Victoire Terminus, Kinshasa R: Florent de la Tullaye, Renaud Barret Land: Frankreich/Demokratische Republik Kongo 2008 Drehformat: DV Cam Format: Digibeta, Farbe Länge: 80 Minuten Sprache: Linagala, Französisch mehr Informationen

Kinshasa im Sommer 2006: In dem mittlerweile baufälligen Stadion, in dem 1974 der legendäre Kampf zwischen Muhammad Ali und George Foreman stattfand, trainiert eine Gruppe junger Boxerinnen für die Afrikanischen Meisterschaften. Gleichzeitig ist das Stadion Treffpunkt für Jugendliche und Schauplatz von politischen Versammlungen im Vorfeld der ersten demokratischen Wahlen in der Republik Kongo.
Sportlicher Wettkampf, politischer Wahlkampf und individueller Überlebenskampf werden in diesem vor Energie vibrierenden, rhythmisch pulsierenden und atmosphärisch dichten Film vielfach verschränkt [aus dem Forumprogramm]

How would you describe the aesthetics of your film?
We wanted to stick as much as possible to the manic atmosphere of Kinshasa.
The image had to be brutal & honest.
We didn't want to give an over-aesthetic vision of boxing or of "Africa". We hope the result is brutally honest...

Why did you choose to shoot on a digital format (was it solely for financial reasons, or did aesthetics play a role)?
Mostly for practical reasons. We had to work with light cameras, to stay unnoticed in the turmoil of the congolese elections and be able to flea at any time. We worked mostly on the old Sony PD 170 which is also extremly resistant (heat, dust, humidity). Plus this camera gives an extraordinary image texture when you shoot at dawn and during the night, which we did a lot in that film...

Which format exactly did you choose (MiniDV, DVCAM, HDV, HD...), and why?
DV Cam for higher quality even if we personnally did not notice any difference.

What was special about shooting digital (e.g. compared to 35mm, was it your first time with dv or are you used to it ..)?
We've always shot digital.

What was your shoot-edit ratio?
1 to 2%

One good word about DV / HDV / HD (or two):
nice (r)evolution

One bad word about DV / HDV / HD(or two):
not a single one