FESTIVALS:
*Dok.Fest Münich (Germany)
* IDFA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
* Visions du Réel (Nyon, Switzerland)
* DocHouse London (UK)
* DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland)
* Etonnants Voyageurs (Rennes, France)
* Ânûû-rû âboro (Koné, Nouvelle Calédonie)
* Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival (Germany)
* Cinemigrante (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
* Comptoir du Doc (Rennes, France)
* Doc Cévennes - Festival international du documentaire en Cévennes (Lasalle, France)
* Open City Docs (London, UK)
* Black Movie Festival (Genève, Switzerland)
* Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival (Germany)
* Festival cinémas d'Afrique (Lausanne, Switzerland)
* Forum Saint-Pierre (Genève, Switzerland)
* African Film Festival of Verona (Verona, Italy)
* Pôle Sud - Cinémas d’Afrique (Lausanne, Switzerland)
* Africa Alive Festival (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
* African Studies Centre (Leiden, The Netherlands)
* Hamburg African Film Festival (Hamburg, Germany)
* FOKAL - Fondation Connaissance et libertés (Haïti)
* Cinéma CityClub (Pully, Switzerland)
* Open Doek (Turnhout, Belgium)

Awards:
Best Belgian documentary at Docville Int'l FF in Leuven

Empire of Dust

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Empire of Dust

by Bram Van Paesschen
Savage Film
| 77’ | Belgium | 2011 | HD Loa Yang and Eddy both work for the Chinese Railway Engineering Company in charge of rebuilding the 300km-long road that connects Kolwezi to the capital of the province Lubumbashi. Loa Yang is head of logistics for the group but when he sees that none of the necessary material arrives, he has no option but to leave the camp with Eddy, a Congolese man who speaks fluent Mandarin, and head out to deal with local Congolese entrepreneurs. The result is an endless, harsh but absurdly funny roller coaster of negotiations and misunderstandings, as Lao Yang learns about the Congolese ways.