‘Congo Boy’ Review: Congolese Filmmaker Rafiki Fariala Finds Poetry in the Chaos of War Displacement
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‘Congo Boy’ Review: Congolese Filmmaker Rafiki Fariala Finds Poetry in the Chaos of War Displacement
“Congo Boy” opens with a big setpiece set in a dance club: The camera follows two young men as they walk around searching for someone, the audience immediately thrown into a vibrant milieu of throbbing music and writhing bodies. Before they can settle in, some soldiers enter the club and start firing away, scaring patrons as well as the rapper on stage, who abandons his set. In the ensuing chaos, one of those two young men takes the stage, goade…
Cannes 2026: Congo Boy Earns Major Acting Honour at Un Certain Regard
Congo Boy emerged as one of the standout titles at the 2026 Un Certain Regard awards at the Cannes Film Festival, with lead actor Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset winning the Best Actor prize for his performance in the acclaimed film directed by Rafiki Fariala from Democratic Republic of Congo. The recognition places Congo Boy among the most celebrated films in this year’s Un Certain Regard section, which spotlights bold auteur cinema and emerging vo…
"Congo Boy" is one of the films that illuminated the section Un certain regard, at the Cannes Film Festival. Under the cover of fiction, Rafiki Fariala tells about his career as a Congolese refugee in the Central African Republic, and how his family and music carried him. Meeting with the director and his main actor, Bradley Fiomona.
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