This short film utilizes intricate clay animation to tell of King Ngolo, who is without a male heir. Jealousies among his three wives and with his first love — now the court witch doctor — thwart birth of a successor. Finally blessed with a male heir, the king dies during the Prince's coronation; "Birth and death are twins in the destiny of man," concludes the narrator-griot.
A short documentary about Roger Jamar, the pioneer of African animated film, made by renowned Congolese animator Jean-Michel Kibushi who also oversaw the restoration of Jamar's original 16mm prints. The Palavers of Mboloko is a series of seven short 16mm color “animated cartoons for Africans” produced in the Belgian Congo by the priest Father Roger Jamar during the 1950s. They have been called the first ‘African’ films, despite being made by Europeans, because they incorporated elements of African folklore and music.
A shoeshine boy observes the rhythmic passing of people's curious shoes.
"Rêve de chien", an animated short film by Jourdain Kielukusu Izu Di Do, was made in Kinshasa between 2012 and 2013, during the Afriqu'Anim'Action project led by the Studios Malembe Maa (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Ndoko, a hard-headed little girl, has disobeyed her mother once again. Then she learns that her baby brother has been abducted by a cannibal monster. Ndoko leaves to save the poor thing … An ethical story set in a pre-colonial Africa.
"C'est urgent!", an animated short film by Armel Pululu, was made in Kinshasa between 2012 and 2013, during the Afriqu'Anim'Action project led by the Studios Malembe Maa (Democratic Republic of Congo).
This animated short film by Carlos Kalonji was produced in Kinshasa as part of the beneficiary project Afriqu'Anim'Action, piloted by Studios Malembe Maa (Democratic Republic of Congo). In the film, three police officers deal with traffic infractions in the buzzing streets of a city neighborhood. A humorous tone is set from the beginning, when we see a policeman studying the rules of the highway code just minutes before beginning his shift.
The charming story of a beautiful and shy girl, Kanyange, who turns down all suitors until a bird tricks her into crossing a stream to meet the prince on the other bank.
In a little town in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an armed band emerges and raids the classes in a school. Narrated by a child who witnesses the horror of mining for the benefit of unknown people and power, this story based on true facts revales the fatal connections of the world economy.
The daily travails of the beleaguered Mrs. Kokoriko and her hapless husband.
Highlights issues of deforestation and climate change and the two alternatives available to humans: to change our habits or to become extinct.
This film presents a devastating portrait of a society rife with corruption, as experienced by a young boy in Kinshasa trying to survive.
