The International Festival of Cinema and Audiovisual of Burundi (FESTICAB) is an annual film festival held in
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
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FESTICAB was established by the film director
Léonce Ngabo
Léonce Ngabo (born 1951) is a Burundian film director. His 1992 film '' Gito l'ingrat'' was the first Burundian feature film.Le cinéma burundais peine à plaider pour la paix ''Anadolu Agency'', 27 June 2016.
At the 2011 FESTICAB the
East African Film Network
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
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(EAFN) was founded.From AfryKamera to FESTICAB ''Screen Africa'', June 2, 2015. The 2015 FESTICAB was disrupted by the protests against President Nkurunziza running for a third term, and many screenings needed to be cancelled.
Rungano Nyoni
Rungano Nyoni is a Zambian-Welsh director and screenwriter. She is known for the film ''I Am Not a Witch'', which she wrote and directed. The film won Nyoni the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut in 2018 and has also garnered accolades from internatio ...
* Special Jury Prize: ''
Hasaki Ya Suda
''Hasaki Ya Suda'' is a 2011 film.
Synopsis
The year 2100. The global warming has caused massive droughts that have led to conflicts and famines. The first victims of the global warming are the Southern populations, forced to leave their lands ...
'' / ''Three Black Samura'' by
Cédric Ido
Cédric Ido (born 22 October 1980) is a French-Burkinabe director, writer and actor. He grew up in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, a small suburban town near Paris and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during Thomas Sankara’s revolution. His directing wor ...
;2012
* Best Documentary: ''Justice for Sale''
;2014
* Best East African Short Film: ''Shoeshine'' by Amil Shivji
;2016
* Best East African Feature Film: ''Bahati'' by
Timothy Conrad
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Club and state rowing
Raised in Brisbane, Conrad ...
* Best Short Film: ''
VIRAL
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