Democratic Republic of the Congo Movies

  • 2020
    Matata

    Matata

    Matata

    02020HD

    The film follows a female protagonist who sits for a posed photography session. The session takes an unexpected turn, spiraling into a series of...

    Matata
  • 2022
    Kumbuka

    Kumbuka

    Kumbuka

    02022HD

    Two young Congolese filmmakers are surprised by the enthusiastic reception of Stop Filming Us, a Dutch film shot in Goma by Joris Postema in 2019....

    Kumbuka
  • 2018
    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit

    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit

    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit

    62018HD

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

    Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit
  • 1994
    The king, the cow, and the banana tree

    The king, the cow, and the banana tree

    The king, the cow, and the banana tree

    81994HD

    Mweze Ngangura takes us to his native region, Ngweshe, one of he six Bushi kingdoms in the province of Kivu, in Eastern Zaïre. In this region of...

    The king, the cow, and the banana tree
  • 1999
    Watt

    Watt

    Watt

    91999HD

    Blasty and Céli love each other, but Blasty has another love: his stereo radio set. When he walks the streets of his native Kinshasa,...

    Watt
  • 2021
    The Cost of Cobalt

    The Cost of Cobalt

    The Cost of Cobalt

    02021HD

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

    The Cost of Cobalt
  • 2026
    Yurugu - Invisible Lines

    Yurugu - Invisible Lines

    Yurugu - Invisible Lines

    02026HD

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

    Yurugu - Invisible Lines
  • 2024
    Rendez-vous d'avant l'aube

    Rendez-vous d'avant l'aube

    Rendez-vous d'avant l'aube

    02024HD

    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...

    Rendez-vous d'avant l'aube
  • 2021
    Malik: le trône d'Ankoro

    Malik: le trône d'Ankoro

    Malik: le trône d'Ankoro

    02021HD

    In the kingdom of Ankoro, in the heart of the Congo, lived the powerful king Malipo with unrivalled mystical power.

    Malik: le trône d'Ankoro
  • 2026
    Clichés

    Clichés

    Clichés

    02026HD

    In a Kinshasa house, a visit unfolds between two couples where everything seems in place, yet something is slightly off. At the center, Pamela...

    Clichés
  • 2023
    Destiny Traced

    Destiny Traced

    Destiny Traced

    02023HD

    Tomi is preparing to regain his freedom when he is confronted with an uncertain future. In his projection, he is alone without family or a home. In...

    Destiny Traced
  • 2023
    Speech for a Melting Statue

    Speech for a Melting Statue

    Speech for a Melting Statue

    02023HD

    On the soundtrack, poet Marie Paule Mugeni reads a speech prepared for the day on which the colonial statue of King Leopold II will be definitively...

    Speech for a Melting Statue
  • 2021
    Children’s Game #30: Imbu

    Children’s Game #30: Imbu

    Children’s Game #30: Imbu

    02021HD

    Though mosquitoes have almost as many sensory auditory cells as we do, their hearing is for the sole purpose of finding a mate. Individual males...

    Children’s Game #30: Imbu
  • 1970
    Life is a Railroad

    Life is a Railroad

    Life is a Railroad

    01970HD

    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....

    Life is a Railroad
  • 2000
    Article 15A

    Article 15A

    Article 15A

    92000HD

    In Kinshasa, rumor has it that the constitution includes 14 articles. And in order to face the increasing poverty of the people, politicians who have...

    Article 15A
  • 1970
    À la grâce de dieu

    À la grâce de dieu

    À la grâce de dieu

    01970HD

    The search for a doppelgänger who shares a pure expression of art takes Odoul to Kinshasa for his final film.

    À la grâce de dieu
  • 1998
    Un rêve d'indépendance

    Un rêve d'indépendance

    Un rêve d'indépendance

    01998HD

    People no longer know what the medical assistants were: neither the Belgians, who created this medical category during the colonisation of the Congo;...

    Un rêve d'indépendance
  • 1992
    Toad Visits His In-Laws 2: The White Orange

    Toad Visits His In-Laws 2: The White Orange

    Toad Visits His In-Laws 2: The White Orange

    01992HD

    With the help of the sun, the sage of sages and swallow, Ms. Toad manages to find the famous white orange that gives life to her husband and his...

    Toad Visits His In-Laws 2: The White Orange
  • 1992
    Zaïre, le cycle du serpent

    Zaïre, le cycle du serpent

    Zaïre, le cycle du serpent

    8.51992HD

    In the heart of the African continent, after thirty years of independence and twenty-five years of Mobutism… what future awaits Zaire? Over...

    Zaïre, le cycle du serpent
  • 2024
    In Many Hands

    In Many Hands

    In Many Hands

    02024HD

    Commissioned for the MAS museum’s 2020 exhibition ‘100x Congo’, Collectif Faire-Part facilitated a vital dialogue between residents...

    In Many Hands