Soleil Levant by Mickael-Sltan Mbanza

  • in production
  • DRC
  • Feature documentary
  • director Mickael-Sltan Mbanza
  • production Rosa Spaliviero, Mwalimu Ndaliko Katondolo

Thirty years on, a filmmaker revisits a massacre that shattered his family in eastern Congo. As he confronts three generations and their silence, he uncovers how fear is passed on and asks whether breaking that silence can finally transform what has been inherited. Banana barks figurines and stop motion animation give a face to the missing and record the memory of a place erased by war, creating an imaginary space that transforms the burden into a source of healing and creative power.

Produced by

Alkebu Films Production
Twenty Nine Studio & Production

Supported by

Picha
Atelier Graphoui
SCAM - Brouillon d'un rĂªve
Fonds Image de la Francophonie
Ateliers de Grand-Bassam 2025
Prix Sud Ecriture
IDFA Bertha Fund
FIDLAB 2026