WATER & COLTAN
FROM THE SERIES: LANDSCAPES AND BODIES
Daniel Kötter in collaboration with Yasmine Bisimwa, Olande Byamungu and Christian Muhigwa
Germany, Democratic Republic of Congo • 2021 • 52 min. • 360° Documentary
Daniel Kötter in collaboration with
Yasmine Bisimwa Olande Byamungu
and Christian Muhigwa.
Germany, Democratic Republic of Congo
2021 • 52 min.
360° Documentary
SYNOPSIS
“Water & Coltan” transports its viewer directly to the places of the struggle of women in artisanal coltan mining camps in South Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo. Superimposed with a posthuman near-future scenario of the former coal mining Ruhr area in Germany the 360° documentary immersive experience combines two local sides of one and the same violent global phenomenon: the extractivist relation to natural and human resources with its long-term consequences for the environment and society.
TRAILER
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AWARDS
Special Mention XR + INTERACTIVE
SIMA • Social Impact Media Award. United States (2022)
FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS
IDFA Int’l Documentary Festival Amsterdam | IDFA DocLab • Immersive Non-Fiction Competition. Netherlands (2021)
FIPADOC, International Documentary Festival | SMART • Official Competition. France (2022)
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. France + Germany (2022)
Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival Vienna. Austria (2022)
BELDOCS Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival. Serbia (2022)
PACT Zollverein • Choreographisches Zentrum NRW Betriebs GmbH. Germany 2022)
Filmtage Globale Perspektiven. Germany (2022)
Filmfestival: Augen Blicke Afrika. Germany (2022)
Plein-Air Opolno-Zdroj. Poland (2022)
Tartu Drama Festival, Performa Borealis. Estonia (2022)
Artium Viimsi, Tallinn. Estonia (2022)
Filmtage Globale Perspektiven. Germany (2022)
Université Pedagogique National Kinshasa. DR Congo (2022)
Espace Culturel Les Mwindeurs, Kinshasa. DR Congo (2022)
L’Institut National des Arts, Kinshasa. DR Congo (2022)
L’Institut Français Kinshasa. DR Congo (2022)
Institut Français Bukavu, South Kivu. DR Congo (2022)
Espace Culturel Kwetu Art Bukavu, South Kivu. DR Congo (2022)
Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg | IFFMH. Germany (2022)
North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival. United States (2023)
Casino Luxembourg • Forum d’art contemporain | Exhibition “Ecosystem Assembly”. Luxembourg (2023)
Nürnberg International Human Rights Film Festival. Germany (2023)
PRESS
DE FILM KRANT • by Kess Driessen • Dutch Only
CREDITS
SCREENWRITERS / DRAMATURGY
Daniel Kötter
Anna Ptak
PRODUCERS
Daniel Kötter
Andrea Oberfeld
ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro
with Leoni Grützmacher
LOCATION MANAGER DR CONGO
Christian Chokola Muhigwa
Donatien Nakalonge
Desiré Kagere
RESEARCH
Yasmine Bisimwa
Olande Byamungu
Christian Muhigwa
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Daniel Kötter
SOUND DESIGN
Marcin Lenarczyk
SOUND RECORDINGS
Eckehard Güther, Frederic Kitoko,
Daniel Kötter
EDITING
Daniel Kötter
FESTIVALS & SALES
María Vera (Kino Rebelde)