The organizers of the said event unveiled on Friday January 10, the official list of films selected in several categories.
The 29th edition of the Ouagadougou Pan-African Cinema and Television Festival (Fespaco) will be held from February 22 to March 1 in Burkina Faso. The organizing committee made public on January 10, the official list of films selected in several categories.
There are two hundred and thirty-five films among one thousand three hundred and fifty-one submitted, from forty-eight countries. In the official list, three Congolese films appear. Notably “ When will Africa? », a 96-minute documentary by Franco-Congolese director David Pierre Fila, selected in the Panorama category, « Tongo Saa » by Nelson Makengo is part of the feature documentary competition and « Talking Lobby » (Tomorrow it will go), by Eli Mamene, placed in the shorts competition category.
« Tongo Saa » is a film shot in Lingala and released last year paints an emotional portrait of the inhabitants of the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, faced with the challenges of daily life. “ When will Africa? » takes us to the heart of Africa, to the center of the cradle of the Bantu where the only wealth apart from men is found in soil, wood, gold and diamonds. He draws a fresco populated with faces and voices which shape and tell the story of the landscape and the territory which is emptying of its underground resources.
-« Talking Lobby » (Demain ça ira), is a film lasting approximately 15 minutes, which tells the story of the resilience and resistance of the inhabitants of Goma, a city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo cut off from the world by war for several decades.
Placed under the theme “African cinema and cultural identities », Fespaco highlights the richness and diversity of African cinema and the diaspora.
