SELECTED FILMS
These are the 99 selected films included in Lusophone Film Fest sessions worldwide.
(shown here in alphabetical order)
73
Passinho Dance Off
min
A Batalha do Passinho
The Passinho dance is the newest trend in Brazilians slums. A new way to dance baile funk but also a lifestyle, the Passinho fever is changing young boys' life around Brazil's outskirts. This documentary portrays this phenomena and discovers how the culture around the funk world has expanded beyond funk dance parties, DJs, and favelas.
Emílio Domingos
Brazil
2012
14
The Colour of Dreams
min
A Côr dos Sonhos
A short film about dreams, in particular children living in a world fragmented by the economic crisis also affecting her parents. But, surprisingly, the community is not immune to the suffering of this child, materializing the dream in the real life, an event that will last in her memory.
João Pina
Mozambique/Portugal
2013
105
Beatriz's War
min
A Guerra da Beatriz
The first fiction film to come out of Timor-Leste (East Timor), one of the newest nations in the World. 16 years after Beatriz's husband disappears during a brutal massacre by occupying forces, she is troubled by his mysterious return: is he the young man she had lost or is he an impostor?
Luigi Acquisto and Bety Reis
Timor-Leste
2013