KINSHASA NOW

By Marc-Henri WAJNBERG

WAJNBROSSE PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Social issues - Completed 2020

35.000 children accused of witchcraft and rejected by their families try to survive in the streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Festivals
& Awards

Venice - Biennale 2020
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2020
Festival dei Popoli 2020
Satis - 360 Film Festival 2020
Grand Prix
Real World XR 2020
VRFocus 2020
Global Impact
Festival Francophonie Métissée 2020
Festival international de programmes audiovisuels documentaires de Biarritz 2020
SMART
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Social issues, VR - AR, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, LINGALA
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 25 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marc-Henri WAJNBERG
    • Producer(s)
    • Marc-Henri WAJNBERG (WAJNBROSSE PRODUCTIONS)
    • Synopsis
    • The film Kinshasa Now is an experience where the viewer is immersed, thanks to a VR (Virtual Reality) helmet, in the middle of the streets of Kinshasa, where s/he will feel the difficulties of a child thrown in the streets. S/He will have to make choices accordingly and learn the street codes to find a way to a school and a center for professional integration.
      The protagonist who lives the action in his Virtual Reality headset decides the rest of the film, and the film continues in the chosen direction, without the image stopping.
    • Partners & financing
    • RG & Créatifs Associés (RDC), Wim Forceville (Belgique)
      Avec le soutien du Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Creative Europe Media, Le Fonds Audiovisuel Flamand (VAF),
      Wallimage Creative et le Fonds des Médias du Canada, Belga Productions,
      Tax Shelter, UNICEF, Amnesty International, Trust Merchant Bank,
      Fondation Jean-François Peterbroeck, Groupe Forrest International,
      Wallonie-Bruxelles International et l'Association suisse des Amis du Dr Janusz Korczak.
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Nov 01, 2018
    • End of shooting
    • Nov 29, 2018