Katika Bluu – Cancelled
Katika Bluu (National Competition)
StĂ©phane Vuillet & StĂ©phane XhroĂŒet
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 2022. BRAVĂ, 16 years old, is exfiltrated from an armed group by the team of the CTO (Transit and Orientation Centre) in order to be reintegrated into society. But the young man, who has only known war and fighting, does not submit to the rules of the centre. As a lieutenant in the forest, Bravo refuses to be treated like the other children and does not want this new place he is being offered. However, secretly he only dreams of one thing, to find his family…
For reasons beyond the festival’s control, both screenings of Katika Bluu are cancelled.
STARRING
Baraka
MoĂŻse
Paul
Jackson
Clément Busimba
Katy Byamungu
Mary Getraco
DIRECTOR’SÂ
StĂ©phane Vuillet & StĂ©phane XhroĂŒet
WRITERÂ
StĂ©phane Vuillet, StĂ©phane XhroĂŒet & Pierre Penneman
PHOTOGRAPHYÂ
Kinan Massarani
MUSIC
Thomas Faure
SOUNDÂ
Tavis Kakule Muhesi
Virginie Messiaen
Vincent Maloumian
Paul Heymans
EDITORÂ
Jeanne Plassier & Matyas Veress
PRODUCTION AND INTERNATIONAL SALESÂ
HĂ©licotronc
BELGIAN DISTRIBUTION
Libérations Films
StĂ©phane Vuillet & StĂ©phane XhroĂŒet

Stéphane Vuillet
Self-taught, in 1996 he started writing and directing
short films: LE SOURIRE DES FEMMES (20â-35mm) and
TERRE NATALE (8â-35mm). In 2004, he completed his
first feature film: 25° EN HIVER with Jacques Gamblin
and Carmen Maura, produced by Manâs films. The film
was selected in the official competition at the Berlinale,
released in 15 countries and won numerous awards
at festivals. In 2007 he directed 6 episodes of the TV
series 7ĂME CIEL produced by RTBF. In 2020 he directed
his first documentary LES TERRES DâICI (52â) produced
by Need Productions. In 2021 he directed JE NE SUIS
PAS TON PAUVRE (80â) a âcommandoâ fiction produced
by Lesterfilm (released directly on the internet). He
is finishing the post-production of KATIKA BLUU (80â),
a drama about and with child soldiers, produced by
HĂ©licotronc. He is currently writing a comedy with Flora
Krivine, SEPARONS NOUS, a comedy series, COMMUNAUTĂ
MON AMOUR ! with the collective 12 comme les doigts de la
main, and LâHOMME AU CHAPEAU developed by Velvet Fims
StĂ©phane XhroĂŒetÂ
Born in LiĂšge (Belgium) in 1969, StĂ©phane XhroĂŒet
studied cinema at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion.
After graduating, he wrote and directed his first fiction
short film, LES ENFANTS MODĂLES. The film was an official
selection at the 1996 Venice Film Festival, as well as
numerous international festivals. This was followed
by a second short film, LâHOMME DU SUD, which won the
Grand Prix at the Brussels Film Festival and the Prix
du Public at the Algarve Film Festival. His passion for
teaching led him to set up a film workshop for teenagers,
which he ran for many years. For a year, Stéphane
XhroĂŒet followed, with his camera, the daily life of the
birth of a radically different school: PĂ©dagogie Nomade.
Pupils (teenagers) and teachers explore the bush
paths of knowledge, without the authority that usually
constrains it. PĂ©dagogie Nomade offers students the
chance to learn about freedom and autonomy. On its
release, this feature-length documentary, LE GAI SAVOIR,
caused quite a stir, particularly in the educational and
institutional sectors. After opening a film school in
Goma, Congo, he was invited by UNICEF to run a film
workshop for children emerging from armed groups.
This workshop led to the production of a feature-length
fiction film with these children playing themselves: KATIKA BLUU…Â
FILMOGRAPHY
Stéphane Vuillet
2021 : JE NE SUIS PAS TON PAUVRE
2020 : Documentary LES TERRES DâICI
2006-2007 : 6 episodes of 7ĂME CIEL
2004 : 25° EN HIVER
1996 : LE SOURIRE DES FEMMES
and TERRE NATALEÂ
StĂ©phane XhroĂŒetÂ
2020 – LA CROIX DES AMOUREUXÂ
2011 – LE GAI SAVOIRÂ
1998 – LâHOMME DU SUDÂ
1995 – LES ENFANTS MODĂLESÂ