Through home-movies discovered at my grandparents' home in Bordeaux, I recount my childhood in Mandima, a little village in northeast Zaire, where I was born. Starting with a panoramic still of the great departure, I observe and recall those first ten years of that young boy who would, one fine day, have to leave for the city, for high school. He leaves behind his friends and a whole way of life. That life, his thinking and his codes, are to be learned anew.


estrelado / starring / avec :
Robert-Jan LACOMBE

a film by / un film de
Robert-Jan LACOMBE (Rob-Jan LACOMBE)

Switzerland, France, Democratic Republic of Congo | 2010 | Short Documentary | 10mins15

Première œuvre | First film

Graduate Film / Film d'études (Bachelor Cinema / Licence Cinéma, ECAL, 2010, Suisse)

Additional Resources:
In 2011, a year after the production of "Kwa heri Mandima", Robert-Jan Lacombe shot "Return to Mandima": in this 40-minute documentary, he filmed his return to the DRC, a country transformed by war, to try to find his childhood friends. The film then poses a reflection on the passing of time, the identity that is transformed, the strength of memories and bonds that can be broken.


Título / Original Title / Titre Original : Kwa Heri Mandima (Au revoir Mandima)
Título Internacional (en Inglês) / International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : Good Bye Mandima
Título (França / Bélgica) / Title (France / Belgium) / Titre (France, Belgique) : Au revoir Mandima
Outro título / Other Title / Autre Titre : Adeus, Mandima
Duração / Duración / Runtime / Durée : 10' (0h 10 minutes 15 secondes, 00:10:15)
Tipo / Type / Type : Curta-metragem Documentário / Short Documentary / Court-métrage Documentaire
Gênero / Genre : Retrato / Portrait / Portrait
Idioma / Languages / Langues de tournage : Francês / French / Français
Subtítulos / Subtitles / Sous-titres : Inglês / English / Français
País de Produção / Country of Production / Pays de Production : Suíça / Switzerland / Suisse
País do Diretor / Filmmaker's Country / Pays du réalisateur : Suíça / Switzerland / Suisse
País de filmagem / Country of Filming / Pays de tournage : França, República Democrática do Congo / France, Democratic Republic of Congo / France, République Démocratique du Congo
Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 2010
Ano de lançamento / Year of Release / Année de Sortie : 2010
Cores / Colors / Couleurs : Cor / Color / Couleur
Suporte de difusão / Media / Support de diffusion : Digi Beta
Formato / Aspect Ratio / Format Image :
Formato de som / Sound Mix / Format Son :
Visa Number / Numéro de visa (France) :
Orçamento estimado / Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel :
Période et lieux de tournage : Mandima (République Démocratique du Congo)
TAGS :


ELENCO / CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS - PARTICIPANTS (in credits order)
Robert-Jan Lacombe..................................................... Self / Dans son propre rôle


PRODUTOR / PRODUCER / PRODUCTEUR :
Lionel Baier

REALIZADOR / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Robert-Jan LACOMBE (Rob-Jan LACOMBE)

Guionista / Screenwriter / Scénariste :
Robert-Jan Lacombe

Dir. de Fotografia / Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
Robert-Jan Lacombe

Director de Som / Sound Recordist (Sound Engineer) / Ingénieur du son :
Robert-Jan Lacombe

Re-Recording Mix / Mixeur son :
Jérôme Cuendet

Montagem / Editing / Montage :
Robert-Jan Lacombe

THANKS / REMERCIEMENTS :
.................

PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
ECAL - École cantonale d'art de Lausanne [Suisse]

PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES
SwissFilms

VERLEIH / DISTRIBUIÇÃO / DISTRIBUTION / DISTRIBUTION :
ECAL - École cantonale d'art de Lausanne [Suisse]

SALES (World Sales / World Rights) / VENTES
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
Département Cinéma
5, avenue du Temple
CH - 1020 Renens VD, Suisse
ecal(@)ecal.ch | www.ecal.ch

CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
- École cantonale d'art de Lausanne | Lionel Baier | lionel.baier(@)ecal.ch | ecal(@)ecal.ch | www.ecal.ch
- Robert-Jan Lacombe | robijano(@)gmail.com

