Mavambu
16,00€
Description
Freddy Tsimba is an artist who scours the places of life and death in the Congo (DRC) for the scrap metal that forms the materials for his art. To make my sculptures, I risk my skin, and that's priceless. I've collected ten thousand cartridges in difficult areas, but how many are left? Tons! And they carry the tragic history of my country.
Africalia Productions Collection [Doku]
Presentation of the directors
Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam was born in Cameroon in 1980. After training as an "Image Reporter" and in audiovisual production in Yaoundé from 2001 to 2004, she worked for the private channel STV (Spectrum Télévision) in Douala from 2004 to 2007, under the direction of Mactar Sylla. He gave her the desire and energy to continue her training while continuing to work on various international productions.
Rosine enrolled at INSAS (Brussels) in 2007, where she is currently completing her training in filmmaking. In Belgium, she worked as an assistant director for Manu Bonmariage and as an editor for Africalia. It was when she crossed paths with Mirko Popovitch in 2008 that the "Mavambu" project, a portrait of Congolese visual artist Freddy Tsimba, was born. She has also made several short films, including "Ya Ya TOO" in 2009, "Cadeau" in 2010 and "Les portes du passé" in 2011.
Mirko Dragolioub Popovitch was born in 1948, the year of Human Rights and women's suffrage in Belgium. The son of a student at the Cours Simon and a Yugoslav officer he met at the Liberation in Paris, this acrobat trained as a photographer has dabbled in all areas of creation.
Director of some fifty subjects for the television magazine "Espace Francophone", filmmaker and author of short films and documentaries including "Tango Ya Ba Wendo" in 1973 with Kwami Zinga and "Temps des cerises" devoted to the legendary Floreffe festival in 1979; Comedian and humorist (Grand Prix at the Rochefort Festival in 1984 with Dieudonné Kabongo); initiator and coordinator of several international events, including the famous "Zinneke Parade" in Brussels; founding member and administrator of various cultural associations; this keen writer is also a passionate musician.
Director of La Venerie, a cultural centre in Brussels (Boitsfort) for 28 years, he directed Africalia from 2006 to 2013.
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Technical data
Running time: 26' / Language: French / Subtitles: Dutch-English / Year of production: 2011 / Co-producers: Africalia/Ti Suka/Kabola Films (DRC) / Director/Script: Rosine Mbakam & Mirko Popovitch / Stills: Viny Mpela, Guy Kabeya, Clarisse Muvuba, Sylvain Winance / Mixing: Rosine Mbakam / Mixing and sound: Alexandre Davidson
Additional information
| Weight | 105 g |
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