Congo Shorts
Saturday 27 April, 14:00
M Leuven, Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28, 3000 Leuven
LOBI EKOSIMBA
Kumbuka Maene, DR Congo, 2023, 15 min
VO: French. ST: English
A documentary about the daily life in Kinshasa.
MWANA YA MAYI (The Water Seller)
Adan Vainqueur, DR Congo, 2023, 5 min.
VO: French. ST: English
Mr. Adan is a young Congolese resident in the city of Kinshasa that tries to make a living by selling water in a formal costume. Because of his professional look, he gets robbed.
FEBRUARI 30
Tresor Malete, DR Congo, 2023, 14 min
VO: Swahili. ST: Engels
A hybrid docu-fiction about the problems of access to education in Kinshasa.
MAFIA
Isaac Izzy Kaninda en Noble Mpoyi, DR Congo, South-Africa, 2023, 5 min. No dialogue.
Mafia is a short web- series about a young man who gets rejected from the police academy and becomes one of the deadliest assassins in the city.
QUEEN OF HEARTS
Isaac Izzy Kaninda, DR Congo, Zuid-Afrika, 2023, 14 min.
VO: English
Queen of Hearts is a short film full of action, betrayal and romance, directed by new talent from DR Congo who wants to make films for a wide and young audience.