White Elephant

“Somebody passed by one day: ‘Mama, does the Post really work? If I leave this letter with you, will it ever arrive?’ I told him: ‘Of course it will.’ He started laughing. ‘I know for sure it will never reach its destination.’ ” White Elephant is a documentary about the Central Post Office and its employees in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This grandiose relic of the colonial past has trapped its employees in a frozen timewarp from which they are planning their escape. From past to present, through the cracks in the walls, and leaks in the ceilings, we glimpse presentday Congo.
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Script: Kristof Bilsen
Cinematography: Kristof Bilsen
Editing: Eduardo Serrano
Sound: George Lingford, Xan Marquez Caneda
Music: Jon Wygens
Production: National Film and Television School, UK & Kitchen Sink, UK
Producers: Kristof Bilsen
Format: HDCAM Color
Production Country: UK-Belgium
Production Year: 2011
Duration: 34
Contact: Beaconsfield Studios, UΚ Hemant Sharda T. +44 1494 731 452 F. +44 1494 678 583 festivals@nfts.co.uk
Audience Award - Festival du film Brittannique de Dinard 2011, France

Kristof Bilsen

Filmography

2005 Three Women (short)
2008 Fez Return-Ticket (short)
2009 Once (short)
2010 The Perfect Belgian (short)
2011 Parallel Lives (short)
2011 The White Elephant (short)