Goodbye Bangui

In 2013, the third intercommunal civil war broke out in the Central African Republic (CAR). The conflict was marked by numerous abuses against civilians. Among them, the Fulani.
More than 40,000 of them fled to Chad, including 280 in the village of Niergui.
Mahamat, Yobandé, Ousmane, Halime … are telling their stories through the lens of their camera.

  • Mathias Monet
    Writer
    Tales of Kokoro
  • Florent Vivarelli
    Writer
  • Mathias Monet
    Director
    Tales of Kokoro
  • Metronome production
    Producer
    Tales of Kokoro
  • Mathias Monet
    Producer
    Tales of Kokoro
  • Institut Français
    support
  • France Volontaires Tchad
    support
  • Guéra touristique
    support
  • Theo Marchei
    Music
    Tales of Kokoro
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Au revoir Bangui
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Chad
  • Language:
    French, Other
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival International du Cinéma Numérique de Cotonou
    Cotonou
    Benin
    December 4, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Liberation Docfest Bangladesh
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    April 6, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Vues d'Afrique
    Montréal
    Canada
    April 10, 2021
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Mathias Monet

Mathias Monet is a French film director, photographer and artist born in 1992 in Cannes.
He studied music at the conservatory of Cannes and Montreuil. He has also been trained in the film industry at CNA CEFAG de Bagnolet.
In 2017, he works as a photographer with street children in Dakar.
Mathias Monet made a first documentary in 2018 in Benin, in the village of Kokoro.
In 2019, he collaborates with Fulani refugees from Central Africa in Chad to carry out a photo project and a documentary film.

Mathias Monet lives and works in Paris since 2010.

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Director Statement

This film is the result of a photographic project realized with the Fulani refugees of Bangui.