Petna Ndaliko Katondolo
Still: MatataThe works of award-winning filmmaker and educator Petna NDALIKO KATONDOLO (Congo) are acclaimed for their provocative Afro-futuristic artistic style, which engages historical content to address contemporary sociopolitical and cultural issues. He graduated in stage direction from the Experimental, Cultural and Ecological Workshop in Tchimba. Victims of War, the first play he wrote, explores the memories of the survivors of the genocide in Rwanda in 2004. He is founder and Artistic Director of the Yole! Africa cultural centre in Goma and the Congo International Film Festival. He has been artist-in-residence at the Stone Center for Black History and Culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Filmography
(selection, all short) Wakimbizi/Refugees (2002), Lamokowang/Calabash (2004), Digital 01 (2004), Threatened Fate (2005), Jazz Mama (2010, doc), Decoding (2019, doc), Matata (2019), Kumbuka (2021)
Petna Ndaliko Katondolo at IFFR
Matata
A photo shoot takes an unexpected turn, spiralling into dance-inspired dreamscapes. Matata flirts with liberation, away from the colonial gaze.
37'
Congo-Kinshasa
IFFR 2020
Kumbuka
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
59'
Congo, Democratic Republic
P&I Selection 2022