Nelson Makengo lives and works in Kinshasa. He is a Congolese director, visual artist and producer whose work oscillates between contemporary art and cinema. Makengo participated in the (2020) Berlinale Talents, 2018 WIELS residency, and was a jury member at the (2020) IDFA International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam and (2022) Vision du R&e... Read More

Nelson Makengo lives and works in Kinshasa. He is a Congolese director, visual artist and producer whose work oscillates between contemporary art and cinema. Makengo participated in the (2020) Berlinale Talents, 2018 WIELS residency, and was a jury member at the (2020) IDFA International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam and (2022) Vision du Réel International Film Festival Nyon, (2022) International Documentary Association Awards (IDA Awards) Los Angeles and has collaborated with Aljazeera and Meta.

Nelson Makengo is a Sundance Documentary Film Institute and Doha Film Institute grantee. Read Less