Ku gicamunsi cyo kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki 21 Gashyantare 2023, nibwo kompanyi ya Ishusho Arts itegura Rwanda International Movie Awards yatangaje ko bamaze kwakira filime 167 zandikishijwe.
Filime zandikishijwe ni izo mu bihugu bitandukanye. Nyuma yo kwandikishwa, hagiye gutangira igikorwa cya 'Pre-selection' kugira ngo muri izi filime havemo izigomba guhatanira ibihembo bizatangwa muri Rwanda International Movie Awards.
Umuyobozi Ushinzwe Amarushanwa n'itangwa ry'ibihembo, Aaron Niyomwungeri yabwiye InyaRwanda ko bagiye kwicara nk'ikipe kugira ngo bahitemo filime yujuje ibisabwa ikwiye gushyirwa mu zihatanira ibihembo bigiye gutangwa ku nshuro ya munani.
Niyomwungeri ati 'Tugiye gutangira 'Pre-selection'. Kuko muri ziriya haba harimo itavuga neza, itujuje ibisabwa n'ibindi. Muri macye ni ijonjora rya mbere, iri jonjora rero rikuramo zimwe bitewe n'ibyo turi gushaka. Nko kuba filime ifite amajwi meza, ushobora kureba uko ikinnye, uko ivuga ukabona ntiri ku rwego rwiza ikavamo.'
Uyu muyobozi avuga ko nyuma ya 'Pre-Selection' bazahita batangaza ku mugaragaro filime zageze mu cyiciro cya nyuma ari nazo zizaba zihatanye.
Niyomwungeri yavuze ko Akanama Nkemurampaka ariko kazafata umwanzuro kuri filime izatwara igikombe. Kazaba kagizwe n'abo muri Ghana, Canada n'ahandi.
Kuri iyi nshuro bazanahemba abagize uruhare mu gutegura no gutunganya filime; harimo nk'abafata amashusho, abafata amajwi n'abandi.
Niyomwungeri avuga ko bazajya bareba filime yujuje ibisabwa, hanyuma bahite banareba abayigizemo uruhare n'abo bashyirwe ku rutonde rw'abahatana.
Ku wa 3 Werurwe 2023, nibwo hateganyijwe ijoro ryo gutangaza abakinnyi ndetse na filime zihatanye.
Niyomwungeri avuga ko Akanama Nkemurampaka ariko kazafata umwanzuro wa nyuma kuri filime ikwiye gutsinda. Ati 'Noneho zazindi zifite amajwi meza, zifite amashusho meza, zifite inkuru nziza, zikinnye neza, ibyo byose biri mu bizagenderwaho hatangwa amanota kuko n'abazikora bazahembwa […] Iyujuje byose niyo izatsinda. Rero ubiha Akanama Nkemurampaka hanyuma nabo bagatanga amanota agahuzwa.'
Ibihembo kuri filime zahize izindi bizatangwa ku wa 1 Mata 2023. Ibihembo bizatangwa ni 30 mu byiciro bine [Feature Film, Short Film, Series ndetse na Documentary Film].
Filimi zihatanira ibihembo ni iz'abo mu Rwanda, abo mu bihugu byo mu Karere ka Afurika y'Iburasirazuba ndetse n'abo mu bindi bihugu bitandukanye byo ku Isi.
Ibi bihembo bitegurwa na 'Ishusho Arts'. Icyiciro cya mbere cy'ibi bihembo cyabaye mu 2012, bigiye gutangwa bihurirana n'uko byagizwe mpuzamahanga dore byabanje kwitwa Rwanda Movie Awards.
Ni ku nshuro ya munani ibi bihembo bigiye gutangwa, ariko ni ku nshuro ya kabiri bigiye gutangwa ari mpuzamahanga.Â
Aaron Niyomwungeri yavuze ko bagiye gukora ijonjora risaga hamenyekanye filime zihatanira ibihembo 
Filime 167 nizo zandikishijwe guhatanira ibihembo muri Rwanda International Movie Awards
