Info
Synopsis
Crew
Awards
Genre
- Documentary
Countries of Production
- France / Germany
Language
- (OV) French / Swahili / Kinyarwanda
- German Voice-Over
World premiere
- 21st July 2025 – Durban IFF
a production by
- Pallas Film & Valdés
in co-production with
- NDR
in association with
- Arte
with the support of
- MDM – Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, CNC, Eurimages – Conseil de l'Europe, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, la région Île-de-France, Sacem
World Sales
- Rushlake Media
Distribution
- tba
Numbi, a small village in the mountains of South Kivu, DR Congo, powers the modern world. Miners extract coltan by hand under the shadow of Nyiragongo volcano—a mineral vital for electronics. Caught between armed groups, traffickers, and military, locals endure endless war in an informal economy that yields nothing, while multinationals profit through opaque channels. An immersive look at the human cost behind digital comfort.
Written by
- Jean-Gabriel Leynaud, François-Xavier Destors
Directed by
- Jean-Gabriel Leynaud
Producers
- Laurant Flahault, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel
Director of photography
- Jean-Gabriel Leynaud
Editor
- Sebastian de Sainte Croix
Music
- Daby Touré
Postproduction Supervisor
- Martin Kruse
- Durban IFF
- SXSW London
- Montreal International Black FF
- The Africa IFF - AFRIFF
- The Future is Africa III
- Film Africa
- Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (FICFA)
- Trento FF
- Vancouver International Black FF (VIBFF) – Eröffnungsfilm
- Toronto Black FF (TBFF)
- Halifax Black FF (HBFF)
- Ottawa Black FF (OBFF)
- Calgary Black FF (CBFF)
- FIDPADOC
- One World IDFF
- IFF and Forum on Human Rights [FIFDH]
- Best International Documentary / Durban IFF
- Jury Prize / Rennes-Le-Château FIFI
