is an experimental film that engages a visual dialogue with the land of the DRC and its ancestral narratives.
It offers a gaze on the landscapes of the Democratic Republic of Congo to translate a sense of its unfathomable power, diversity and knowledge.
The scenery is presented as a character acting as a living entity and inhabited by the symbolism of Congolese traditions. The visual approach borrows techniques from multispectral imaging, resulting in an otherworldly experience with surreal lights and colour.
Combined with an original musical composition by Bear Bones, Lay Low, we enter into a sensory dialogue with the landscape, an intelligent, ageless being in constant transformation that challenges our perception.
Cinematography Léonard Pongo
Editing Fairuz Ghammam & Léonard Pongo
Sound editing & mixing Laszlo Umbreit at Empire Digital
Music Bear Bones, Lay Low
Sound recording Cedrick Mbongo Mbulu & Léonard Pongo
Grading Miléna Trivier
Facilities Cobalt
Graphic Design La Villa Hermosa
Production Auguste Orts & Twenty Nine Studio & Production
Technical Details:
HD video, color, 16:9, no language, 39’
With the support of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, kunstencentrum nona in the context of C0N10UR, Atelier Graphoui, AFRICALIA, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Black Rock Senegal & Parc National de l’Upemba ICCN-FPF
Tales From The Source has shown in
2025
- I-Fest International Film Festival – Calabria, (IT)
- Sep 4–14 2025
- Kunstenfestivaldesarts – Beursschouwburg – Brussels, Belgium
- May 13, 2025
- Art Brussels “The Screen” program, represented by Kristof De Clercq gallery – Brussels, Belgium
- April 27 2025
- Cinéma Fen – Gabès, Tunisia
- April 26 – May 1, 2025
- Academy of Arts – Vilnius, Lithuania
- April 25, 2025
- Cinema Lumière at FOMU – Antwerp, Belgium
- March 14, 2025
- BOZAR (Centre for Fine Arts) – Brussels, Belgium (Afropolitan Festival)
- March 1-2, 2025
- Festival du Jeu de Paume: Paysages Mouvants (commissioned installation version curated by Jeanne Mercier) – Paris, France
- February 7 – March 23, 2025
- Festival En Ville! – Brussels, Belgium
- January 31, 2025
2024
- Goldsmiths CCA (Centre for Contemporary Art) – London, UK
- November 28, 2024
- DOK Leipzig, Germany (German Premiere)
- October 31 – November 2, 2024
- International Competition Documentary Film section
- Doclisboa (International Film Festival) – Lisbon, Portugal (International Premiere)
- October 22-25, 2024
- Ishango Encounter – Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- June 22, 2024
2023
- Cinéma Lumière Mechelen (Malines) Part of “CON1OUR” Biennale – Belgium
- Saturday, October 21 – 28 – Avant-Première