Dieudo Hamadi (born 1984) is a documentary filmmaker from the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

.François Ekchajzer
"Le cinéaste Dieudo Hamadi, porte-parole des victimes de l’autre guerre des Six-Jours"
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'', October 7, 2021. Born in

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, he was a teenager when the

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broke out in the region. His first short documentary film, ''Ladies in Waiting (Dames en attente)'', won the Pierre et Yolande Perrault Grant for an emerging filmmaker at the

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film festival in 2010. The film was part of '' Congo in Four Acts'', an anthology of four short films by emerging Congolese filmmakers. In 2013, his film ''

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(Atalaku)'' won the festival's Joris Ivens Prize for Best First Film. In 2014 he won the festival's Potemkine and Société civile des auteurs multimédia awards for '' National Diploma (Examen d'état)'', and in 2017 he won the festival's Grand Prize for ''

Mama Colonel ''Mama Colonel'' (french: Maman Colonelle) is a documentary film from Democratic Republic of the Congo, directed by Dieudo Hamadi. The film focuses on the work of Colonel Honorine Munyole who, fights against sexual abuse and child abuse. In the ...

''. In 2018, his film '' Kinshasa Makambo'' won the Tim Hetherington Award at the 2018

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, and the True Vision Award at the 2018

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. His 2020 film ''

Downstream to Kinshasa ''Downstream to Kinshasa'' (french: En route pour le milliard) is a documentary film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, directed by Dieudo Hamadi and released in 2020. The film centres on survivors of the DRC's Six-Day War of 2000, many of ...

(En route pour le milliard)'' was named an Official Selection of the

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, the first film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo ever designated.Christopher Vourlias
"‘Downstream to Kinshasa,’ First Congolese Film in Cannes Official Selection, Honors Resilience of War Victims"
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'', June 26, 2020. Due to the cancellation of the festival in light of the

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, it was not screened at that time; however, it was given an online screening for distributors as part of the

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. It had its public premiere in September 2020 as part of the Planet Africa program at the

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,Jeremy Kay
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'', August 25, 2020. where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Amplify Voices Award.

Filmography

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(Dames en attente)'' - 2010 *''

(Atalaku)'' - 2013 *'' National Diploma (Examen d'état)'' - 2014 *''

(Maman Colonelle)'' - 2017 *'' Kinshasa Makambo'' - 2018 *''

(En route pour le milliard)'' - 2020Jonathan Romney
"‘Downstream To Kinshasa’: DOK Leipzig Review (Cannes Label)"
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'', October 27, 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamadi, Dieudo Democratic Republic of the Congo documentary filmmakers Living people Democratic Republic of the Congo film producers 1984 births