Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda

Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda (born 30 October 1957) is a filmmaker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Career

Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda was born on 30 October 1957 in Kinshasa. He studied sociology, history and philosophy in Brussels, Belgium. He took courses in filmmaking in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

He was a member of the board of short films at CNC in France from 1999 to 2001. Balufu was a member of the Input 2000 (International Public Television) in Cape Town, South Africa and a member of CreaTV, Unesco's program for televisions in the South between 2000 and 2003.

Recognition and awards

Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda's film Le Damier – Papa national oyé (1996) received important prizes such as the ACCT prize - Agence de la Francophonie, Fespaco 1997 in Burkina Faso, the Reel Black Talent Award in Toronto, Canada in 1997, the Grand Prize at the Festival de Villeurbanne in France 1997, the Quality prize from CNC in France in 1998 and several prizes at the Festival international du Film Francophone at Namur in 1998. Article 15 bis (1999) won a Jury Mention at the Festival du Court métrage at Clermont-Ferrand, France. 2000, Jury Mention at the Festival International du Film Francophone in Namur, Belgique, 2000, Bronze Medal at the Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage in Carthage, Tunisia, 2000 and other prizes. AFRO@DIGITAL gained a Jury Mention at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004.