Dr. M.C.J. (Matthias) De Groof
Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Media & Cultuur
Visiting address
- Turfdraagsterpad 1
Postal address
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Postbus 94550
1090 GN Amsterdam
Contact details
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Publications
2026
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2026). From imagined indigenous/autochthonous communities to reimagined worlds: Video-advocacy in the DRC. In A. Jedlowski , & I. Bono (Eds.), Nation on Demand: Imagined Sovereignties in African Cultural Industries: ” in: Alessandro Jedlowski and Irene Bono (pp. 213-236). Oxford University Press.
- De Groof, M. C. J., Aerts, K., & Gabriels, B. (2026). A Royal Zero Hour? Belgian King Leopold III and SS officer Ernst Schäfer making ‘Masters of the Congo Jungle’ (1958). In Post-War Belgian Cinema: Reconstruction and Cultural Transformation Leuven University Press.
2025
De Groof, M. (2025). [Film review of: J. Grimonprez (2024) Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat]. African Studies Review, 68(3), 710-711. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2025.10048 [details]- De Groof, M., & Katondolo, P. (2025). Mediating Africa Today Through the Cinema of Yole!Africa: A Conversation Between Matthias De Groof and Petna Ndaliko Katondolo. Afterimage, 52(3), 14-25. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2025.52.3.13 [details]
2024
- De Groof, M. (2024). Science Fiction and masquerade in Jean-Pierre Bekolo’s Les Saignantes (2005): A cinematic way out of Africa’s declining future. Journal of African Cinemas, 16(1), 15-37. https://doi.org/10.1386/jac_00106_1 [details]
2023
- Zian, Y., De Groof, M., & Mapanze Mangole, F. (2023). L'Odyssée de Lumumba: Les enjeux autour du rapatriement de sa dépouille. Revue d’Histoire Contemporaine de l’Afrique, 5, 19-38. Article 22. https://doi.org/10.51185/journals/rhca.2023.0502 [details]
2022
- De Groof, M. (2022). Anticolonial Aesthetics: Towards Eco-Cinema. Interventions, 24(7), 1142-1160. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2022.2054007
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2022). From Leopold III’s Master of the Jungle to Contemporary Congolese Eco-Cinema: Postcolonial Resonance. In P.-P. Fraiture (Ed.), Unfinished Histories: Empire and Postcolonial Resonance in Central Africa and Belgium (pp. 337-58). Leuven University Press. https://doi.org/10.11116/9789461664914
2020
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2020). Lumumba in the Arts. Leuven University Press.
2019
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2019). Les statues meurent aussi (Chris Marker et Alain Resnais, 1953) - mais leur mort n'est pas le dernier mot. Décadrages. Cinéma, à travers champs, 40-42, 72-93.
- De Groof, M. C. J., & Jedlowski, A. (2019). Congolese Cinema Today: Memories of the Present in Kinshasa’s New Wave Cinema (2008-2018). Francofonia , 76, 117-135.
2018
- De Groof, M. (2018). Ethnographic Film’s Relation to African Cinema: Safi Faye and Jean Rouch. Visual Anthropology, 31(4-5), 426-444. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2018.1521192
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2018). Cadrer temps et histoire – Utiliser l’art pour défier les conceptions de temps et histoire. Artl@s Bulletin, 7(1), 82-85.
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2018). Lumumba’s Iconography as Interstice between Art and History. Artl@s Bulletin, 7(1), 38-44.
- De Groof, M. C. J., Koide, E., Sacks, R., Missassi, P., Kalama, H., & Andrew, D. (2018). Mediating Past, Present and Future of D.R. Congo’s Historical Narratives on Art in a Global South Dialogue. Artl@s Bulletin, 7, 5-11.
2017
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2017). Jonathan Hayes: Nollywood: The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres. Journal of African Media Studies, 9(1), 229-234. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.229_5
2015
- De Groof, M. (2015). Reflexive ethics in Renzo Martens's 'Episode III' (Enjoy Poverty). Ethische Perspectieven, 25(3), 243-251. https://doi.org/10.2143/EPN.25.3.3112844
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2015). Empire and Film. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 35(2), 359-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2015.1030205
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2015). Film and the end of Empire. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 35(2), 361-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2015.1030206
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2015). Images & Animation: Introduction au cinéma d’animation en République Démocratique de Congo, au Rwanda et au Burundi. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 35(3), 519-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2015.1052231
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2015). Le Glas, comment sonne-t-il ? Décadrages. Cinéma, à travers champs, 29-30, 31-44.
- De Groof, M. C. J., & Gyssels, K. (2015). Give Me Back My Black Dolls: Damas’ Africa and Its Museification, From Poetry to Moving Pictures. Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies , 6(2), 112-123. https://doi.org/10.17742/image.ccn.6-2.10
- De Groof, M. C. J., & Symons, S. (2015). Memory and Creative Forgetfulness in The Nine Muses. Black Camera, An International Film Journal, 6(2), 147-153. https://doi.org/10.2979/blackcamera.6.2.147
- De Groof, M. C. J., & Symons, S. (2015). The Muses of the Black Audio Film Collective and Smoking Dogs Films. Black Camera, An International Film Journal, 6(2), 52-57. https://doi.org/10.2979/blackcamera.6.2.52
2013
- De Groof, M. (2013). Rouch's Reflexive Turn: Indigenous Film as the Outcome of Reflexivity in Ethnographic Film. Visual Anthropology, 26(2), 109-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2013.752698
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2013). How Text Reflects on Context: Representation of African film audiences in Aristotle’s Plot. Journal of African Cinemas, 5(2), 181-202. https://doi.org/10.1386/jac.5.2.181_1
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2013). Postcolonial cinema studies. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 33(2), 323-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2013.785144
2010
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2010). Black Film Label: Negritude and Cinema. Third Text, 24(2), 249-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/09528821003722256
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2010). Statues Also Die - but their death is not the final word. Image & Narrative, 11, 29-46. https://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/view/53
2019
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2019). L’art comme seuil – Le seuil comme art. Le cas de Lobi Kuna (Avant-hier/ Après-demain). Africa eMediterraneo, 90, 57-61.
2025
- De Groof, M. C. J. (2025). L’après-vie de Lumumba. In D. Gondola (Ed.), Lumumba a cent ans. Editions Elembo. 2025. p. 81-84 (pp. 81). Editions Elembo.
Prize / grant
- De Groof, M. (2022). Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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Ancillary activities
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VUB & UA
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Universiteit Antwerpen
Assistant Professor in Film Studies and Visual Cultures. University of Antwerp.
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VUB & UA
De Groof, M. (2025). [Film review of: J. Grimonprez (2024) Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat]. African Studies Review, 68(3), 710-711.