Shanel wins International Award

Rwandan pop singer singer/actress Ruth Nirere, a.k.a Shanel won the Best Actress Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), November 22 in Greece  for the movie “The Day God Went Away”. This is the first time that Shanel has grabbed the best award in a major international film festival. “The Day God Went Away” follows the harrowing struggle for survival of a Tutsi woman during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi.