Kouté Vwa by Maxime Jean-Baptiste
- 2024
- Guyana, Belgium, France
- 76 minutes
- Hybrid
- French and Creole (VO)
- Writers Maxime Jean-Baptiste and Audrey Jean-Baptiste
- Director Maxime Jean-Baptiste
- Assistant director Elise Van Durme
- Producers Rosa Spaliviero and Olivier Marboeuf
- Production manager Juliette Hourçourigaray
- Coproducer Ellen Meiresonne
- Image Arthur Lauters
- Sound Killian Dadi, Tanguy Lallier
- Editing Liyo Gong
- With Melrick Diomar, Nicole Diomar, Yannick Cébret
Melrick, a 13-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother Nicole in Cayenne, Guyana. His presence and his desire to learn how to play the drum brings back the specter of Lucas, Nicole's son, also a drummer, who died under tragic circumstances 11 years earlier. Faced with the grief that haunts his family and Lucas's best friend's desire for revenge, Melrick seeks his own path to forgiveness.
Melrick, un adolescent de 13 ans, passe ses vacances d'été chez sa grand-mère Nicole, à Cayenne, en Guyane. Sa présence et son désir d'apprendre à jouer du tambour fait resurgir le spectre de Lucas, le fils de Nicole, lui aussi tambouyé, mort dans des conditions tragiques 11 ans plus tôt. Confronté au deuil qui hante sa famille et au désir de vengeance du meilleur ami de Lucas, Melrick cherche sa propre voie vers le pardon.
Produced by
Twenty Nine Studio & Production
Spectre Productions
Atelier Graphoui
Supported by:
Aide Innovation
Aide aux productions légères du CCA
New Dawn Fund
Aide de la Région Guyane
Festivals:
77 Locarno Film Festival 2024 (CH)
Chicago International Film Festival 2024 (USA)
CinéMartinique Festival 2024 (MTQ)
Festival des 3 Continents 2024 (FR)
Festival International du Film d'Amiens FIFAM 2024 (FR)
Festival International du Film documentaire d’Amazonie et des Caraïbes (FIFAC) 2024 (GUF)
Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux (FIFIB) 2024 (FR)
Festival Monde en Vues 2024 (GLP)
FIC Monterrey 2024 (MEX)
Film Fest Ghent 2024 (BE)
Französische Filmtage Tübingen-Stuttgart 2024 (DE)
La Toile des Palmistes 2024 French Guiana
Mostra São Paulo 2024 (BR)
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal RIDM 2024 (CA)
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2024 (CHN)
Vancouver International Film Festival 2024 (CA)
Viennale International Film Festival 2024 (AT)
Africa Alive Festival 2025 (DE)
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2025 (GB)
Cinélatino Toulouse 2025 (FR)
Contrechamps 2025 (BE)
Curaçao International Film Festival 2025 (CW)
Docville 2025 (BE)
Festival Cinema Africano, Asia, America Latina (FESCAAAL) 2025 (IT)
Festival En Ville ! 2025 (BE)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (FICCI) 2025 (CO)
Film by the Sea 2025 (NL)
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025 (NL)
New Directors / New Films 2025 (US)
Open City Documentary Festival 2025 (GB)
Premiers Plans Angers 2025 (FR)
Ramdam Festival 2025 (BE)
Sprouts Film Festival 2025 (NL)
Tempo Documentary Festival 2025 (SE)
Third Horizon Film Festival 2025 (USA)
True / False Film Fest 2025 (USA)
STLOUIS'DOCS 2025 (SN)
International Film Festival Innsbruck 2025 (AT)
Generation Festival Denmark 2025 (DK)
Galway Film Fleadh 2025 (IE)
Festival des 3 Continents 2025 (FR)
BlackStar Film Festival 2025 (USA)
Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) 2025 (KR)
Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International Film Festival 2025 (SI)
ETHNOCINECA – Verein zur Förderung audio-visueller Kultur 2025 (AT)
Sydney Film Festival 2025 (AS)
Awards:
Grand Prix Documentaire, CinéMartinique Festival 2024
Special Mention at the First Features Awards, Locarno Film Festival 2024
Special Jury Award CINE + Concorso Cineasti del Presente, Locarno Film Festival 2024
Special Jury Mention, Festival Monde en Vues 2024
Student Jury Award, Amiens International Film Festival 2024
Jury Prize for Best Feature Film, Amiens International Film Festival 2024
Human Rights League Jury Award, Festival Monde en Vues 2024
Erasmus+ Award, International Festival of Independant Film Bordeaux 2024
SCAM Award, Festival En Ville! 2025
Stefan Jarl International Documentary Award, Tempo Documentary Festival 2025
Yellow Robin Award, Curaçao IFF 2025
Nominations:
Shortlisted for the Documentary Film Selection of the European Film Academy 2025
Nominated for Les Magritte 2026
Nominated for Les César 2026
