Written and directed by Wendy Bashi
The Kivu in Democrat Republic of Congo, a lake in one of the most unstable region in the world, is portrayed by the stories of local fishermen.
They live on, and thanks to the lake, they know all his secrets. They tell them, drifting with the flow on their pirogue or during a late evening gathering along the lake’s banks: two warring countries - Rwanda and DRC, the rumor of a killer fish, a gigantic reserve of methane about to blow up, or old woman’s fabulous memories... So many stories about life and death, fishing and legacy, which form a tales’ collection and reveals the secret identity of an amazing place.
Directed by Wendy Bashi
Director of Photography Herman Bertiau
Additional Director of Photography Nicolas François
Sound Engineer Loïc Villiot
Editing Geoffroy Cernaix
Location Manager Anne-Sophie Galand
Sound Mix Loïc Villiot
Color Correction Louis Bastin
Produced by Aurélien Bodinaux
Production Neon Rouge
Coproduction CIRTEF, CBA, Gsara, Karoninka (Sénégal), Tact Production (France), Cinaps Télévision
With the support of CBA, GSARA, CNC, OIF, DGD
Genre Documentary – colors
Language Swahili & French
Subtitles FrenchFormat 16/9
Sound Stereo
Shot on HDV
- Festival de Bukavu (Congo 07/2015)
- Congo in Harlem (New York, USA 10/2015)
- CinéSah Festival (Garoua, Cameroun 10/2015)
- URUSARO International Women Film Festival (Kigali, Rwanda 12/2015)
- Luxor African Film Festival (Luxor, Egypte 03/2016)
- Afrika Filmfestival (Leuven, Belgium 03/2016)
- Addis International Film Festival (Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie 05/2016)
- CINEF 2016 (Kinshasa, Congo 06/2016)
- Salaam Kivu International Film Festival (SKIFF) (Goma, Congo 07/2016)
- Afrika Film Festival Köln (Cologne, Allemagne 09/2016)
- Festival International de Films "Pêcheurs du monde" (Lorient, France 03/2017)
- Festival de Cinéma Douarnenez (Douarnenez, France 08/2018)