Mawena Yehouessi, Fallon Mayanja, Rob Jacobs, Victoire Karera Kampire, Paul Shemisi, Anne Reijniers

Belgium, Congo, Rwanda

Mawena Yehouessi is a curator, researcher and artist. Inspired by Afrofuturism and Black studies, she co-founded the collective Black(s) to the Future (2015) and loves to work in teams. Their practice takes multiple forms: from producing exhibitions to filmmaking, critical writing to spoken poetry, translation and contemporary dance.

Fallon Mayanja is a sound artist, composer and performer whose practice engages voice, electronic music and speculative narration. A graduate of the Lisbon School of Fine Arts with a Post-Diploma in Sound Arts and a Master’s degree from INA GRM, Fallon’s practice is rooted in live performance. Their work explores listening as a political and relational practice, where sound, technology and environment operate interconnected mediums of exchange.

Rob Jacobs (he/they) is a filmmaker and organiser who approaches filmmaking as a form of conversation. With Paul Shemisi, Anne Reijniers and Nizar Saleh, he co-founded Collectif Faire-Part, a Belgo-Congolese film ensemble, in which he has primarily worked as an editor. Originally trained in Psychology, Rob maintains a strong interest in the intersection of well-being and creative practice.

Victoire Karera Kampire (1990) is a Rwandan-Belgian director and sound designer. She holds a Master’s degree in New Media and Society (VUB) and is a graduate of LUCA School of Arts in Audiovisual Arts. At the heart of her artistic quest is the notion of absence, filling her films – places of hallucinated archives and experimentation at the border of documentary and fiction – with ghostly presences.

Paul Shemisi is a Congolese filmmaker, cinematographer and interdisciplinary artist with a practice rooted in documentary storytelling, visual culture, and community engagement. Starting his career as a camera assistant for international film crews in Kinshasa, he then trained at Les Ateliers Action (INSAS). His practice also includes photography and rap music.

Anne Reijniers is a Belgian filmmaker, curator and farmer. In her artistic practice, she investigates collective filmmaking, decolonisation, anti-capitalist gardening, and slow forms of resistance grounded in care. She is a co-founder of the Belgian-Congolese film ensemble Collectif Faire-Part, with whom she develops collaborative film projects rooted in shared histories and political engagement. She also develops film projects that engage with ecological practices.

Photo: Caro