
Directing
Baloji Tshiani
Born 1978-09-12 · Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Baloji (born 12 September 1978; Lubumbashi) is a Belgian rapper, hip hop artist and filmmaker of Congolese origin. Known as MC Balo in the hip hop group Starflam, he continued as solo artist starting 2004.
Acting credits
7.1A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.
Bullhead
2011
6.1A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon to futuristic solitary clubbing, from an urban parade to a dictator's sense of glory to a modern western in the style of Takeshi Kitano.
Zombies
2019
5.9Binti is a 12-year-old girl of Congolese origin who dreams of becoming a famous vlogger like her idol Tatyana. But when the police raid her home and try to deport her and her father Jovial, they are forced to flee. Binti meets Elias and befriends her. While Binti helps Elias to vlog about his 'save-the-okapi-club', she hatches the perfect plan: her dad has to marry Elias’s mom, so they can stay in Belgium.
Binti
2019
An experimental cross-over music film, connected to the conceptual music album EASY ALICE. Both creations reflect on sovereignty, isolation, seclusion, schizophrenia, gender balance and the desire for detachment. It researches the encounter between the world of Kafka, Alice in Wonderland, PJ Harvey, Eminem and Nietzsche. The movie script is based on diverse interviews with iconic figures as David Bowie, Paolo Pasolini, Donald Trump, Prince, Grace Jones, Leonard Cohen and Roy Cohn.
I Can't Go Back to Yesterday
2020
6.0The Congolese-Belgian artist Baloji looks at Congolese pygmy wedding traditions.
Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit
2018
NRA depiction of the urge for freedom. Through 4 episodes we see 4 family members in a moment when they are tired of being a camel, as a beast of burden. They realise their tasks are meaningless and find themselves in a spiritual desert. The camel wants to become a lion. A spirit that fights against the false values in order to find his own place, his own freedom. Vincent, Renée, Alice and Robin are searching for the strength to undergo this transformation.
How Camels Become Lions
2017
Behind the camera
5.7After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Omen
2023
5.7After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Omen
2023
6.1A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon to futuristic solitary clubbing, from an urban parade to a dictator's sense of glory to a modern western in the style of Takeshi Kitano.
Zombies
2019
NRAncestral patterns combined with modern prejudices and stigma explain skin bleaching.
Never Look at the Sun
2024
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Mulatresse Solitude
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Mulatresse Solitude
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4.0Kaniama Show is a satire of national TV in an African country, spreading its propaganda of soft power between complaisant interviews and musical interludes.
Kaniama Show
2018
4.0Kaniama Show is a satire of national TV in an African country, spreading its propaganda of soft power between complaisant interviews and musical interludes.
Kaniama Show
2018
6.0The Congolese-Belgian artist Baloji looks at Congolese pygmy wedding traditions.
Peau de Chagrin/Bleu de Nuit
2018
NRINFINITE TROLLING toys with the infinite scroll that fuels social media – and this erratic stream of content as a path to desensitization. Oscillating between narratives, the film moves through a series of disjointed yet intertwined vignettes, finding a disquieting sense of the surreal in the art of assemblage.
Augure: Infinite Trolling
2024
NRINFINITE TROLLING toys with the infinite scroll that fuels social media – and this erratic stream of content as a path to desensitization. Oscillating between narratives, the film moves through a series of disjointed yet intertwined vignettes, finding a disquieting sense of the surreal in the art of assemblage.
Augure: Infinite Trolling
2024