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.

Omi Nobi – Carlos Yuri Ceuninck
Carlos Yuri Ceuninck – Omi Nobu

Screening

Saturday, May 31 at 7:00 PM

UNIVERSITY CENTER ZINIARÉ

Category: Screening

Omi Nobu

Documentary | Cape Verde | 2020 | 9 min

Carlos follows the old fisherman Antón, who lives on the island of São Nicolau and makes his living hunting sperm whales—an activity shaped by the raw power of nature in a dangerous, unexplored region.

Carlos Yuri Ceuninck

Carlos Yuri Ceuninck is a Cape Verdean director and documentary filmmaker. His film Omi Nobu has been screened at international festivals and received praise for its intimate portrayal of an old fisherman’s life on the island of São Nicolau.