Machini by Frank Mukunday and Tetshim

  • Docu-animation
  • DRCONGO/BE
  • Stop Motion
  • 10 minutes
  • 2019
  • French spoken (ST EN)
  • Directors and animators: Tétshim and Frank Mukunday
  • Supervision animation: Caroline Nugues-Bourchat et Patrick Theunen
  • Text: Fiston Mwanza Mujila
  • Sound: David Douglas Masamuna
  • Music: Francesco Nchikala
  • Sound design: Spilulu Mbolela and Cyril Mossé
  • Sound editing and mixing: Cyril Mossé
  • Producers: Rosemary Tshawila Binene, Rosa Spaliviero and Ellen Meiresonne

By necessity
and especially by the force of the machine
we have become sleepwalking beings
beings deprived of God, the damned of the earth
and test subjects over the black market of history
test subjects of the machine

Produced by

Production : Picha asbl and Twenty Nine Studio & Production

Coproduction : Atelier Graphoui

Supported by

With the support of Africalia, Fonds Jeune Création Francophone and Fonds Image de la Francophonie

Thank you to Sami Douenias and Wallonie-Bruxelles International

Awards

Best short FCAT 2020 (Spain)
Jury Special Mention at GIRAF 16 (Canada)
Zebu D'or Panafrican animation at 15th Rencontres du film court (Madagascar)
Best sound design and special mention Festival du Film Format Court 2020 (France)
Best animation film and best film on social change at LIPFF 2020 (Kenya)
Best short fiction at FICMEC 22nd Edition (Spain)
Grand Prix International Stop Motion Competition StopTrick IFF 2020 (Canada)
Bronze pegasus 13th International Animated Film Festival Animator 2020 (Poland)
Best documentary Award International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2020 (Cyprus)
Prix René Laloux du meilleur court d'animation Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême 2020 (France)
Prix du Public et Mention Spéciale du Jury – Animation Festival Le Court en dit long 2020 (France)

Festivals

Belgian Premiere : Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur / 30/09/19 / Namur / BE   Congolese Premiere : Biennale de Lubumbashi / 24/10/19 - 24/11/19 / Lubumbashi / DRCongo   International Premiere and international competition : DOK Leipzig / 28/10/19 - 03/11/19 / Leipzig / DE   Festival dei Popoli / 02/11/19 - 09/11/19 / Florence / IT   International competition : Cinanima / 11/11/19 - 17/11/19 / Espinho / PT   Francophone shorts / 07/12/19 - 08/12/19 / Harlem, NYC / USA   International Film Festival Rotterdam / 22/01/20 - 02/02/20 / Rotterdam / NL   International competition : International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand / 31/01/20 - 08/02/20 / Clermont-Ferrand / FR   International competition : Anima/ 21/02/20 - 01/03/20 / Bruxelles / BE   International competition : Tampere Film Festival / 04/03/20 – 08/03/20 / Tampere / FI   International competition : IBAFF Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia / 28/02/20 – 08/03/20 / Murcia / ES   One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 05/03/20 – 14/03/2020 / Prague / Czech Republic   International competition African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival 21/03/20 – 29/03/2020 / Milano / Italy   International competition : ANIFILM / 05/05/20 – 10/05/20 / Liberec / Czech Republic   Competition short film : Ecozine Film Festival / 05/05/20 – 14/05/20 / Zaragoza / ES

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