Kinshasa Kids
Synopsis
Eight street children, considered sorcerers by their families, set up a music group to thwart their fate and take back control of their lives. Helped by Bebson, a lively musician who improvises as a manager, they will thrill Kinshasa!
Technical sheet
Director : Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Starring : José Mawanda, Rachel Mwanza, Emmanuel Fakoko, Gabi Bolenge, Gauthier Kiloko, Joël Eziegue, Mickaël Fataki, Sammy Molebe, Bebson de la Rue, Joséphine Nsimba Mpongo
Duration : 82 minutes
Year : 2012
A Wajnbrosse production
In coproduction with Inti Films (Belgium) et Crescendo Films (France)
With the support of Inti Films, Le Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, RTBF, VOO, Canvas, Le Fonds Audiovisuel FLamand (VAF), DGD, CNC, France Télévisions, Baya, Unicef and Eurimages
Bande annonce
"A film that is both radiant and fair"
La Libre
"Wajnberg has found, quite magically, the right tone"
Le Soir
"We leave Kinshasa Kids with the feeling of having been the privileged witness of an extraordinary project"
Cineuropa
"It's raw, pure, toned and courageous"
Le Mad
8 AWARDS
The Odyssée-Conseil of Europe Prize for Human Rights - Etoiles et Toiles du Cinéma Européen (Strasbourg) 2012
Audience Award - Bucharest Film Festival 2013
Special Mention "Man and his Environment" - Festival de Festroia 2013
Best Foreign Film Award - Black Screen Festival of Yaoundé 2013
Coup de Cœur - Marrakech Festival 2013
Humanum Prize - Belgian Film Press Union 2014
Magritte for Best Editing - Les Magritte du Cinéma 2014
Nomination for Best Film - Les Magritte du Cinéma 2014
53 FESTIVALS
*Venice days (World Premiere) / Venice Italy (Sept. 2012)
*Toronto Intl Film Festival (TIFF) / Toronto Canada (Sept. 2012)
*Vancouver Intl Film Festival (VIFF) / Vancouver Canada (Sept. 2012)
*New York Intl Film Festival (NYFF) / New York USA (Sept. 2012)
*Namur Intl Francophone Film Festival (FIFF) / Namur Belgium (Oct. 2012)
*Busan Intl Film Festival (BIFF) / Busan South Korea (Oct. 2012)
*Quinzaine du Cinéma francophone / Paris France (Oct. 2012)
*BFI London Film Festival / London UK (Oct. 2012)
*Zagreb Film Festival / Zagreb Croatia (Oct. 2012)
*Stars and Tiles of European Cinema / Strasbourg (Cinéma Odyssée) France (Oct. 2012)
*Mumbai Film Festival / Mumbai India (Oct. 2012)
*Hof Intl Film Festival (Hofer Filmtage) / Hof Germany (Oct. 2012)
*Thessaloniki Intl Film Festival (TIFF) / Thessaloniki Greece (Nov. 2012)
*Stockholm Film Festival / Stockholm Sweden (Nov. 2012)
*Kolkata Intl Film Festival (KFF) / Kolkata India (Nov. 2012)
*Black Nights Film Festival (PÔFF) / Tallin Estonia (Nov. 2012)
*Marrakech Intl Film Festival / Marrakech Morocco (Dec. 2012)
*Les Arcs European Film Festival / Les Arcs France (Dec. 2012)
*Africolor Film Festival / Paris, France (Dec. 2012)
*Black Movie Film Festival / Geneva, Switzerland (Jan. 2013)
*Festival Intl du Film d'Environnement (FIFE) / Ile de France France (Feb. 2013)
*Cinémathèque Belge de Los Angeles : Los Angeles California USA (Feb. 2013)
*Fespaco / Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (Feb. 2013)
*Prague International Film Festival - Febiofest / Prague Czech Republic (Mar. 2013)
*Festival Cinéma d'Alès - Itinérances / Alès France (March 2013)
*Music FF Philadelphia Film Society / Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA (April 2013)
*Movies that Matter / The Haage Netherlands (March 2013)
*Paul International Film Festival / Minneapolis USA (April 2013)
*Riviera Maya Film Festival / Mexico City Mexico (April 2013)
*Vues d'Afrique International Film Festival / Montreal Canada (Apr. 2013)
*Euro-African Film Festival / N'Djamena Chad (May 2013)
*Saint Malo Festival Étonnant Voyageur / Saint Malo France (May 2013)
*Festroia Festival / Portugal (June 2013)
*Écrans Noirs Festival / Yaoundé Cameroon (June 2013)
*Ezperanzah Festival / Floreffe Belgium (Aug 2013)
*Filmmambiente - Int. Environmental Film Festival / Rio de Janeiro Brazil (Sept. 2013)
*African Film Day in Oslo / Oslo Norway (Sept. 2013)
*Helsinki International Film Festival / Helsinki Finland (Sept. 2013)
*Autumn Film Cycle 2013 - Cinéma de l'Institut Français Centre St Louis / Italy (Oct. 2013)
*Etnia Film Festival, independent festival in Turku, Finland (Oct. 2013)
*14th Festa do Cinema Frances organised by the Institut Français / Portugal / Lisbon (Oct. 2013)
*Dialogue of Culture International Film Festival / Online Festival World (Nov. 2013)
*Exhibition on Congolese art at the Cleveland Museum of Art / Cleveland Ohio USA (Nov. 2013)
*Ciné Droit Libre Festival / Ivory Coast (Nov. 2013)
*European Film Days / Algeria Algiers (Jan. 2014)
*Teatro Comunale di Pergine / Verona Italy (Jan. 2014)
*Kalamazoo Francophone Film Festival / Michigan USA (March 2014)
*Francophonies 2014 Addis Ababa / Addis Ababa Ethiopia (March 2014)
*Ciné Afriqua 86 / Touring festival in several French towns (March 2014)
*Vienna Francophone Film Festival, organised by the Belgian Embassy in Vienna / Vienna Austria (April 2014)
*Bucharest European Film Festival / Bucharest Romania (May 2014)
*Rimouski International Film Festival / Quebec (September 2014)
*Lumières d'Afrique Festival in Besançon / Besançon France (November 2014)