CATCHER (WRESTLER)
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The film tells the story of fallen wrestling celebrity Nyawunyawu from the town of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He leads a fight, namely the organization of a wrestling tournament for the post-mortem anniversary of a former world light heavyweight champion in 1974 in Germany: Kelekele Lituka, called “Godfather”, who was paralyzed and visually impaired years before his death and whom he affectionately called “Lourd”. CATCHER celebrated its world premiere at Fespaco 2025, where it won the Samba Felix Ndiaye Award for Best Debut Documentary. The film celebrates its German premiere at the Afrika Film Festival Köln.
Cooperation: Free Kongo Kollektiv, Deutsch-Kongolisiche Jugendinstitut e. V.
German premiere
CATCHER (WRESTLER) Direction: Derhwa Kasunzu, DCP, OmeU, 61 min
Guest
Based in Kisangani in the DR Congo, the city where he grew up, Derhwa Kasunzu tells stories from home, with words and for the past few years with images. As versatility is a necessity in the precarious context of the DRC, he trained at Kabako Studios in documentary writing but also in sound and image cinematographic technics, as well as in post-production. His path is shaped through encounters, with Faustin Linyekula, artistic director of Studios Kabako, with Gaël Teicher, producer and scriptwriter, the filmmaker Miguel Munha, and the Congolese filmmakers Franck Moka and Dieudo Hamadi. In 2018 he directed his first film INKERSON. His first documentary CATCHER (2024) won the Samba Félix N'Diaye Award for Best First Documentary at Fespaco 2025.