In Le Grand Déplacement, French-Congolese comedian and filmmaker Jean-Pascal Zadi launches a brilliant sci-fi comedy that’s as politically charged as it is delightfully absurd. Set in a future where Earth is no longer habitable, a clandestine, UNIA-inspired coalition initiates the first African space mission—bound for the distant planet Nardal.

Onboard is a crew pulled from across Africa and its diaspora, tasked not just with surviving interstellar travel but with confronting the layered tensions of identity, belonging, and cultural clash. Led by Zadi himself, alongside Reda Kateb and Kigali’s own Lous and the Yakuza, the film combines sharp wit, speculative imagination, and social commentary in a wildly entertaining package.

Zadi—renowned for blending humor with political insight and championing Black representation in French cinema—invites us to consider not just where we’re headed, but who we are when we journey together.

Premiering outdoors at Imbuga City Walk during our Comedy Day, Le Grand Déplacement is more than a film—it’s a cosmic, comedic reminder that laughter travels far, bridging distances across time, space, and shared experience.