The official selection for the 12th edition of the Kinshasa International Film Festival (FICKIN) was revealed this Tuesday, October 14, 2025. A total of 48 films from 25 countries will make up the program for this major cinematic event on the African continent, scheduled to run from October 23rd to 26th in the DRC capital Kinshasa.
The Official Selection for the 2025 edition of FICKIN is divided into five main categories, namely:
- Feature Fiction Films
- Short Fiction Films
- Short Documentary Films
- Feature Documentary Films
- Animated Films
The official selection
1- Feature Fiction
| Where there is love, there is no darkness | Stevan Lee Mraovitch | France
| YIKIAN ! | Alidou BADINI | Burkina Faso
| Mirage | Kayshawn Wallace | USA
| A qui la faute ? | EBENDJE ELEDJA BENI | DRCongo
| Nail’s Man | TWANA SHERIYA | DR Congo
2- Feature Documentary
| Le voyage vers l'Est | Michael Sayinet | DR Congo
| Girls Don’t Cry | Renate Zylla | Germany
| Kûkai | Yue Liu | China
| Les dents de Lumumba | Ngulungu Kadima | DR Congo
| NZOTO | ONALUNDULA MARCUS | RD CONGO
| Derrière le soleil | Dhia Jerbi | Tunisia, France
| Catcher | DERHWA KASUNZU | DR Congo
3- Animation
| In The Sea | Alfred Robinson | Colombia
| BAN'A MAYI | MAUD-SALOMÉ EKILA BOFUNDA | DRC
| Simply Divine | Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin | Roumania
| Save the Himalayas | Shankar Borua | India
4- Shorts Documentary
| Mataperra | Rachel Trudeau | Canada
| HITCH 60 | Sara Al Obaidly | Qatar
| Hurry Up Hurry Up | Germain Le Carpentier | Mayotte
| Black Tide | Kim Yip Tong | France, Ile Maurice
| Beyond Olympic Glory | Shedrack Salami | Nigeria
| Les sentiers du doute | Laurino Raoelijaona GOURIO | Madagascar
| Guardian of the Well | Bentley Brown, Tahir Ben Mahamat Zene | Tchad
| Ride du Lion et pattes d'Oie | Juliette Léonard | Belgique
5- Short Fiction
| V's Secret | Bassma Farah Nancy | Égypt
| Les Semelles du quartier | Dominique Caron | Canada
| Zanatany | Hachimiya AHAMADA | Belgium
| Sans Filet | Tristan Lhomme, Benjamin Chevallier | France
| I Lay for you to Sleep | Ali Al Hajri | Qatar
| Retou cinéma Vox | Amina Awa Niang | Senegal
| TORD BALLE | Béryl Coutat | Réunion
| AYO | Yolade ECKEL, Françoise ELLONG-GOMEZ | Cameroon
| Par souci pédagogique | Hassan Benali, Charlotte Cayeux | France
| Et c'est tout pour ce Noël | Peter Vulchev | Bulgaria
| Regret | ABDELLAH MOUJANNI | Morroco
| Rise | Jessica J. Rowlands | Zimbabwe
| Café ? | Damar KANE | France
| KIELUE | Mélanie ZAWADI KADUKU | DR Congo
| The Leopards of Congo | Kiosa Sukami | DR Congo
| Old Righteous Blues | Muneera Sallies | South Africa
| ÉVEIL | SADY MASONGA | DRC
| Sur le toit | MUHASANI KASOMO | DRC
| MA'NGANGA | ZEPE KANDA | DRC
| La Légende de Kapinga Marie Thérèse | Doux-doux MALOBA | DRC
| Née d’un Deuil | Fistou KALONJI | DRC
| De l'autre côté | Eunice IBENG | DRC
| KAPINGA Marie Thérèse | Magellan KAHOZI | DRC
| Masque en Vadrouille | Junior DOKI | DRC
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