In the heart of Burundi, rivalries and ethnic extremism have caused thousands of deaths since independence. Amidst the murderous madness we have endured, there have been those who protected life. At the risk of their own lives, they hid and protected friends and neighbours from other ethnic groups.
Biography
For 15 years, Diane KANEZA has been combining cinema, audiovisual communication and journalism. Passionate about images, she uses them to tell stories from her homeland. She graduated with a Master’s degree in Creative Documentary Film, producing the film ‘Mon Identité’ (My Identity). This work encapsulates all her expertise in documentary filmmaking and her ability to create from real life.
She co-founded and has directed the communications agency MIKADIE Production since 2012, which produces institutional/auteur films and communication tools.
She was in charge of programming for the Burundi International Film and Audiovisual Festival from 2013 to 2015 and was the festival’s director in 2016. Since 2020, she has combined the production of audiovisual and cinematographic works with the management of the television channel ‘Burundi News Publication Television’ (BNP TV). Communicating and sharing have always been her leitmotif through the magazines “Événement Culturel de la Semaine”, “Bonne réponse” and “Notre Terre, Notre Héritage”, which she developed while working for National Television from 2006 to the end of 2011 as a TV producer and presenter.
A visiting professor at two universities in Bujumbura (Université Lumière de Bujumbura and Université du Lac Tanganyika), she teaches Documentary Production in the Faculty of Communication Sciences, specialising in communication and audiovisual design.
