Maisha Maene

Maisha Maene is a Congolese screenwriter and director based in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As an Afrofuturist artist, he addresses issues of human rights and the environment, and strives to reconstruct his country’s fragmented history. In addition to various collaborative projects, Maene has written and directed five short films. His most recent documentary, Mulika, won the Pardi di domani Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival in 2022 and was also selected for Sundance, Clermont-Ferrand, and FESPACO. Maisha Maene has been selected to participate in the “Doc Station” lab at Berlinale Talents 2024 with her feature-length documentary project Spaceman in Kongo, currently in development. Maisha Maene has also been selected to participate in Camp SandBox 2024 in San Francisco.