Kin’Gongolo Kiniata, a band of sonic eccentrics from Kinshasa, forges raw, electric music from scrap metal and sheer will. As they ready their defiant sound for the world stage, their dreams collide with the rigid reality of unjust immigration laws designed to deter young Congolese artists. Nizar Saleh’s film is a potent tribute to creativity under pressure, and to sound as an act of resistance.
– Lyse Nsengiyumva
Also in this combined programme
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What We Said to Brussels Airlines
The members of Collectif Faire-Part discuss a proposal from Brussels Airlines to show their films on board. -
Speech for a Melting Statue
At the zenith of the Black Lives Matter movement in Brussels, a poet imagines the removal of a colonial statue. -
In vele handen
A group of artists consider a contested collection of Congolese artefacts in a Belgian museum.
Film details
- Country of production
- Congo, Democratic Republic
- Year
- 2026
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2026
- Length
- 25'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
Shows of "Kingongolo Kiniata"
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AvailableVideo on demandEnglish subtitledPress & Industry
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KINO 3
This screening consists of the following films:
- What We Said to Brussels Airlines
- Speech for a Melting Statue
- In vele handen
- Kingongolo Kiniata
In-personwith Q&AEnglish subtitled -
KINO 4
This screening consists of the following films:
- What We Said to Brussels Airlines
- Speech for a Melting Statue
- In vele handen
- Kingongolo Kiniata
In-personwith Q&AEnglish subtitled