Geni (2019)
Geni is writer, director, and star Jackie Batsinduka’s first fully crowded-funded project. A daughter estranged from her mother returns home to confront their past, and its intrinsic link to the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis. Starring opposite her mother, this is Batsinduka’s most personal story yet.
Official selection at Regent Park Film Festival 2019, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival 2020, Montreal Black Film Festival 2020, and screened by the Feminist Art Collective, the Humming Collective, and Listen, Explore & Learn.
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Director, Writer & Star ····· Jackie Batsinduka
Producer ····· Rebecca Rogers
Director of Photography ····· Nancy Pettincchio
Bonin’ (2017)
A romantic comedy
in the style of the 1960s French New Wave, Bonin’ follows the love affair between Boo and Zeik, two schnauzers who meet after
their owners match on Tinder. With its tongue-and-cheek approach, Bonin’ tells
the story of finding puppy love in an age of dating apps and casual hookups.
Watch
the film here.
Director & Writer ····· Jackie Batsinduka
Director of Photography ····· Bethy Moncion
Editor ····· Zoé Realffe-Dagenais
Offbeat (2016)
What happens when
you and your romantic partner are no longer in rhythm with each other? Following an
interracial couple’s nightly routine, Offbeat
represents how differing racial identities can affect a romantic relationship.
Inspired by a moment in writer-director Jackie Batsinduka’s childhood, the film
offers insight on what it’s like for minorities to become self-aware of their
position in society.
Watch the film here.
