More Than I Want to Remember

More Than I Want to Remember

Fourteen-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs. As her family scatters to the surrounding forests to save themselves, Mugeni finds herself completely alone.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Amy Bench
Script: Mugeni Ornella
Editing: Amy Bench
Sound: Eric Friend (design)
Music: Curtis Heath
Producers: Mugeni Ornella, Amy Bench, Carolyn Merriman
Executive producer: Eloise DeJoria, Constance Dykhuizen
Narration: Mugeni Ornella
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2022
Duration: 15'
Contact: MTV Documentary Films
Awards/Distinctions: Best Animated Short – Tribeca FF 2022, Best International Short Documentary – Hot Docs Canadian IDF 2022, Best Short Animation – deadCenter FF 2022, Best Documentary Short – Cleveland IFF 2022, Best Documentary Short Film, Milos Stehlik Global Impact Award – Chicago International Children’s FF 2022

Animation Director: Maya Edelman
Key Animation: Sebastian Bisbal
Animation: Catalina Etcheverry, Paula Tapia Pino, Catalina Silva, Samia Khalaf

Age 12+

Amy Bench

Filmography

2006 House of Elegance (short)
2008 The Ville (short)
2010 In This Place (short)
2019 A Line Birds Cannot See (short)
2022 More Than I Want to Remember (short)