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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

AUGURE OFFICIELLE @Festival_Cannes

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

“The difference is, at least a snitch is human. But a rat is a f**kin’ rat, Period.” — Morgan Freeman #savagemode2

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5 years

Fact: Was expecting @manifestive to jump on stage for his 🤯🤯 verses on this @burnaboy important song #anotherstory

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@BALOJI

8 months

AUGURE 🇧🇪 ENTRY FOR OSCARS 🇨🇩 Proud to represent Belgium to the Oscar committees Proud for the narrative, the cultural meaning behind this selection. From the asylum, the order to leave the territory…We coming from so far, it’s a beautiful ode to resilience, perseverance.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

My second album X 137 AVENUE KANIAMA is out March 23rd, 2018 Cover credits: Photographer : Kristin-Lee Moolman /Cover Art: Baloji /Photographe assistant : Tatende Chidora / MUA : Perla Moleka /Suits: Cafe Costume /Artwork: Specht Studio Shot in Lusanga .Bandundu/RDC

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

11 months

🏆New Voice award UCR x Sélection officielle Thanks to the jury and Cannes selection committee for making us part of this wonderful festival legacy.

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@BALOJI

1 year

🌐WORLD PREMIERE IN ONE WEEK I can't help but think about the struggles, obstacles, structural classism that we were confronted with to make this film exist. 🫁 to cast,technicians, producers for carrying this project for no other reason than the need to see it exist:🇨🇩

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

Thanks for the support @criolomc 🇧🇷

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

11 months

AUGURE CANNES 2023 It's not about the Prize and the competition. It's about celebrating the collective effort that has been recognized by this fantastic festival.WE DID IT!!!! @Festival_Cannes

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

This pic sums up our beautiful year with the L’Orchestre de La Katuba family. Pic by @bonny at @jovabeachparty x 🖤 @musica_lista #jovabeachparty #2020vision

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

Slightly inspired by my work or just coincidence 🤔 This time by Beyoncé and Jay Z #thestoryofmylife

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@BALOJI

5 years

🇮🇹quando uno dei più grandi artisti italiani ti offre quella scena ... dai tutto !! 🇬🇧 when one of the most important Italian artist offered you to play on his stage... you give it all!! THANKS JOVANOTTI x Jova Beach Party 🙏🏿🙏🏿 Moment 📸 by the lovely Bony @musica_lista

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

Still buzzing on this Italian wave... ⚡️ #jovabeach x ⁦ @lorenzojova ⁩

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

AUGURE 🌐 Premiere flow @Festival_Cannes with some Set stills by Sackitey

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

Maybe they will stop putting me in a box like if you are « rapper » you can’t be a director, stylist, art director or anything you want to express your vision!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 years

📍In Cape Town: just shot my first commercial EVER It’s for Hennessy Africa and it’s been joyful ride/ weird transition after the difficult mourning of my mother 🙏🏿

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

10 months

Surpris et enchanté de voir AUGURE sélectionné au festival du film Francophone de Angoulême! @FFAngouleme Bravo Pan-Européenne 🎉 Wrong Men

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

8 months

AUGURE 🇧🇪 ENTRY FOR OSCARS 🇨🇩 Je suis fier de représenter la BE aux Oscars. Fier également de l’histoire racontée, de la signification culturelle derrière cette sélection.Depuis l’ordre de quitter le territoire..Nous venons de si loin, ode à la résilience, à la persévérance.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 months

LET'S NORMALIZE TELLING PEOPLE "YOU INSPIRED ME INSTEAD OF COPYING THEM AND ACTING LIKE THEY'RE YOUR COMPETITION 🔗 Very proud to have host a private screening for one of my greatest influences in Augure imagery: VIVIANE SASSEN

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

GRATITUDE AUGURE WON - Best Director at the 18th edition of @aroundtheworldin14films ( Germany) - Best Film at @cinefantasyfestival Sao Paolo ( Brazil) 🇧🇷

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

Because Oberhaussen believed it first...Because its self-produced, self funded! Because its distributed by strong black women (Sudu) Because its made with love in Kinshasa (DRC)Because we made end-credits that THANKS the 206 lovely souls that work on this piece. Forever grateful!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

On me dit que les temps sont durs pour le cinéma de la diversité…c’est quoi la diversité?! Un film qui se passe pas en France? Un film dont le perso principal ne porte pas de prénom catholique? Whatever… AUGURE EN SALLES EN FRANCE AUJOURD'HUI!!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

We won the award for Best video at the Paris’s film festival X @SilhouetteFest for Peau de chagrin/ Bleu de nuit 🏆Prix du meilleur clip pour PCBN au festival parisien X silhouette LOVE to the all team involved for their trust in my vision 💙💙

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 years

Doing my first exhibition EVER in Bordeaux maybe that the art form where they can accept that artists can be multi-disciplinary.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 years

Another film funding rejection and feel like you are in a hole! Making weird cinema is struggle, real struggle! Fuck!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

7 years

Beyond excitement to have my song 'l'hiver indien' in the @EASPORTSFIFA 2018 Soundtrack! 🔈🔈

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

Who said that Japanese’s audience are quiet and passive ?

