes two years for a total cost of RWF 1,4 Million or RWF 700 000 per year.

Thefuture of the film industry in Rwanda:

The film industry in Rwanda is young and a lot is still needed to be worked on but we reckon it has very big potential to reach greater heights. The future is bright and soon Rwanda will become a film industry hub with the most sought professionals in Africa.

Kwetu wishes to enroll approximately about one thousand students in the next five years who will be exposed to all the important aspects of cinematic media creation. With practitioner instructors, experts in various fields of media, KFI offers professional, hands on media training programs founded on solid academic criterion. We have already trained more than 800 students for the past 10 years.

The nature of our cinema training & education:

The nature of the cinema training & education is very much focused on “learning by doing.” This “Hands On” method has proven to be the most effective in especially short term courses but also on the longer term it contributes to an accelerated professionalization process.

Who comes at Kwetu?

Students that have successively completed “O” and ‘A’ levels, graduates from colleges and universities and professionals of any kind are our major target groups. As for the Target Groups, KFI is creating various programs targeting different segments of the population. This year we had a pilot program for teenagers on holidays to learn about film and photography. We are also in the process of creating new courses to fit both individual working professionals as well as marketing departments of private companies and even public institutions who see the need to be able to communicate effectively with still images and motion pictures.

Also Kwetu Film Institute starts a Cinema Club – with an opportunity to win a trip to Gisenyi as well and other cinematic places of the country.

Training and skills development

Kwetu offers services that include; renting out material, over the creation of company advertisements for the purpose of corporate identity building to the shooting of public and private events. We produce short films, corporate videos that also help communicate the brand and products from your company.

We also have a cozy Boutique Hotel - Kwetu Residence Inn - at our Kwetu Film Institute where we host journalists, filmmakers, artists of any kind as well as tourists from anywhere in the world. In addition there is the Cafés Des Artistes Lounge - Bar open every day.

It’s a great place to be. Come and check it out some time, prices are absolutely affordable.

At the end of a program with Kwetu Film School, students are able to work and communicate easily and professionally and thus operate clearly with both still and motion pictures in the 21st century. This creates efficiency in the era of virtual communication through social and other media.

We are currently in the process of revising our strategies in order to indeed gain more of the market share and to attract students from anywhere in the region, the continent and the world.

Our biggest asset at this moment is the fantastic network we can tap from to organize guest lectures of seasoned professionals, whether they are screenwriters, editors, cinematographers, custom-designers, actors, directors or producers coming from the most advanced countries in the world when it comes down to filmmaking. Much of this network has been built over the years by the Founder and CEO of the Kwetu Film Institute, Mr. Kabera Eric. It is now up to us to make good use of the existing network and find ways to incorporate this in a grand strategy that will make Kwetu and Kigali the hub for filmmaking in the region and on the continent.