Zero Attitude Flix

25/12/2024

A travers ces lumineux sourires, je vous souhaite, à tous, de joyeuses fêtes et une fructueuse année 2025.

Ces sourires sont ceux des cinéastes Junior Mozese et Ruben Mayoko. Ils nous gratifient de la lumière de leur sourire pourtant ils passent cette période spéciale loin de leurs familles respectives.

Depuis le mois novembre, Junior et Ruben filment les repérages de leur film documentaire ABETI. Pour ce travail, ils ont emménagé dans un « quartier » dangereux de Kinshasa, ils ont traversé le fleuve Congo sur un « bateau » de fortune et pour terminer, ils se sont installés dans un village en pleine forêt équatoriale.

L’histoire qu’ils veulent raconter est passionnante, bien sûr, mais leur détermination la transcende pour en faire un récit opportun et sensible à taille humaine.

Ensemble, nous allons faire d’ABETI le film qu’il est.

Merci pour tout. 2024 était exceptionnelle.

Let’s go for the next step. Let’s go for ABETI. Let’s go for 2025.

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11/12/2024

Congratulations to Congolese Documentary Producer, Moimi Wezam one of two producers selected for a support award from Docubox - The East African Documentary Film Fund Moimi's project, "Abeti" bagged a development grant in this year's Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab in Kampala!
As part of our post Lab support program this year, Docubox - The East African Documentary Film Fund supports and nurtures filmmakers by providing funding, training, mentorship and networking opportunities and an all round community for filmmakers. Thank you Docubox!

10/11/2024

ABETI, our film project was honored with the DOCUBOX: The African Documentary Film Fund Award at the 4th edition of the LAKES CREATIVE PRODUCERS LAB held in from November 4 to 8, 2024.

This award is a big boost for Junior Mozese and Ruben Mayoko, the young and ambitious directors of this documentary film about the story of ABETI - a woman in her forties who is fighting to escape the inhumane conditions in which she currently lives in order to provide a better life for her two daughters and her new-born grandchild.

ABETI is a difficult but very important documentary film in a world where almost everything is going wrong. That's why our film company ZERO ATTITUDE FLIX is fighting to make it a reality.

The Democratic Republic of Congo was not (initially) invited to this prestigious event for East African producers. We lobbied hard to get in, and our ABETI project won a nice award.

The other two projects from Congo, LES BILOKOS presented by Giresse Kassonga and LES MAITRES DE LA FOUDRE presented by Erickey Bahati, also won prizes, raising the country's flag high.

Many filmmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have exciting film projects that the world is interested in. These powerful film projects can help restore peace, create business opportunities and improve our country's image. A real change of narrative, far from the long, pompous speeches that convince no one.

We do our part. Long live the Congolese cinema!

Thanks to the GREAT LAKES CREATIVE PRODUCERS LAB team, the DOCUBOX team, the partners, the mentors and the colleagues.

28/10/2024

It’s a wrap for NZONZING.

What a crazy film project!

In a world where the greyness of robotics is defined as the only option for the future.
In a world where physical appearance is beginning to count for more than anything else.
In a world where humans are increasingly isolated.
In a Democratic Republic of the Congo where chaos is institutionalized; Lordi Hénoch, Tychique and Andria invent an ingenious business to support themselves and break down borders.

They alone carry the energy of a whole generation abandoned to its own fate but who refuses to capitulate.

Lordi Henoch, Tychic and Andria do not complain. They work, they fail, they laugh, they cry and most of all... they live.

We've been working on the documentary film NZONZING since 2019, and we hope it will carry that energy - essence without which a city like Kinshasa would already have lost its incandescent luminescence.

Now it's time for post-production.

Many thanks to the entire team. Nelson, Angèle, Michael, Merdie, Mozese, Ruben, Okoko, Michée, Isaac, Julio, Paulvy, Bibiane, Larisa, Karidia, Merry et tous les autres.

Zero Attitude Flix, Karoninka, Quiet Revolutions Pictures, Theatre Urbain Studio et Production.

Bourse brouillon d’un rêve, Fonds image de la francophonie, Jeune Création Francophone, Durban Filmmart, Ouaga Film Lab, VdR Industry, TV5monde, Berlinale Talents, DocSur MirasdasDoc.

Clap de fin pour NZONZING !

Mais quelle dinguerie ce film ?

Dans un monde où la grisaille de la robotique est définie comme unique option du futur.
Dans un monde où l’apparence physique commence à compter plus que tout.
Dans un monde où les humains s’isolent de plus en plus.
Dans une république démocratique du Congo où le chaos est institutionnalisé ; Lordi Hénoch, Tychique et Andria s’inventent un business ingénieux qui leur permet de subvenir à leurs besoins et de briser les frontières.

A eux seuls, ils portent l’énergie de toute une génération abandonnée à son propre sort mais qui refuse de capituler.

