Twenty Nine Studio & Production Movie Trailers

Up at Night Trailer (2019)

09 October 2019

Although Nuit debout opens with a woman’s account deploring the shortage of electricity in Kinshasa, the direct nature of the invective is put at a distance by the way it is treated: the image that should accompany the voice is first absent, then tripled.

Listen to the Voices Trailer (2025)

16 July 2025

Melrick is an unruly young boy who spends his summer in French Guiana at his grandmother's house to escape his turbulent daily life in Stains, France.

Rising Up at Night Trailer (2024)

20 February 2024

In Kinshasa, despite preparations for the construction of Africa's largest power station, the population often finds itself without electricity.

The Attachment Trailer (2026)

08 May 2026

Guinaw Rail, a forgotten neighbourhood on the outskirts of Dakar, is emptying out. Bulldozers are demolishing houses along the route of the ‘Train Express Regional’, the symbol of President Macky Sall's “Emerging Senegal”.

The Tree of Authenticity Trailer (2025)

30 April 2025

Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji’s fascinating film essay explores the Democratic Republic of Congo’s colonial history and its ecological significance.

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies Trailer (2020)

21 November 2020

Rumba Rules, New Genealogies offers an enjoyable, rough-edged glimpse into the music scene of Kinshasa, with impromptu shots drawing the viewer into jam sessions on plastic chairs, and the quest for perfection at the studio.

Machini Trailer (2019)

30 September 2019

Self-taught Congolese artists Tétshim and Frank Mukunday have been animating since 2010. Their stop-motion films use chalk drawings, stones and repurposed materials.