Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

Still: Matata
The 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Petna NDALIKO KATONDOLO (Congo) are acclaimed for their provocative Afro-futuristic artistic style, which engages historical content to address contemporary sociopolitical and cultural issues.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)