The project
Machini - Animated short - 2019 - 8 min. - HD - 16:9 - colour
Synopsis :
By force of circumstance
and above all the machine
we have become sleepwalkers
beings deprived of the good Lord, the damned of the earth
and guinea pigs over the black market of history
machine guinea pigs
Production : Picha l Twenty Nine Studio & Production
Coproduction : Atelier Graphoui
With the support of : AfricaliaSami Douenias, Fonds Jeune Création Francophone and Image de la Francophonie Fund
The artists
Frank Mutunday is from Lubumbashi, DRC. He has a passion for animated film and works with a number of Congolese animators on various projects. In 2007 he joined forces with Tétshim, Angelo Nzeka and Trésor Makonga, with whom he still works today.
Tétshim was born in Kinshasa. He has been drawing since he was a child. As well as making animated films, he is also an illustrator and cartoonist.
Frank Mukunday and Tétshim have been making animated films as self-taught artists since 2010. Starting out by drawing (Tétshim) and video (Frank), their duo founded the 'Crayon de cuivre' studio in Lubumbashi. After two experimental trials Pebbles and Ku Kinga (to be found in Africa all short 3our collection of short films from all over the continent), Machini is their first film made under professional production conditions.
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