Machini

Frank Mukunday, Tétshim | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium | 2019 | 10'
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Original title
Machini
Synopsis
A stop-motion film that creatively and elegantly uses chalk drawings, stones and repurposed materials to describe the influence that mining has on the city and about the pollution and the slow destruction of man by man.
Cast
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Atelier Graphoui
Production
Picha l Twenty Nine Studio & Production
Editing
Frank Mukunday, Tétshim
Cinematography
Frank Mukunday, Tétshim
Editing
Caroline Nugues-Bourchat et Frank Mukunday
Language
French
Subtitles
Italian
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Biography
Tétshim was born in Kinshasa and is a designer, illustrator and cartoonist. He developed a passion for animated cinema and worked on various projects with many Congolese animators. In 2007, he created a collective with Frank Mukunday, Angelo Nzeka and Trésor Makong, with whom he still works today. In 2010 Tétshim and Frank Mukunday began as self-taught filmmakers, making short animated films and they founded the “Crayon de cuivre” studio in Lubumbashi. After two experimental short films, Cailloux and Kukinga, they made Machini, which was presented at the Biennale of Lubumbashi and then selected for the Festivals of Clermont Ferrand and Rotterdam in January 2020.
Filmography
2019 – Machini, sf
2015 – Kukinga, sf
2010 – Cailloux, sf
Biography
Frank Mukunday was born in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He developed a passion for animated cinema and worked on various projects with many Congolese animators. In 2007, he created a collective with Tétshim, Angelo Nzeka and Trésor Makong, with whom he still works today. In 2010 Frank Mukunday and Tétshim began as self-taught filmmakers, making short animated films and they founded the “Crayon de cuivre” studio in Lubumbashi. After two experimental short films, Cailloux and Kukinga, they made Machini, which was presented at the Biennale of Lubumbashi and then selected for the Festivals of Clermont Ferrand and Rotterdam in January 2020.
Filmography
2019 – Machini, sf
2015 – Kukinga, sf
2010 – Cailloux, sf

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