International Film Festival of Ottawa

Downstream to Kinshasa (with Hibiscus Season)

Expired March 18, 2021 7:00 AM
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3 films in package
Hibiscus Season (La saison des hibiscus)
Zaire, January 1993. Rachel's family, an 8-year-old French girl, lives in Kinshasa in a house overlooking the Congo River. A sensual and intimate film about memory, writing and forgetting.
Downstream to Kinshasa (En route pour le milliard)
Permanently wounded victims of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make the trek to the capital to make their voices heard, to demand dignity and some kind of compensation.
Downstream to Kinshasa - Q&A with Director Dieudo Hamadi (en Français)
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Downstream to Kinshasa (Feature Film): Permanently wounded victims of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make the trek to the capital to make their voices heard, to demand dignity and some kind of compensation.


Hibiscus Season (Short Film): Zaire, January 1993. Rachel's family, an 8-year-old French girl, lives in Kinshasa in a house overlooking the Congo River. A sensual and intimate film about memory, writing and forgetting.


About the Pairing: Taking place a few years before events which set Downstream to Kinshasa in motion but still part of the same chain, Hibiscus Season presents the honest if hazy account of a family whose experience of war in Kinshasa greatly differs from those who seek justice in the feature presentation.


- Keltie Duncan

Permanently wounded victims of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make the trek to the capital to make their voices heard, to demand dignity and some kind of compensation.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    90 minutes
  • Language
    Lingala, Swahili (English subtitles)
  • Country
    Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Belgium
  • Director
    Dieudo Hamadi
  • Screenwriter
    Dieudo Hamadi
  • Executive Producer
    Dieudo Hamadi, Frédéric Féraud, Quentin Laurent, Aurélien Bodinaux
  • Cinematographer
    Dieudo Hamadi
  • Editor
    Hélène Ballis, Catherine Catella
  • Sound Design
    Sylvain Aketi, Dieudo Hamadi
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