Machini
Tétshim & Frank Mukunday (Picha Twenty Nine Studio & Production)
2019, ITA, BEL, DRC (Kongo), 10’

By necessity and especially by the force of the machine we have become sleepwalking beings deprived of God, the damned of the earth and test subjects over the black market of history test subjects of the machine.

Iz nuje, še posebej pa zaradi moči stroja, smo postali mesečniki brez Boga, pogubljenci tega planeta in poskusni zajčki na črnem trgu zgodovinskih testnih subjektov stroja.

Technique: object animation

Recommended for audiences under 14 years old: yes

Script: Tétshim and Frank Mukunday
Music: Francesco Nchikala Animation: Tétshim, Frank Mukunday, Caroline Nugues-Bourchat and Patrick Theunen Production: Picha Twenty Nine Studio &
Production Distribution: Atelier Graphoui https://graphoui.org/machini/?sf_action=get_data&sf_data=all&_sf_s=machini

Frank Mukunday & Tétshim

Frank Mukunday is originally from Lubumbashi, DRC. He is passionate about animation and works with many Congolese animators on various projects. In 2007 he joined forces with Tétshim, Angelo Nzeka and Trésor Makonga, with whom he still works today. Tétshim was born in Kinshasa. He has been drawing since he was very young. In addition to directing animated films, he is also an illustrator and cartoonist for the press and comics. Frank Mukunday and Tétshim have been directing self-taught animated films since 2010. Starting from the practice of drawing (Tétshim) and video (Frank), their duo founded the studio “Crayon de cuivre" in Lubumbashi. After two experimental tests Cailloux and Ku Kinga (to be found in Afrique tous courts 3, our collection presenting short films from all over the continent), Machini is their first film made under professional production conditions.