The Congo Tribunal
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Congo Tribunal |
| Country of production | Germany , Switzerland |
| original language | Swahili , Lingála , French , German , English |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Milo Rau |
| script | Milo Rau |
| production |
Arne Birkenstock , Olivier Zobrist, Sebastian Lemke for Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH, Langfilm AG |
| music | Marcel Vaid |
| camera | Thomas Schneider |
| cut | Katja Dringenberg |
The Congo Tribunal is a German and Swiss documentary film produced in 2017 by theater director Milo Rau .
production
Katja Dringenberg was responsible for the editing . The film was produced by the Cologne production company Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien and the Zurich production company Langfilm AG in coproduction with Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), SRG SSR and ZDF in cooperation with ARTE and by the Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen , the German Fund and the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media , the Swiss Federal Office for Culture , the Zurich Film Foundation , the Volkert Foundation and the Migros Culture Percentage .
A transmedia accompanying project with a tour, symposia and interactive web project, consisting of a game, an extensive archive and a virtual reality installation, was funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation's “Fonds Turn” .
The film started on November 19, 2017 with Real Fiction in German cinemas and on November 23 with Vinca Film in Swiss cinemas. It had its world premiere in 2017 at the Semaine de la Critique of the Locarno Festival .
content
In more than 20 years the Congo war has already claimed over 6 million deaths. The population suffers from a state of utter impunity, the crimes of war have never been prosecuted. Many see the conflict as one of the decisive economic distribution battles in the age of globalization , as this is where the most important deposits of numerous high-tech raw materials lie .
For “The Congo Tribunal”, Milo Rau succeeds in gathering the victims, perpetrators, witnesses and analysts of the Congo war into a unique civil tribunal in eastern Congo. For the first time in the history of the war, he has three cases negotiated and creates an unveiled portrait of the largest and bloodiest economic war in human history.
Reviews and awards
- The city of Zurich drew the Congo Tribunal on 21 November 2017 the Zurich Film Prize for "Best Documentary".
- At DOK Leipzig , the film received an honorable mention from the jury of the international competition in 2017.
- In 2018, this was followed by a nomination for the German Film Prize in the “Best Documentary” category.
- Nominated in the categories “Best Documentary” and “Best Film Music” at the Swiss Film Awards 2018