Lordi Hénoch, Tychique et Andria ne se plaignent pas. Ils travaillent, ils échouent, ils rient, ils pleurent et plus que tout… Ils vivent.

Nous travaillons sur le film documentaire NZONZING depuis 2019 et nous espérons qu’il portera cette énergie - essence sans laquelle une ville comme Kinshasa aurait déjà perdu son incandescente luminescence.

Place maintenant à la post-production.

Merci infiniment à toute la belle équipe. Nelson, Angèle, Michael, Merdie, Mozese, Ruben, Okoko, Michée, Isaac, Julio, Paulvy, Bibiane, Larisa, Karidia, Merry et tous les autres.

Zero Attitude Flix, Karoninka, Quiet Revolutions Pictures, Theatre Urbain Studio et Production.

Bourse brouillon d’un rêve, Fonds image de la francophonie, Jeune Création Francophone, Durban Filmmart, Ouaga Film Lab, VdR Industry, TV5monde, Berlinale Talents, DocSur MirasdasDoc.

09/10/2024

Le projet de film long métrage documentaire ABETI réalisé par Junior Mozese et Ruben Mayoko entre dans une nouvelle phase de développement grâce à sa sélection à la quatrième édition de GREAT LAKES CREATIVE PRODUCERS LAB

Produit par Moimi Wezam pour ZERO ATTITUDE FLIX, cet audacieux projet a participé au programme IMPALA 2023-2024.

09/07/2024

FR

NZONZING, long métrage documentaire de Moimi Wezam, nous plonge dans le cœur de Kinshasa où l’on est obligé de se réinventer chaque matin. Ici les gens ne survivent pas…. ils vivent.

Coproduction entre la république démocratique du Congo, le Sénégal et le Canada, NZONZING est actuellement en production…

EN

NZONZING, a feature-length documentary by Moimi Wezam, plunges us into the heart of Kinshasa, where we are forced to reinvent ourselves every morning. Here people don't survive.... they live.

A co-production between the Democratic Republic of , and , NZONZING is currently in production...

21/06/2024

As a UNESCOworld heritage site, the Virunga National Park needs no introduction. For several decades, its resources have sustained life in the east of the democratic republic of Congo. When these resources are poorly exploited, an imbalance is created. The population embarks on desperate initiatives such as deforestation, poaching and illegal logging, thinking they are guaranteeing its survival but instead hastening its demise.

Aware of this, the VIRUNGA Foundation is protecting the park by initiating projects aimed at improving the quality of life of the local population in an equitable manner. These projects cover several areas and are supported by partners such as USAID - US Agency for International Development

This VIRUNGA ENERGIES film presents the development of these projects and their direct impact on the population, based on the model of clean electricity distribution in Goma by the company Virunga Energies, which covers more than 50 % of the market.

The filming took place in November 2023. There was war in the region. The rebels were trying to take control of Goma. But it was important for the two directors, Moimi Wezam and Nelson Makengo, to honour the work done night and day by the VIRUNGA teams.

Thanks to the US Embassy Kinshasa and USAID for making this possible.

Well done to the VIRUNGA FOUNDATION, VIRUNGA ENERGIES, VIRUNGA DEVELOPMENT and Virunga Alliance

Thank you to everyone who took part.

Many thanks to the film team.

03/07/2023

5 years ago, my mates and I produced .
Our primary motivation was to bring our project to fruition and assess our capabilities at the time. We called this beautiful documentary ZERO because it marked a renewal for us and for our characters.
We achieved it, and we're proud of it. The rest is history.

https://www.amazon.de/placeholder_title/dp/B09V37N5TB

Amazon Prime Video

11/06/2023

Thanks to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's arable land, we shouldn't be talking about the lack of foodstuffs, as Vice Primature, Ministère de l'Économie Nationale, RD Congo has done. The Congolese should be working on mastering the production flow, improving or industrializing several types of foodstuffs.

In the case of cassava, whose derivatives are a staple food for most Congolese, Marie-claire Yandju has been working for several years on detoxification, improved preservation techniques, processing and industrialization.

I present the work of this brilliant lady in my documentary short REINVENTING CASSAVA, produced by Big World Cinema for Al Jazeera English's AFRICA DIRECT.

You can watch this beautiful short film on these links:

https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Dt8grrH7fWA&t=144s

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/africa-direct/2023/6/7/reinventing-cassava-in-dr-congo

Thanks to all the great and beautiful team who accompanied me: Moimi Wezam, Nelson Makengo, Junior Mozese, Raïssa Tshikandama, Steven Markovitz, Brian Tilley, Angele Diabang, Tamsin Ranger, Pandora Maphumulo, Stephen Abbott, Emily Bussac, Michael Botha, The Workroom, Nic Apostoli, Strangelove Studios

Thanks also to Madame Marie-Claire Yandju and Manitech Congo for their time, commitment, understanding, trust and patience.

The results and feedback are magnificent.

Zero Attitude Flix, Big World Cinema, Africa Direct, Aljazeera English