EMANUELE GEROSA | DOCUMENTARY FILM DIRECTOR

GIRITEKA CENTER

 

a film by Manu Gerosa, Salva Muñoz

 

Documentary // Running Time: 15 min. // Year: 2010 // Country of Production: Italy // Shooting Place: Burundi // Original language: French, Kirundi // Subtitles: Italian, English

 

Logline

The Giriteka Center, located in the city of Ngozi in Burundi, was born to help orphans and abandoned children after the terrible civil war among hutu and tutsi that struggled the country between the year 1993 and 2005.

 

Synopsis

The film tells the story of the Giriteka Center, located in the city of Ngozi in Burundi. The country experienced a terrible civil war that lasted more than a decade between 1993 and 2005, pitting the two main ethnic groups, Hutu and Tutsi, against each other. Among the consequences of the war is the huge number of children left orphaned or abandoned. The Giriteka Center was established to try to take these children off the streets and offer them love, an education and the possibility of a future.

 

Credits

Production: Oneworld DocuMakers

Directors: Manu Gerosa & Salva Muñoz

Director of Photography: Ana Izquierdo

Camera: Manu Gerosa & Salva Muñoz, Ana Izquierdo

Sound: Manu Gerosa & Salva Muñoz

Editing: Manu Gerosa & Salva Muñoz

Music: Centre Jeunes Kamenge

Color Correction: Ana Izquierdo

Documentation: Elena Patoner.

 

Festivals and Awards

Winner of the award “Special Award of the Jury” at 43º Opere Nuove - Bolzano ShortFilm Festival (08-12 November 2011 - Italy)

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