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

Art de privilégier… small reminder! When they ask me to give the prize for the best Belgian director after having been refused 7 times by the film commission, I can't help seeing the irony #Magritte2023

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

Homophobic comments: 🗳️🗳️🗳️ Me:

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

AUGURE out in Belgium NOW 🇧🇪🇧🇪

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

2 years

Making a film… in my country it’s so hard, so beautiful, uplifting and confronting.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 years

I feel overwhelmed for the film commission audition we have tomorrow! This industry is unhealthy for magical realism cinema. I might just release the double album soundtrack like the score of a film that never exist! Terry Gilliam Style.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

9 months

🏆AUGURE WON BEST AFRICAN FILM AT DURBAN🇨🇩🇨🇩 🇫🇷Tres honoré de gagner un prix sur le continent. Bravo au fabuleux cast et toute l’équipe ❤️‍🔥 Claire Diao @SuduConnexion X Steven Markovitz @BigWorldCinema 🇬🇧Very honored to win on the continent.Bravo to the fabulous cast and crew!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

7 months

🇧🇪AU GU RE OFFICIAL BELGIUM POSTER IN CINEMA ON NOVEMBER 15th Belgium premiere on October 14th opening of the competition @FilmfestGent

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

J’étais heureux invité de la brillante @Charlineaparis Vanhor X Par Jupiter ! Et sa fabuleuse équipe de chroniqueur mené par @alexvizorek PODCAST ➡️

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BELGIUM X DRC Oscar’s entry 🇧🇪🇨🇩

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

🏆🏆🏆ZOMBIES WON GRAND PRIZE at Oberhausen short film Festival ( principal prize of the international Jury) 🇬🇧I’m so honored to have this recognition from an A list festival jury (65th édition) after being rejected by commissions ( u not a real director), sponsors and medias

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

11 months

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

zepe kihoni

@zepekihoni

11 months

@PatrickMuyaya @BALOJI @Festival_Cannes Qui dit mieux ? ? 😱

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

Another wtf 🤷🏿‍♂️ we won an Special Mention behind « Anatomy of a fall» Probably the only time my name will be mentioned next to Justine Triet masterpiece!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

Honored, humbled by this Oscar’s Q&A with the GOAT himself : Mahershala Ali Looking for more flames.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

7 months

WOW WOW!!!

Sitges Film Festival

@sitgesfestival

7 months

🏆Millor direcció de la SOFC (patrocinat per Moritz) @MoritzBarcelona Baloji for Omen #Sitges2023

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

Thrilled to announce that i’m one of the honorees for the NOWNESS AWARDS ✨✨ Amongst the 10 breakout artists over the last year and the ones to watch in moving-image culture and beyond in 2020! #nownessawards @NOWNESS

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

2 years

AUGURE 🎬 it's done!!!! We filmed 85% of my first feature film between Kinshasa and Lubumbashi with this fabulous Belgian-Congolese team!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 months

👽👽👽

Clint.

@CleanThing_

6 months

Congrats to @Baloji for winning the feature debut by a director. #AMAA2023

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

Après la sortie en salles à l’automne 2023 de son film « AUGURE » et de l’album du même nom, composé de 4 EPs écrits du point de vue des 4 principaux personnages du film, BALOJI sera en concert à BX le 19/3 + Paris le 22/3 2024➡️Paris : BX: @ABconcerts

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

8 months

🏆We won best director at Angoulême I say WE coz its a collective effort with my editors (Bruno Tracq, Bertrand Conard), script supervisor (Catherine G.) my precious 1st assistant, Mr.Philippe for his camera choreography and the art dept of Eve Martin (Theo Brisset, mad brain)🙏🏿

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

The lighthouse is an incredible film!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

11 months

NEW WEBSITE: 🚨Please make the distinction between me and Sammy Baloji fellow Congolese photographer from DRC just like Rodriguez & Carlos Rodriguez 😂

