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First DRC/SA feature film
Thu, 11 Mar 2010
The first feature film from DRC/South African company Suka! Productions, Viva Riva! is currently in post-production. Directed by the DRC's Djo Tunda Wa Munga, the film is a co-production between DRC, South Africa, France (Formosa Productions) and Belgium (MG Productions).
At the time of going to press, the film's South African co-producer, Steven Markovitz, had just returned from the Berlin International Film Festival, where he premi red Suka! Productions Congo in Four Acts. The documentary generated a positive review in The Hollywood Reporter and has been invited to 10 festivals, including HotDocs.
Congo in Four Acts was born out of a nine monthÊtraining programme with a group of-first time filmmakers,-seven of whom went on to work on Viva Riva!
Markovitz first came into contact with Djo Tunda Wa Munga in Cannes, France a few years ago when the latter was looking for a co-producer for Viva Riva!. We started working on projects together and Djo then asked me to become a partner in his Kinshasa-based company Suka! Productions. We set up a Cape Town branch last year.
Read more in the March 2010 issue of Screen Africa
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