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- Shorts from five African nations. In Burundi, a young woman faces wedding jitters in the worst way in "Nothing is The Same". Fall in love under the rain in Egypt with "Atef". A young woman in Morocco introduces to her world while getting "Painted". Joshua in South African learns big lessons in "Small Change". Young Tinashe in Zimbabwe finds courage under the "Pillars of Hope". (English subtitles).
- In post conflict Burundi one thing remains affordable to all: the grenade. Journalist Teddy Mazina follows the stories behind the headlines of never-ending explosive lethal attacks. The film will take us to meet the actual victims of the attacks who share with Teddy how it is impossible to have a semblance of unity when it is so easy to solve problems by throwing grenades, rather than working through issues peacefully. The film shows how the personal accounts are living breathing statistics resulting from the greater problem of illegal arms transfers which has handicapped a nation from moving forward in a mature, functional, healthy manner.
- Moma is a young man who dreams of being an architect to build a better life for him and his family.
- Focuses on African writers facing the Rwandan genocide.
- A young woman's foray into prostitution bring shocking consequences to her family.
- Garuka Rmx is a Remix song by artist Pazzos Bi, which invites love in society. It is an invitation to love without any distinction because we were all created by one God. According to #Pazzos_Bi, Education is important for a better world, towards a better future.
- In 1972, civil war and ethnic massacres forced hundreds of thousands of Burundians from their homes. Most fled to Tanzania, where they would live as refugees for generations. Thirty six-years later, they are finally finding a place to call home. Home Free follows three Burundian families; one has chosen to become citizens of Tanzania, another has chosen to return to Burundi and a third has resettled to Canada. The film takes you on their journey and explores efforts to bring an end to one of Africa's most prolonged refugee situations.
- A guy finds out that he's not living alone
- A short documentary focusing on the status of women in the Republic of Burundi.
- Describes the work of a radio station (Studio Ijambo) in Burundi which brings together Hutu and Tutsi reporters and demonstrates the role of communications media in promoting tribal peace.
- Rwanda now lives in peace. This country is even cited as an example and its experts are solicited to resolve conflicts elsewhere in the world. Twenty years after the terrible genocide that claimed more than one million lives, how did Rwanda reconcile itself? What path has he traveled to rebuild? The main genocidaires were tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In order to try the perpetrators of the genocide, Rwanda had to resort to its tradition by setting up the "Gacaca" courts. Villages of reconciliation have been created where the executioners (having served their sentence) and the survivors of the genocide are peacefully cohabiting. Today, Rwanda is proud to provide troops to the UN for its peacekeeping and mediation missions in conflict zones. With peace restored, the economy has one of the best growth in Africa. Foreigners are investing and tourism has taken off, reaching a million visitors a year.
- When two siblings discover an old journal, they uncover a dark truth about their ancestors' devastating impact on the environment. As they delve deeper into the journal's contents, they must grapple with the weight of their family's legacy and decide whether to confront the past or continue down the same destructive path.
- Focuses on the subject of pedophilia in the Republic of Burundi.
- Covers peace and reconciliation processes in the Republic of Burundi.
- A short documentary on pygmy people in Burundi produced by the French Cooperation in Bujumbura (Burundi).
- Short documentary focusing on the environmental situation and the conservation of nature in the National Parks in the Republic of Burundi.
- A music documentary following the Burundian drummers from "Les Maîtres-Tambours du Burundi" (The Drums of Burundi) during their 1996 tour in France.
- Buta, southern Burundi. A school, scene of a massacre during the war between Hutus and Tutsis, once more welcomes students of both ethnic groups. These students begin the task of remembering, turning a scene of horror into a scene of enlightenment. In this rerun, Magume represents the task of shattered Burundi. The students offer their voices, their questions, their tales and their identity in the hope that this mask will once more take shape, reconciled with itself at last.
- Tells the story of a young orphan, Deo Gratias, who is rescued by Rosa, an old woman always looking after abandoned children in the Republic of Burundi, a country where reconciliation is now predominant.
- Anémone, a girl raised with strict Christian values, must deal with a harsh new reality on the eve of her wedding.
- A village is assaulted by rebels. Everybody flees except for little Fabrice. He is first taken care of by the government army but subsequently dressed in uniform. With other children he is fighting in combat against the rebels. As a result of peace talks he is demobilized. After having rejoined his sister and little brother back home, he's following a training as a carpenter so as to have some potential to merge into civil society.
- Since 2015, more than 450.000 Burundians have been forced to flee and to seek refuge in neighboring countries (such as Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda). Among them, more than 90.000 are in Rwanda, of which 60.000 live in Mahama refugee camp and 32.000 in Kigali and surroundings. In this difficult context, the international organization Maison Shalom, founded by "Maggy" Barankitse (winner of the Aurora prize 2016) is doing all in its power to protect and restore dignity to Burundian refugees in Rwanda. To do that the Community Center Oasis of Peace was created in Kigali in 2016 in order to school children, offer psychosocial support to victims of torture and rape, and to implement activities of sustainable development in areas such as health, education, vocational training, culture and income-generation.
- A porter in Bujumbura tries to make a name for himself by working for a slaughterhouse.
- Congolese refugees camped out in the city of Bujumbura are either ignored or feared by those who pass by. One day. a five dollar bill forces these worlds to collide in unexpected ways.