‘This One is Almost Free’

Collectif Faire-Part is about to turn ten. Over the years, their practice has opened up from telling stories about the complex relations between Kinshasa and Brussels to addressing a broad range of questions on resistance and togetherness. Faire-Part’s films address struggles and imagine futures. Some confront the realities of visa discrimination, the afterlives of colonial monuments, and the dehumanising systems of air travel; others celebrate resilience and artistry, like the political poetry of street performers in Congo and Belgium, or the transcendent sound and queer activism of composer Julius Eastman.

‘This One is Almost Free’ is a film programme about striving for collective liberation, told through music, speech, and dance, bringing together earlier works and new works-in-progress by the collective and their friends.

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Collectif Faire-Part is an ensemble of Belgian and Congolese artists. Together they aim to tell new stories about Kinshasa, about Brussels, and the many complex relations in between. Alongside their shared practice, they support each other in their personal artistic projects. The group was founded by filmmakers Anne Reijniers, Paul Shemisi, Nizar Saleh, and Rob Jacobs when they first started working together in 2016. Over recent years, the collective of four has shape-shifted into a slightly larger group of regular collaborators in Belgium and DR Congo. In addition to filmmaking, they take pictures, curate programmes, give workshops, and organise festivals.