Christoph Mushayija Rath

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Biography

Christoph Mushayija Rath was born in 1985 in Gatagara (Rwanda). Upon completing his A-levels and mandatory community service in Germany, he spent a year and a half in Guinea, where he worked as a freelance photographer and filmmaker. Back in Germany, he worked for the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. Then another one and a half years in West Africa – this time in Senegal, where he again worked as a filmmaker and photographer. He made numerous short films and documentaries with CinéBanlieue, a young filmmakers’ group in Dakar that FilmInitiativ featured at the 2017 edition of AFFK. Since 2011 he has been studying film direction at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB).

Christoph Mushayija Rath’s short film IN DEUTSCHLAND will open the Diaspora Shorts night on the second Saturday of the festival. His other films include VANITY PIG TRAIL (2019), ASCHE (2015), IM WALD (2013), ATTAYA (2009) and SAKKADEN (2005).

Filmography

IN DEUTSCHLAND (2019): Direction, Guest