Welket Bungué is a Berlin-based actor born in Guinea-Bissau in 1988, who has been shaped by his cross-cultural education from Africa, Europe, and Brazil, making him a cross-national, multi-talented artist.
As a co-founder of the production company KUSSA, Welket holds a degree in Theater Acting from ESTC/Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in Performance Art from UNIRIO/Brazil.
Welket has been featured in over 40 films and series, including Body Electric, Joaquim, and Pedro, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
He starred alongside Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart in David Cronenberg's film Crimes of the Future, which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
Welket's performance in Burhan Qurbani's new version of Berlin Alexanderplatz earned him a "Silver Bear" nomination at the Berlin International Film Festival, a "Best Lead Actor" nomination at the LOLA Awards of the German Film Academy, and won the Aluminum Horse Award for "Best Actor" at the Stockholm International Film Festival.
In 2022, he took part in the International Jury of Ghent IFF, chaired by Clio Barnard, and in 2023, he took part in the International Jury of São Paulo IFF, chaired by Emir Kusturica.
Welket is an artist featured by the Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art (Berlin),and his films are part of the institution's collection since 2021.
Welket's artistry is influenced by anti-colonial and Afrocentric perspectives, leveraging one's natural skills to inspire human growth and potential.
Welket's films have circulated internationally through numerous film festivals, and his repertoire on filmmaking reunites more than 25 creations, including short films like Calling Cabral, Mudança, Jah Intervention, and Bastien.
In June 2022, Welket released his first book 'Corpo Periférico' on the Amazon platform, an autobiographical essay on auteur filmmaking based on the eponymous concept of "self-portraying cinema".
