Riaan Kusuka kuntatheli yethu ekhethekile eCannes – I-Cannes Film Festival yethule izindondo zayo zokuqala ngoLwesine ngomklomelo oyingqopha-mlando we-“Tiger Stripes” yase-Malaysia kuyilapho amafilimu ase-Afrika eqhubeka nokujabulela ukugqama kweCannes ngokuboniswa kuka-“Mambar Pierrette”, isithombe esiseduze somthungi okhululekile nomama ongayedwana. eCameroon. Umqondisi wayo, uRosine Mbakam, uhlalele inhlolokhono ne-FRANCE 24.
Ikhishwe ngo:
Nge umjaho wePalme d’Or manje ekuhambeni kokugcina ngaphambi komcimbi wokuvala wangoMgqibelo, i 76 kwe Cannes Film Festival uqophe umlando ngoLwesine ngokuklomelisa umdlalo wokuqala ka-Amanda Nell Eu ophehla amandla isici, “I-Tiger Stripes” – ifilimu yokuqala ka-a umqondisi wesifazane waseMalaysia kusikrini kwe AmaCannes.
A ukufika-kweminyaka idrama ngowesifazane ukuthomba kugqugquzelwe nge uhlobo oluthusa umzimba, “I-Tiger Stripes” ithole umklomelo ophezulu kubha eseceleni Yeviki Labagxeki, enikezelwe kufilimu yokuqala neyesibili. Ijaji laliholwa ngumqondisi waseFrance u-Audrey Diwan, idrama yakhe yokuhushula izisu ethi “Happening” yazuza umklomelo omkhulu ku-Venice Film Festival eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Umenzi wefilimu waseMalaysia wawina izindondo eCannes ngokuthatha kwakhe isibindi ukuya esikhathini kanye nokuhlukunyezwa okubekezelelwa amantombazane amancane akhishwa inyumbazane imiphakathi yawo. Ngenkathi ifilimu isethwe endaweni yasemakhaya kanye ne-Conservative, u-Eu utshele I-FRANCE 24 ukuthi inomyalezo ojwayelekile.
“Ziningi izindawo emhlabeni lapho abantu besifazane noma amantombazane amancane besaba imizimba yabo noma bengenabo ubunikazi bemizimba yabo,” usho kanje ngemuva kokukhonjiswa okokuqala kwefilimu. “Ukuxoxa indaba yokuthi kwenzekani emantombazaneni asemancane kuyinto evamile emhlabeni wonke.”
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Amafilimu amayelana nezinselelo zobusha aphinde athola imiklomelo esele engxenyeni Yesonto Labagxeki. Umqondisi waseBelgium uPaloma Sermon-Daï uwine indondo yeJury Award ye-“It’s raining in the House”, elandela izelamani ezimbili njengoba zithole uthando lokuqala futhi zifunda ukuzinakekela, kuyilapho osemusha waseSerbia osanda kweva eshumini nambili u-Jovan Ginic ewine i-Revelation Award ngenxa yakhe. ingxenye ethi “Izwe Elilahlekile”, mayelana nomdonsiswano wengane eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala nomama wayo – isikhulu esiphezulu ekuphathweni kwalowo owayeyisiqhawe saseYugoslavia uSlobodan Milosevic.
Umama waba nesibindi eDouala
Kwezinye izingxenye zefestivali, “Cannes Moment” yase-Afrika kuqhutshekwe nokubukiswa kwamafilimu avela emazweni amabili angavamile ukumelelwa emibuthanweni yamabhayisikobho ehamba phambili emhlabeni.
I-“Omen” (“Augure”), isici esithembisayo sokuqala somculi we-rapper wase-Belgian-Congo u-Baloji, samba ingqikithi yokuxoshwa nokucwaswa ngeqoqo labalingisi abanqatshelwe imiphakathi yabo ngemva kokusolwa ngokuthakatha. Ukuhlolwa kwayo ku- Ngokungaqinisekile ibha eseceleni imake okokuqala ngqa ifilimu evela eDemocratic Republic of Congo ikhonjiswa okokuqala kwe AmaCannes.
Ku-Fortnight Yabaqondisi, ehambisana nefestiveli eyinhloko, u-“Mambar Pierrette” ka-Rosine Mbakam upende isithombe somthungi wase-Cameroonia nomama ongayedwana ozabalaza ukuze aziphilise ngenxa yobunzima bomphakathi kanye nosongo lwezikhukhula.
U-Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat udlala indima enkulu njengomlingisi ohlonishwayo, umama wezingane ezintathu osebenza ngokuzikhandla emshinini wakhe wokuthunga ukuze ahlinzekele izingane zakhe kuyilapho amakhasimende nomakhelwane besahlezi esitolo sakhe esincane, babelana ngezinto ezibajabulisayo nezidumazayo nge-tapestry elukwe ngobuciko yokuphila yomphakathi endaweni. idolobha laseDouala.
Isici sokuqala esiphawulekayo esisekelwe empilweni yomzala womthungi kaMbakam, “uMambar Pierrette” sithathela okuhlangenwe nakho komqondisi ekwenzeni amafilimu, okuke kwenzeka ngaphambilini. ihloliwe izingqikithi zokuzalana nokufudukela eYurophu. I-FRANCE 24 ikhulume nomdidiyeli wefilimu mayelana nokugxila kwakhe ezifundweni zomlingisi nokuzibophezela kwakhe ekuqhakambiseni izindaba zase-Afrika embonini yokwenza amafilimu.
