Kisangani Diary

A film by Hubert Sauper
A 1996, 52 Min.
Stereo, Digi Beta, 16:9
Fertiggestellt

Synopsis

Along an overgrown railtrack south of the Zairen town Kisangani, ex-Stanleyville, an expedition of the UN discovers "lost" refugees. They are eighty thousand Hutus from far away Rwanda. The last survivors of three years of hunger and armed persecution that transpired throughout the vast Congo basin.

 

The film traces those refugees into the heart of the rainforest, follows the hopeless attempts of help. It goes to enigmatic places where massacres had happened only the night before. Nobody knows who was shooting.

Credits


Director, Script, Photography, Editor:

Hubert Sauper

 

Sound:

Zsuzsanna Várkonyi

Production Manager:

Hubert Sauper

 

Producer:

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

 

Production:

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion

 

with support of:

Ovni Paris

Land Tirol

Land Kärnten

HMDK Vienna

BKA Kunst

ORF


Awards

CENTAUR for best full length documentary, St. Petersburg (1998)
Grand Prix , Paris (1998)
2nd best international documentary , London (1998)
Best international documentary, Geneva, New York, Los Angeles (1998)
Best Documentary Film, New York Film and Video EXPO (1999)
Grand Prix, Nürnberg (1999)
Honorable Mention of the Int. Jury, Karlovy Vary (CZ) (1998)
Don Quichote special Prize, Cracow (1998)
Mention Special de la jury internationale, Montevideo (1998)

Festivals

St. Petersburg, 1998
Geneva, New York, Los Angeles, 1999
Montevideo, 1998
London, 1998
Cracow, 1998
Karlovy Vary (CZ), 1998
Paris, 1998
Amsterdam , 1998
Ft. Laudadale/Florida, 1998
Brussels , 1998
Seattle , 1998
Vancouver, 1998
Berlin , 1998
Nürnberg , 1999


Production