ISAN :
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RELEASE / SORTIE SALLES :
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PRÉMIOS / AWARDS / PRIX (a selection)
* WINNER: Leopardo d'Oro /// Festival Int del Film Locarno, Locarno, 2010 - August 2010
Bad Aibling, Nonfiktionale Festival des dokumentarischen Films, AVID Schnittpreis 2014 (Winner)
Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs, Lobende Erwähnung der Jugendjury 2012 (Winner)
Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival, Gold Plaque for Best Student Short (Documentary) 2011 (Winner)
Tabor, Desinic, TABOR Film Festival, Grand Prix 2011 (Winner)
Aspen, Aspen Shortsfest, Best Documentary 2011 (Winner)
Palm Springs, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Best Student Documentary Short Award 2011 (Winner)
Lviv International Short Film Festival, Audience Choice 2011 (Winner)
Tabor, Desinic, TABOR Film Festival, Best Documentary 2011 (Winner)
Sao Paulo, International Short Film Festival, Audience Choice - Top 10 International short films 2011 (Winner)
Schweizer Jugendfilmtage, Spezial Preis Filmschulen (bis 30 Jahre) 2011 (Winner)
Invideo Mostra Internazionale di video e cinema oltre, Under 35 Award 2011 (Winner)
Festival international de cinéma du grain à démoudre, Prix du public du meilleur court métrage 2011 (Winner)
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Best Image of the International Competition 2011 (Winner)
Fluxus International Film Festival on the Internet, Best Film by the Official Jury 2011 (Winner)
Locarno, Locarno Festival, Pardino d'oro (Concorso nazionale) 2010 (Winner)
New York, Cinema Eye Award, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking 2013 (Winner)





FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (a selection)

* World Premiere / Première mondiale /// August 2010

* Leopardo d'Oro /// Festival Int del Film Locarno, Locarno, 2010 - August 2010



(a selection)

Brest, 34e Festival Européen du Film court
12.11.2019 - 17.11.2019
Clermont-Ferrand, 40th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
02.02.2018 - 10.02.2018
Brest, 32e Festival Européen du Film court de Brest
07.11.2017 - 12.11.2017
6th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF)
25.09.2014 - 29.09.2014
7e Festival du film Court d'Ouroux en Morvan Partie(s) de Campagne
11.07.2014 - 14.07.2014
Bad Aibling, 7. Nonfiktionale Bad Aibling
13.03.2014 - 16.03.2014
Duisburg, 37. Duisburger Filmwoche
04.11.2013 - 10.11.2013
10. One Minute Film & Video Festival
22.08.2013 - 25.08.2013
Brest, 27e Festival Européen du Film court de Brest
13.11.2012 - 18.11.2012
22nd International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond
08.11.2012 - 12.11.2012

Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs
05.11.2012 - 11.11.2012
Kiev, 42nd Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
20.10.2012 - 28.10.2012
Lille, 12e Festival international du court métrage
16.10.2012 - 21.10.2012
Courtisane Short film Festival for Short Film, Video and New Media
30.03.2012 - 03.04.2012
9th True/False Film Fest 2012
01.03.2012 - 04.03.2012
Mumbai International Film Festival
03.02.2012 - 09.02.2012
Val-de-Marne, 22e Ciné Junior Festival international de cinéma jeunes publics en Val-de-Marne
01.02.2012 - 14.02.2012
10. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Almeria
05.12.2011 - 09.12.2011
34es Rencontres internationales Henri Langlois
02.12.2011 - 11.12.2011
12e Festival Européen du Cinéma Gonfreville l'Orcher
20.11.2011 - 27.11.2011
21st International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond
16.11.2011 - 20.11.2011
Essonne, 13e Festival du Cinéma Européen en Essonne
15.11.2011 - 27.11.2011
Wiesbaden, 24. exground filmfest Wiesbaden
11.11.2011 - 20.11.2011
20th St. Louis International Film Festival
10.11.2011 - 20.11.2011
6. Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo
09.11.2011 - 14.11.2011
Montreal, 14e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
09.11.2011 - 20.11.2011
Cork, 56th Cork Film Festival
06.11.2011 - 13.11.2011
4th Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife
04.11.2011 - 13.11.2011
Uppsala, 30th Uppsala International Short Film Festival
24.10.2011 - 30.10.2011
Lille, 11e Festival international du court métrage
18.10.2011 - 23.10.2011
Hamptons, Hamptons International Film Festival
13.10.2011 - 17.10.2011
16. Internationales Kinderfilmfest "Schlingel" Chemnitz
10.10.2011 - 16.10.2011
Chicago, 47th Chicago International Film Festival
06.10.2011 - 20.10.2011
9. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Shnit
05.10.2011 - 09.10.2011
Zurich, 7. Zurich Film Festival
22.09.2011 - 02.10.2011
Paris, 10e Festival Silhouette
27.08.2011 - 04.09.2011
Sao Paulo, 22nd Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
25.08.2011 - 02.09.2011
Gindou Cinéma-Rencontres
20.08.2011 - 27.08.2011
San Gio Video Festival
23.07.2011 - 27.07.2011
8th Fluxus International Film Festival on the Internet
29.06.2011 - 31.07.2011
Palm Springs, 17th Palm Springs International ShortFest
21.06.2011 - 27.06.2011
Washington, 9th Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Documentary Film Festival Washington
20.06.2011 - 26.06.2011
Tabor, Desinic, 9th International Short Film Festival
08.06.2011 - 12.06.2011
4th International Festival of Short Films Wiz-Art
26.05.2011 - 29.05.2011
Lisbon, 8th International Independant Film Festival Lisboa
05.05.2011 - 15.05.2011
Leuven, 7th Docville International Documentary Film Festival Leuven
30.04.2011 - 07.05.2011
Toronto, 18th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto
28.04.2011 - 08.05.2011
13e Festival International du Film Francophone de Bratislava
13.04.2011 - 17.04.2011
Aspen, 20th Aspen Shortsfest
05.04.2011 - 10.04.2011
Clermont-Ferrand, 33e Festival international du court métrage
04.02.2011 - 12.02.2011
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2011 - 27.01.2011
Leuven, 16th Leuven Kort
04.12.2010 - 11.12.2010
Winterthur, 14. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
10.11.2010 - 14.11.2010
* Selection /// 63. Festival del film Locarno (Locarno - Suisse, 04.08.2010 - 14.08.2010
München, Nonfiktionale Festival des dokumentarischen Films, AVID Schnittpreis 2014
Astoria NY, Cinema Eye Award, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking 2013
Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche, Lobende Erwähnung der Jugendjury 2012
Aspen Colorado, Aspen Shortsfest, Best Documentary 2011
Belo Horizonte, Fluxus International Film Festival on the Internet, Best Film by the Official Jury 2011
Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival, Gold Plaque for Best Student Short (Documentary) 2011
Gonfreville l'Orcher, Festival Européen du Cinéma, Prix du public du meilleur court métrage 2011
Lviv, Lviv International Short Film Festival, Audience Choice 2011
Milano, Invideo Mostra Internazionale di video e cinema oltre, Under 35 Prize 2011
Palm Springs, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Best Student Documentary Short Award 2011
Recife, Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Best Image of the International Competition 2011
São Paulo SP, International Short Film Festival, Audience Choice - Top 10 International short films 2011
www.kinoforum.org.br/curtas/2011/detalhe.php?c=26350&idioma=1

Tabor, Desinic, TABOR Film Festival, Grand Prix 2011
Tabor, Desinic, TABOR Film Festival, Best Documentary 2011
Zürich, Schweizer Jugendfilmtage, Spezial Preis Filmschulen (bis 30 Jahre) 2011
Locarno Stazione FFS, Festival del film Locarno, Pardino d'oro (Concorso nazionale) 2010



Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.swissfilms.ch/fr/movie/kwa-heri-mandima/EBE79FA0AA2B43B993E4674BBB602B6C
- www.swissfilms.ch/en/movie/kwa-heri-mandima/EBE79FA0AA2B43B993E4674BBB602B6C
- www.passeursdimages.fr/projet/kwa-heri-mandima
Updated by Thierno DIA, 18 June 2023


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Die Wiederentdeckung von alten Aufnahmen, die meine Grosseltern in Bordeaux aufbewahrten, war der Anlass, um meine Kindheit in Mandima zu erzählen - einem kleinen Dorf im Nordosten Zaires, wo ich geboren wurde. Ausgehend von einem Foto der grossen Abreise, versuche ich, mich an die zehn ersten Jahre dieses Jungen zu erinnern, der eines schönen Tages in die Stadt geht, aufs Gymnasium, und seine Freunde und eine ganze Kultur hinter sich lässt. Ein Leben, eine Mentalität und Codes, die es neu zu erlernen gilt.

Von Robert-Jan Lacombe

Switzerland, August 2010