Democratic Republic of the Congo Movies

Max wakes up one morning and discovers that his wife Hélène has left him in his sleep, without a word, taking their two children with...

The Congolese-Belgian artist Baloji looks at Congolese pygmy wedding traditions.

An artist runs out of paint days before an exhibition. Desperate for money, he decides to run a hustle: he swaps his brushes for a Bible and heads to...

In the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Furaha and Venantie, forge an unbreakable bond after experiencing unimaginable trauma. Together,...

Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji’s fascinating film essay explores the Democratic Republic of Congo’s colonial history and its...

French couple Jean and Marie go on their honeymoon in Jean's hometown in Africa. They end up in the middle of a tense political situation as soon as...

In the claustrophobic depths of the Mutoshi mine in Katanga (DRC), Ndjimu follows The Rememberers – a community labouring in unsafe and brutal...

The story of Fakau Bilo is that of a man who, despite his experience and status, feels powerless in the face of a force beyond his control. An...

A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon to futuristic solitary clubbing, from an urban...

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists...

In Kinshasa, despite preparations for the construction of Africa's largest power station, the population often finds itself without electricity. The...

A film about the gift of re-membering what was dis-membered by the colonial project. Dreamscapes, ritualised practices of sharing and ancestral...

Christine is head of the financial department at the Kintambo maternity ward. Her job is to ensure that all patients have paid the hospital fees....

1933, North-East Congo: The Belgian colonial authorities accuse a group of men of being Aniotos, men who kill like the leopard. There is no visual...

Footage of the investigation documentary telling about the extermination of African elephants lasted almost three years. The film crew traveled...

Over the city of Lubumbashi looms the mampala or slag heap of the Étoile du Congo cobalt mine, its lower slopes today sifted by the...

Kongo lives in Brussels, in the « Matongé » district on which he is writing a book. His editor wants a kind of traveller’s...

In Kinshasa, "Zagué" saturates the sound of the working class neighborhoods, broadcast by the DJs who hold their broadcasting booths in the...

Kisolo is one of a thousand variants of the global Ur-game, Mancala, a “sowing” game sometimes still played with seeds even when using a...