Kolwezi On Air

Idriss Gabel, Belgium, 2016, HDV, Format diffusion : 2.35 (pano), 73 minutes

Under the continual fire of RTMA’s cameras - the largest local television in Kolwezi - Congolese society, avid of its own image, discloses itself, unvarnished and shameless. We follow these journalists, motivated by the desire to inform at all costs. They overcome with courage situations sometimes perilous, sometimes funny, often sad and most of the time beyond fiction. Their recent and rapid adaptation to TV raises universal questions of independency from sponsors, of ethics facing sensationalism, and of die-hard investigative drive.

• Directed by: Idriss Gabel
• Screenplay: Idriss Gabel
• Photography: Idriss Gabel
• Sound: Idriss Gabel
• Image editing: Emmanuelle Dupuis, Sandra Biesmans, Marie Calvas
• Sound editing: Sébastien De Mol
• Mixing: Pascal Zander
• Languages: FR
• Subtitles: FR, EN
• Available formats: DCP, Digital
• Production: NAMELESS PRODUCTION
• Coproduction: RTBF, CBA, Les Films de la Passerelle
• Coproduction workshop: CBA
• Festival promotion:

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• Sales (interlational distribution):

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• CBA
• Festival selections:

  Cine Droit Libre (Burkina Faso) 12/16
  Cine Droit Libre (Côte d'Ivoire) 11/16
  Escales Documentaires de Libreville (Gabon) 11/16
  Traces de Vies, Clermont-Ferrand (France) 11/16
  Festival International du Film d'Amiens (France) 11/16
  Congo in Harlem (USA) 10/16
  Festival des Libertés, Bruxelles (Belgique) 10/16
  Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York (USA) 10/16
  Vues d'Afrique, Montréal (Canada) 04/16 

• Awards:

  Vues d'Afrique - Montréal (2016) - Section internationale documentaire - Mention spéciale

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