Jonas d'Adesky

  • Jonas d'Adesky
© Courtesy TIFF 2012, Toronto
Film director, Screenwriter
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Belgian-Rwandan Filmmaker.

Jonas D'Adesky is a screenwriter and director, born in Brussels (Belgium).

He studied sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and directing at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Brussels).
His 2010 graduation film "Nuit Blanche" was selected for several festivals. Shortly afterwards, he left to volunteer in Haiti. It was there that he met the children who would become the actors in "Three Kids (Twa Timoun)" (2012) is his first documentary feature., his first feature-length fiction film, which was presented at Toronto and the Berlinale, among others. For his second feature, "Temps Mort", D'Adesky returned to Rwanda, where part of his family is originally from.
"Kwibuka (Se souvenir | Remember) (2025) is his third feature.


Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► https://redseafilmfest.com/en/rsiff_film/kwibuka-remember/
► 27ème FIFF / Namur 2012 | www.fiff.be/fr/Films/Twa-Timoun
Updated by Thierno DIA, 19 Jan 2026

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