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

27  – 31 May 2025

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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Mwézé Ngangura – La vie est belle

Screening

Friday, May 30, 7:00 PM

VILLAGE POUSGZIGA

Category: Screening

La Vie est Belle

Fiction | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1988 | 83 min

Kourou, a young musician, moves to Kinshasa to pursue his dream. There, he falls in love with Kabibi—but his employer is also interested in her, leading to conflict.

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Mwézé Ngangura

Mwézé Ngangura, born in 1950 in Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a Congolese filmmaker considered a pioneer of Congolese cinema. He studied film in Belgium and returned to Kinshasa in 1976. His first feature film, La Vie est Belle (1987), was a major success in the Francophone African world. Ngangura has also directed several documentaries and is internationally recognized for his contributions to African cinema.