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Trop c’est trop

Enough Is Enough
Panorama Dokumente 2026
© JBA Production
The Kivu War is a series of armed conflicts that have been ongoing for decades in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a situation of great violence in which civilians are the main victims of the fighting, particularly women and children who are subjected to rape, assault and forced recruitment. The conflicts are mainly driven by economic motives due to an abundance of natural resources. Alongside oil, the region is rich in copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese, gold, uranium and germanium. It is also a valuable source of tantalum, a rare earth used in the manufacture of microelectronics including phones and laptops. In January 2025, Goma, the capital of North Kivu, falls to rebels. It takes only four days for the M23 group to defeat the Congolese army supported by soldiers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa and Burundi fighting alongside mercenaries and militias under the watchful eye of the UN’s largest base in the region, MONUSCO. Trop c’est trop bears witness to the incredible vitality of the Congolese people trapped in the tragedy of an endless war.

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by Elisé Sawasawa (Director, Screenplay)
with Eliane Feza, Moses Sawasawa, Francis Zihindula Milindwa France / Democratic Republic of the Congo 2026 Swahili, Kinyarwanda, French 65' Colour World premiere | Debut film | Documentary form

With

  • Eliane Feza
  • Moses Sawasawa
  • Francis Zihindula Milindwa

Crew

Director Elisé Sawasawa
Screenplay Elisé Sawasawa
Cinematography Elisé Sawasawa
Editing Rodolphe Molla
Music Jérémie Kambale Sawasawa Skillsawa2
Sound Design Thomas Fourel
Producers Marianne Dumoulin, Jacques Bidou, Christian Bitwaiki
Executive Producers Marianne Dumoulin, Jacques Bidou, Christian Bitwaiki
Co-Producer Sonia Paramo

Produced by

JBA Production

Paris, France

Molakisi Films

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Elisé Sawasawa

Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1994, the self-taught filmmaker has made a medium-length and five short documentaries, the last of which was selected for the 2023 JCC Carthage Film Festival in Tunis. Trop c’est trop is his first feature-length film.

Filmography

2019 Entreprise de consommation (Consumer Company); short documentary 2020 Mon expression (My Expression); short documentary 2021 Le reste (The Rest); short documentary · Les abeilles en mode SOS (Bees in SOS Mode); short documentary 2023 Le scieur (The Sawer); short documentary 2026 Trop c’est trop (Enough Is Enough); documentary, Berlinale 2026

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026