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 years

"Pour liquider un peuple,on commence par lui enlever la mémoire. On détruit ses livres,sa culture,son histoire. Puis quelqu’un lui écrit d’autres livres, lui donne une autre culture, une autre histoire. Ensuite ,le peuple commence à oublier ce qu’il est, ce qu’il était" L. Miano

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

Man down

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

I grew up in Liège with the Italian community (Sicilian and Turinese) who introduced me to their cinema and its Great Masters (Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, Leone, Visconti,..). Winning at @torinofilmfest for AUGURE touched me deeply, the link with childhood like a consolation

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 months

Best new comer reflection

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

Thanks so much @BBC6Music 💙

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 years

2020 in one pic I’ve wrote 28 songs, 1 feature film script, 2 shorts and 1 mid-length film and I’m the proudest dad ever!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

AUGURE en salles 🇫🇷🇫🇷

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

Back from Kinshasa after an epiiiiiiic photoshoot for the AUGURE soundtrack! Feeling brand new!!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE : AUGURE 🇫🇷La BO du film AUGURE est faite en 4 volets musicaux (EP) écrits et composés du point de vue des 4 personnages principaux du film. C'est un complément, une backstory des personnages et une œuvre musicale à part entière.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

😱😱😱 my song Hiver Indien has more than 1 million of stream on @Spotify ! Thank u @EASPORTSFIFA @bellaunion ✌🏿

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

Hier Avenue Kaniama a gagné 2 octaves ( awards cérémonie en Wallonie) Meilleur album 2018 ( world) 🏆 Meilleur concert 2018🏆

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

🏆ZOMBIES WON BEST SHORT FILM AT MUBI AUDIENCE AWARDS 🏆Feel incredible to be on the prizewinners list with legends like Agnes Varda, Quentin Tarantino, Kazuhiro Soda 🤯This film is self-produced, self-made soooo by voting for him you make determination and passion WIN!🖤 @mubi

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

Hello Kigali 🇷🇼

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

Life: college dropout invited to talk about his work at one of the biggest university #yale

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

MUSIC FROM AND INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE : AUGURE 🇬🇧The soundtrack of AUGURE is made in 4 records written and composed from the point of view of the 4 main characters of the film. It is a complementary, a back-story of the characters and a musical piece in his own rights.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

Proud of this exhibition of my work in New Zealand x Wellington 🙏🏿🙏🏿

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

3 years

Fierté!!!

Sudu Connexion

@SuduConnexion

3 years

🔥 Pour la première fois, un film Sudu connexion est diffusé sur la plateforme Arte 🔥 Zombies de Baloji est disponible sur la plateforme jusqu’au 9 octobre 2021 dans la rubrique Court Circuit ! 🧟‍♂️ @BALOJI x Arte #Arte #Courtmetrage #Baloji #Panafricanmovie #Africanfilm #Short

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

I think I'm going to cry when my Daughter will discover our film in Cannes...there are so many hidden dedications for her 🫠🫠🫠

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

"A lutter avec les mêmes armes que ton ennemi, tu deviendras comme lui."

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

PALL PORTRAIT by @Mous From @port_magazine session ::::: Styling: @mrmay1 x @Dior Grooming: @gwenpaula Assistent: @tim_coppens Location: @studio .stories Editor: @maxferguson

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

Le jour d’après... RDC indépendance day 🇨🇩 I made this film 10 yrs ago... and sadly it’s still relevant in today’s political climate.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

🇫🇷HBD AK🎉Ce disque a changé ma vie il y a 2 ans. En ces temps liquides, une des choses encore solide est la volonté de faire et de créer avec le sérieux d’un enfant qui s’amuse. Ca me permet de travailler sans être écrasé par la peur de l’échec et la crainte de ne pas plaire.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

🏆🏆 Best Cinematic Achievement Trophy @RedSeaFilm for AUGURE Fanboi with Halle Berry and jury prez himself, Mr Baz Luhrmann

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

11 months

Our Cannes UCR prize in my hands 🎀First two screenings in Paris and some SZA concert in Amsterdam between

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

In few hours, Nowness will première the film ZOMBIES if you often check my feeds u must know that this film was struggle ➡️ the definitive definition of DIY no label money, no production money, no big name collaborators…just hard work!!!cant wait!!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

Getting prepared for the fourth show in a row... pink shirt, burgundy suit and Africanista franges

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@BALOJI

2 years

AUGURE scouting ( Lubumbashi/ Kinshasa) stills

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@BALOJI

3 years

Portrait by J.Penry ✨✨

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

8 months

COVER BOY for WEEKEND KNACK Thanks 4 the trust @_ellen_dw / @Knack Photographer @stigdeblock Styling: @iljadeweerdt Fotoassistent: @roelvantittelboom Haar & make-up: @elkebinnemans Drip : Botter X supadupahats x Legier

