DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA a film by Dieudo Hamadi

DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA (EN ROUTE POUR LE MILLIARD) by Dieudo Hamadi, in Official Selection Cannes 2020, the first film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be selected in Official Selection Cannes.

For two decades, the victims of the Six-Day War in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been fighting in Kisangani for the recognition of this bloody conflict and demanding compensation. Tired of unsuccessful pleas, they have finally decided to voice their claims in Kinshasa, after a long journey down the Congo River.

Hamadi’s previous feature films have all been selected in festivals around the world (TIFF, Panorama in Berlin), as well as his short films.

DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA will be presented at the Marché du Film Online, and Dieudo Hamadi will be in discussion with journalist Claire Diao for the 2020 Doc Day Online.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo – France – Belgium – 2020 – 90 minutes

Image format 1.85 – Color – Sound 5.1

Produced by Kiripifilms, Les Films de l’œil sauvage

Coproduced by Neon Rouge

In coproduction with Al Jazeera Documentary Channel and with the support of Aide

aux Cinémas du Monde (CNC – Institut Français), TV5MONDE, Région SUD PACA,

Procirep Angoa, Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, taxshelter.be, Shelter Prod,

Coopération Belge au Développement, ING, IDFA Bertha Fund Classics and

Europe, Hot Docs Blue Ice Documentary Fund, Bourse Brouillon d’un Rêve de la

SCAM, PROCIREP-ANGOA, Recipient of the La Biennale di Venezia Prize of Final

Cut in Venice, Prix Laser Film of Takmil

Written and Directed by Dieudo Hamadi

Photography: Dieudo Hamadi

Sound: Sylvain Aketi, Dieudo Hamadi

Editing: Hélène Ballis, Catherine Catella

Producers: Quentin Laurent, Frédéric Féraud, Dieudo Hamadi