BRANDEN
Lisette Ma Neza | Belgium, Netherlands 2024 | 18 min. | Dutch, Kinyarwanda with engl. subtitles
MONDAY, 12.05. | 5 pm
De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
Part of the Short Film Program ESSA II
Austrian premiere
Lisette Ma Neza weaves an audiovisual collage from songs, photographs, and interviews to create a poetic conversation with five women from different diasporas. They talk about leaving the places where they were born, about arrival, and about (never really) arriving. From the embers of violence they experienced, they found new strength in the diaspora and stand tall before the camera.
BRANDEN is a collective poem about leaving one’s homeland, and about the fires and smoke of armed conflicts that turn people into refugees.
Director: Lisette Ma Neza
Camera: Lisette Ma Neza, Azra Sterckx, Jean-Marie
Editing: Lisette Ma Neza
Sound: Lisette Ma Neza
Production: Neza
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Afrika Filmfestival, Belgium (2024)
Brussels Art Film Festival, Belgium (2024)
Courtisane, Belgium (2024)
KUKI 17 – Girls* Riot, Germany (2024)
Próximamente Festival, Belgium (2024)
Festival à Films Ouverts, Belgium (2025)
BIOGRAPHY
Lisette Ma Neza (Netherlands, 1997) is a poet with a camera. Her artistic practice is a constant attempt to translate herself and others. She transmutes the lives and feelings of the displaced, survivors of great violence, of Africans in Europe, of diasporas, of women… This research results in poetic essays, spoken word, film and theatre.