I-“Mambar Pierrette” iyifilimu yakho yokuqala yenganekwane yobude besici, nakuba isekelwe empilweni yomzala wakho. Uwudweba kuphi umugqa phakathi kwedokhumentari nenganekwane?
Ngithole ugqozi empilweni kaPierrette ukuthi ngibhale umbhalo, ngiwubeke enhliziyweni yefilimu. Lapho sesiqalile ukuthwebula, abanye abalingiswa nabo bangeza okokufaka kwabo, okusondeza isithombe-skrini empilweni yabo.
Inganekwane ayilokothi ithathe izintambo. Indima yayo ukunezela okubalulekile endabeni futhi inikeze umongo owengeziwe. Ikakhulukazi, into eqanjiwe isiza ekugcizeleleni iqiniso lokuthi isimo esibucayi sikaPierrette emphakathini akusona nje umphumela weholo lakhe elincane, ukunganaki komyeni wakhe noma ipolitiki yaseCameroon. Kuphinde kuthathwe ku-neo-colonialism ehlala njalo eshiya ama-swaths labantu abampofu.
Isitolo sendwangu sisenhliziyweni yefilimu yakho. Lifanekiselani?
Ifilimu yami ixoxa ngendaba kaPierrette, ongumthungi empilweni yangempela. Ukuthunga kuhlobisa, kuhlanganisa abantu, futhi inkundla yakhe yokusebenzela iyindawo lapho abantu bevuleleka khona bacobelelane ngezimfihlo zabo. Ngangifuna ukuqokomisa ukubaluleka kwalo msebenzi wokuthunga izingubo nokuguqula, osewashabalala eNtshonalanga. Thina isitolo, kodwa silahlekelwe lobu budlelwano nalokho esikugqokayo.
Igumbi lokuthunga futhi imele ubudlelwano bobulili eCameroon. Asala amadoda phakathi emnyango, emnyango, kuyilapho abesifazane bezimisa endaweni yokusebenzela, behlala endaweni. Lezi zimo eziphikisayo zibonisa umehluko phakathi kwesizukulwane esisha sabesifazane abaqhubeka begomela kanye namadoda angawamukeli lokhu okuyiqiniso – futhi ngenxa yalokho abasesimweni esisengozini. UPierrette akathungeleli abesifazane kuphela, usebenzela wonke umuntu, indawo yakhe yokusebenzela ayifaki muntu. Ngokuhlala kude, amadoda azama ukuzivikela futhi agweme ukungabaza isikhundla sawo emphakathini.
Ifestivali yalo nyaka ibonakale nempumelelo kumafilimu ase-Afrika, ethwetshulwa yisizukulwane esisha sabenzi bamafilimu besifazane, ngokuqondene. Ingabe lokhu kunikeza ukubaluleka okuthile ebukhoneni bakho eCannes?
Ngempela kubaluleke kakhulu kimi. Siyazi ukuthi i-cinema yaseNtshonalanga ibe nomthelela ongakanani e-Afrika futhi iyaqhubeka nokwenza kanjalo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi imisebenzi yethu ihambe iye kolunye uhlangothi futhi ibe nomthelela emhlabeni cinema – ukwethula izindaba ezintsha, izindlela ezahlukene zokukhuluma isiFulentshi, nezinhlamvu esingajwayele ukubabona. Amazwe aseNtshonalanga kumele ajwayele konke lokhu.
Kuningi okwenzeka kuma-cinema ase-Afrika, kodwa le midlalo ayibonakali e-Europe. I-Afrika igcwele amafilimu ase-Europe naseMelika, kodwa mangaki amafilimu aphuma e-Afrika? Yingakho ukukhetha kwethu ku-Cannes Film Festival kubaluleke kakhulu. Lena indlela engcono kakhulu yokuthi amafilimu ethu abonakale eFrance, e-Italy noma kwenye indawo. Ngaphandle kwale mikhosi asikwazi ukuthekelisa imisebenzi yethu. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokubona amamuvi amaningi e-Afrika lapha eCannes kulo nyaka.
U-Souleymane Cissé waseMali ukhulume nge- “Ukwedelelwa” kwaseNtshonalanga kumafilimu ase-Afrika. Uthini umbono wakho ngendlela imboni yezamafilimu ebheka ngayo izwekazi?
Imboni yezamafilimu ivamise ukulandela imibono esuke yaqalwa. Amafilimu ambalwa ase-Afrika aphuma phesheya avame ukuqoshwa ngabaseNtshonalanga, empeleni, bamane baziqophe bona. Amafilimu anjalo ajwayele ukutshengisa i-Afrika ngaphandle kwabantu base-Afrika. Nganginesithakazelo sokuqopha u-Pierrette, kodwa abantu bavame ukungibuza ukuthi kungani ngingabonisanga indawo eningi efilimini yami. Angisoli bona, ngoba yilokho abakwenzayo kukhona wawuvamise. Banalesi sithombe sezwekazi elikhungethwe ububha futhi bafuna ukufunza leso sithombe. Kodwa ngeke ngiyishintshe indlela yami yokuqopha. I-Pierrette iyona engigxile kuyo ifilimu yami; ubeka isigqi, ukulandisa kanye nokunyakaza kwekhamera.
Abantu abebehambele le festiveli bazogoduka namafilimu ayisikhombisa ase-Afrika ezingqondweni zabo – hhayi elilodwa noma amabili, njengoba kuvamise ukwenzeka. Kukhulu lokhu. Lezi zindaba zizophakela amazwe aseNtshonalanga kodwa nemicabango yabasha Ma-Afrika, abazobona izindaba zabo zaziswa ngale izwekazi labo.
