Kigali, Oct. 8 -- Rwanda is entering the Oscars international feature race for the first time, submitting Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo's 'Ben'Imana' for consideration at the 99th Academy Awards, reported Variety.

According to the outlet, Dusabejambo's acclaimed debut feature, told through the eyes of a community of women in Rwanda, premiered in Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section and won the Camera d'Or and Fipresci prize. It then had its North American debut at Toronto Film Festival, and will screen at London Film Festival in October.

"In 2012, 18 years after the genocide against the Tutsi, a Rwandan village is still learning how to live with itself," the synopsis for 'Ben'Imana' reads.

"Veneranda has spent years helping ...