Fifth Edition of Kids’ Film Festival
at Operndorf Afrika, Burkina Faso

11  – 15 June 2024

The KIFIFE’s selection, including documentaries, fiction, short films and animations, is based on African children and teenagers as protagonist or directors, aiming at showing their everyday reality.

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Screening

Tuesday, June 11, 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM

OPERA VILLAGE

Thursday, June 13, 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM

PRIMARY SCHOOL OF MATÉ TAMISSI

Category: Screening

My Life as a Zucchini 

Animation | France | 2016 | 66 min


 

Courgette is not a vegetable; he is a brave little boy. He believes he is alone in the world after losing his mother. But that’s just the beginning, as it’s the encounters he will make in his new life at the children’s home that truly matter. Simon, Ahmed, Jujube, Alice, and Béatrice all have their own stories, which are as tough as they are tender. And then there’s this girl, Camille. When you’re 10 years old, there are many things to discover and learn: having a group of friends, falling in love. And why not even being happy?

Claude Barras

Bevor er seinen ersten Spielfilm “Ma vie de Courgette” drehte, realisierte Claude Barras zahlreiche Kurzfilme, darunter “Le Génie de la boîte de raviolis”, der auf vielen Festivals weltweit ausgezeichnet wurde. Mit seinem Bezug zur Kindheit, der die Altersgrenzen überschreitet, besitzt Claude Barras die seltene Gabe, gleichzeitig zum Lachen und zum Weinen zu bringen. Seine Geschichten sind abwechselnd realistisch und fantastisch, voller Humor und Poesie. Er war es, der den Wunsch hatte, den Roman von Gilles Paris “Autobiographie d’une Courgette” als animierten Spielfilm zu adaptieren.