The scripts might just be getting started, but our time together is officially over.
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The past seven years have been relatively peaceful. As a result, people were in the mood to celebrate.
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A few days ago I received a phone call saying a surprise visitor was on his way to Burundi to help with the project.
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Our theme from the last Kino was The World Upside Down, which is a bit how I feel with the training in Burundi this year.
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Even though I’m a rabid cinephile who watched and reviewed 500 feature films last year, I rarely get to see short fiction films from Africa.
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We obviously miscalculated the math and underestimated people’s determination.
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Some of the longest nights of my life were leading up to the BFC Burundian premieres in 2007 and 2010.
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Since this is the first Kino in East Africa, we weren’t entirely sure how people would react to the challenge.
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I’m starting to feel like a politician over here. Not only am I putting up (and fixing) signs…
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I forgot how exhausting it is to travel to Africa.
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Clara, here. I’m the person who is lucky enough to be the Burundi Film Center’s artist in residence for this year.
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Papy sat me down last week to explain how the BFC is like a tree that produces fruit but has no roots.
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I’m not sure I can explain how unlikely it was that tonight’s gala would be such a massive success.
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With helicopters flying overhead, world media in attendance and most embassies closed, Burundi swore in their incumbent president today.
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We tracked down a old generator and fought for another few hours to get it working.
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As we stepped over rivers of blood, around discarded remains and between machete wielding workers, the sights, smells and sounds were anything but make-believe.
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Want to know the funny thing about death? I hope so, because today we shot the BFC’s first comedy and it takes place in a morgue.
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