Rwandan peace activist Edouard Bamporiki, 27 is attending a Crimes and Punishment film festival in Istanbul, Turkey where he has delivered a message of peace at the festival.
Bamporiki,a filmmaker award winner received national and international attention for his stories of hope, unity and reconciliation.
The festival, that opened in Istanbul last Friday is screening about 100 films from 40 countries dealing with all kinds of crimes and punishments but focusing especially on coups d’état, the inaugural year’s main festival theme.
Speaking to igihe.com, Bamporiki said that he was invited to present and deliver a message of peace at the event together with other renowned peace activist, filmmakers and actors around the globe.
During his presentation at the event Bamporiki said, “If we want long lasting peace, there should be a journey to inbuilt peace and reconciliation within our own hearts because no one can deliver and give out what he doesn’t have personally.”
He said that the film called Kinyarwanda where he prominently acted together with Cassandra freeman of Hollywood won international attention and that it can be used to fight against related war crimes and genocide ideologies around the world as the main objective of the festival.
Bamporiki also told the gathering how Rwanda passed via worst history of horror in 1994 and how the nation has regained national pride today which gives hope to the sustainable development.
Yesterday evening, Bamporiki visited Qwiyq city in Asia. He has also visited different cities and countries including Congo Kinshasa, Burundi, Uganda, and Kenya.
Others include Holland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Pologne, Istanbul Turkey, New York, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Boston among others all speaking out and delivering the message of unity, peace, reconciliation and hope.
After a weeklong at the festival, the Rwandan Bamporiki is expected back in the country tomorrow on Friday.
The festival is a theme with a special resonance in Turkey, which has seen four elected governments pushed out by the military since 1960 and has just started to overcome taboos surrounding that history.
The focus of the Istanbul festival is also significant for those nations in the region facing the question of how to deal with crimes committed by dictatorial regimes toppled in the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring this year.
The distinguishing feature of the Crime and Punishment Festival are the legal panels, presentations and debates accompanying the screenings that try to cross-pollinate artistic and academic exploration of the concept of justice.
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