REPUBLIC DEMOCRATIC OF CONGO • 65′
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH by Elisé Sawasawa
January 2025, Goma, capital of North Kivu in the DRC, falls to rebels. It took only four days for the M23 to defeat the Congolese army, the armies of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Burundi, mercenaries and militias under the watchful eye of the largest UN base, MONUSCO.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH bears witness to the incredible vitality of the Congolese people in the throes of the tragedy of an endless war.
As a resident of Goma, capital of North Kivu in the DRC, and witness to historical injustice, I decided to pick up a camera to show the indignity imposed on an entire generation of Congolese people, my generation. I film my brothers and sisters in arms, those who, like me, refuse to disappear into silence. Some of my friends have chosen to arm themselves to protect their families, others are involved in humanitarian work, and some, like slam poet Eliane Feza, composer Jérémie Skill2, and performer Francis, are fighting in other ways through art, slam poetry, dance, and music.
Elisé Sawasawa was born in 1994 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Self-taught, he quickly developed a passion for images and trained in photography. To date, Elisé has made a medium-length documentary and four short films including LE SCIEUR selected for the JCC Carthage 2023.
He is currently finalizing his first long-feature documentary ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and is also directing two others documentaries KIVU and GUARDIANS OF THE EQUATOR.TROP C’EST TROP, his first feature film produced by JBA Production and Molakisi Films, was selected for the 2026 Berlinale, followed by around thirty other selections worldwide; he is currently working on his last two films, KIVU and LES GARDIENS DE L’ÉQUATEUR.
FESTIVALS
76ème édition de la Berlinale en section Officielle Panorama (Allemagne)
• Human International Doc International FF à Oslo (Norvège)
• CPH:Dox dans la section Urgent Matter (Danemark)
• DOXA Documentary FF à Vancouver (Canada)
• San Francisco International FF in the Golden Gate Competition /SFFilm (USA)
• Dok Fest München (Allemagne) en Compétition African encounters
• Millenium Docs Against Gravity (Pologne) en Competition Amnesty
• Doxumentale (Berlin, Allemagne)
• Festival de Cine Africano Tarifa-Tanger FCAT (Espagne) en Compétition
• Docs Ireland (Belfast, Irland) en Maysles Competition
• Fora de quadra (Espagne, Catalogne)
• IFFI Intern. (Autriche) en Compétition
• Verzion Intern. Human Rights Documentary (Hongrie)
• 10th Pancevo Film Festival PAFF (Serbie) – une projection
• Africa Film Festival de Köln en Sélection Officielle (Allemagne)
• 5eme édition du Festival de Cinema Mandoul FECIM (Tchad)
• Festival Ant’Sary Doc Mada, en Compétition (Madagascar)
• FFDUL Human rights FF Lugano, en Compétition (Suisse)
Best Film Award at the 2026 Ant’Sary Doc Mada International Film Festival (Madagascar).
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ADDITIONAL IMAGES
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CREDIT
author director ELISÉ SAWASAWA
producers MARIANNE DUMOULIN JACQUES BIDOU CHRISTIAN BITWAIKI
productions JBA PRODUCTION (France) MOLAKISI FILMS (RDC) POM TV (France)
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image ELISÉ SAWASAWA
editing RODOLPHE MOLLA
sound ELISÉ SAWASAWA THOMAS FOUREL
production year 2026
formats DCP HD Color 1,77
versions: Vo Swahili, Kinyarwanda, French Subtitles English & French