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 years

Seriously winning an Award in UK from a category where you have Rosalia, Fka Twigs, Asap Rocky,Marc Ronson, Kojey Radical mean the world to me... just mental!! To make this film was such a struggle this is pure motivation!! @ukmva

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

5 months

COLORS UP NEXT | Congo-born, Belgium-based multi-hyphenate BALOJI links up with Cape Verdean genius Mayra Andrade Set a reminder for the premiere tomorrow :

Baloji x Mayra Andrade | A COLORS SHOW

Go to Baloji x Mayra Andrade | A COLORS SHOW.

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

4 years

More than a rapper tho!

Robert Newman

@Newmanology

4 years

New Magazine Cover #32 : @portmagazine (London), Spring/Summer 2020. Cover photo of Belgian rapper @BALOJI by Mous Lamrabat. Design: @MrMattWilley , photo director: Max Ferguson.

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6 years

🇫🇷très fier d’annoncer que l’on sera sur la scene des @eurockeennes le 6 juillet prochain ✌🏿✌🏿

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

We applaud @wanuri amazing talent with my PNC @HindiZahra and Appo #rafiki 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

10 months

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Carla Fonseca Mokgata

@BATUKMUSICA

10 months

After winning awards at Cannes Film Festival, you don't wanna miss the African premiere of this masterpiece: “OMEN” directed by my friend, @BALOJI at the 44th Durban International Film Festival! 🎬🖤 On July 21 2023 at Suncoast Cinema 6

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@BALOJI

4 years

🤯so honored to have my film NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN selected in 3 categories including official competition at the world oldest short film festival aka the almighty Oberhausen @kurzfilmtage film festival 🙏🏿thanks @nowness for the trust @SuduConnexion

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@BALOJI

6 years

Quand des médias qui n’ont jamais supportés ma musique me demandent de remplacer un artiste majeur d’une musique qu’ils ignorent autant! Fuck u very much! #vie

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@BALOJI

5 years

ZOMBIES. A film by Baloji x March 14th.

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@BALOJI

4 years

LIÈGE par le rail.

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@BALOJI

5 years

Un enfant qui rencontre un immortel ✨✨Danny Laferrière, l’auteur de l’ouvrage « Comment faire l’amour à un noir sans se fatiguer » que j’ai repris et réadapté pour parler de neo- colonialisme et du système géo-politique de Bolloré dans la chanson BIPOLAIRE

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@BALOJI

6 years

Hahaha I’m officially “big in Japan”

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@BALOJI

3 years

September first and everlasting. ✨unconditional LOVE

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 years

🇫🇷C’est fou de faire soldout dans une des salles les plus prestigieuses au monde et d’être juste un has been pour d’autres 🇬🇧Thanks to the all team for this accomplissement 🏆🏆 I’m sooo proud and grateful cause it won’t be possible without you!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

6 months

AUGURE/OMEN won at AFRICAN MOVIES AWARDS 🏆Best director debut & Best editing LA bits ➡️Screening Q&A with Nabil Table for two with Goat Mahershala Ali Private screening for my favorite female singer: Jamila Woods. Meeting the GOATfather of all: Stevie Wonder.

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@BALOJI

10 months

⚡️First festival after Festival de Cannes and first award for AUGURE Thanks @filmfestmunich and Grandfilm for bringing BALOJI's vision to the German screens!

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

7 years

“Le succès c’est d’aller d’échec en échec sans perdre son enthousiasme.”

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@BALOJI

3 years

Shots from my commercial debut film for @Hennessy with some great talents from the continent like Sho Madjozi, scoop, Del B, 2 Many siblings and one of my fav photographer : Lakin Ogunbanwo

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BALOJI

@BALOJI

1 year

This morning I listened to the final mixes of the 4 records that form the soundtrack of the movie AUGURE and I think it's the best project I've ever done in my life. Each record is written from the point of view of one of the four main characters of the film.

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@BALOJI

11 months

Photomathon

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@BALOJI

5 months

Let’s go!!!

COLORS

@colorsxstudios

5 months

UP NEXT | Congo-born, Belgium-based multi-hyphenate Baloji ( @BALOJI ) links up with Cape Verdean artist Mayra Andrade ( @_MayraAndrade_ ). 🌻 Set a reminder for the premiere:

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@BALOJI

7 years

« Si c’est gratuit, c’est que vous êtes le produit. »

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@BALOJI

3 years

Paris impression : Mayra Andrade, Christo & September vibe

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