SELECTED FILMS
These are the 99 selected films included in Lusophone Film Fest sessions worldwide.
(shown here in alphabetical order)
6
3x3
min
3x3
A night watchman spends time on a basketball court throwing balls. He has become an expert. He shows-off his abilities to a janitor who, like him, is also there all night. An award-winning comedy achieved without a single line of text.
Nuno Rocha
Portugal
2009
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
5
The Ball
min
A Bola
An amusing look at condom use in Mozambique, where around 20 million condoms are distributed annually with a large number of them used by children to make football balls.
Orlando Mesquita
Mozambique
2001
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
25
The Suspect
min
A Suspeita
A suspense filled journey through the countryside with four passengers sharing a train compartment in the wake of a series of mysterious murders. Winner of the Cartoon D'Or 2000 for the best European animation of the year.
José Miguel Ribeiro
Portugal
1999