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EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS 2023

Joely Mbundu • Actress

"I can say that I worked with two of the best directors ever - the Dardenne brothers are just amazing"

by Ana Stanic

BERLINALE 2023: The actress, who starred in last year's Tori and Lokita, tells us more about her career, which is clearly only just getting started

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Joely Mbundu hails from Villeneuve-St-Georges, France and attended school in Flanders, Belgium. She has been involved in various forms of dance - including classic, hip hop and jazz - for many years. Mbundu began her acting career with a bang, in the critically acclaimed role of Lokita in the most recent film by the Dardenne brothers, Tori and Lokita [+see also:
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. The film premiered in Competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win a special prize in honour of Cannes’ 75th Anniversary. From there, it has garnered awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, San Sebastián Film Festival and the Seville European Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Grand Audience Award.

Now selected for EFP's 2023 Shooting Stars, she talks to us.

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