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Gilbert Balufu

  • Gilbert Balufu
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Film director, Producer
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Congolese (DRC) film director and producer.

Gilbert BALUFU is a filmmaker from DR Congo. In 1992 he founded with his brother (elder) Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda an Audio-visual and Communication Company. He made in 2015 his debut documentary "Congo! Le Silence des Crimes Oubliés", which was extensively debated. The film was short-listed by two festivals and also showed at other festivals in Africa, Europe, USA and Canada.

Source : Catalogue Fespaco 2017

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