SELECTED FILMS

The first short of our 5-Mar session will be Umukulu, an Angolan short by a theatre troupe done in the style of the old silent films. Umukulu tells the story of elders increasingly being seen as a burden by their relatives.

Baldo waits for a call by a public phone booth, perhaps the most important call of his life. Xavier needs to use that phone to save someone else's life. These two conflicting interests will have them clash and define both their futures for ever.

On a sixty-day walking tour of Cape Verde, a traveler discovers the mountains, the villages, the people, the music - and an essential part of himself.

Newly independent Mozambique, 1975. The revolutionary government, wishing to eradicate all traces of colonialism, rounds up prostitutes and sends them to a reeducation camp in an isolated forest. There, they are to be transformed into the new women of the new country. In the process, a 14-year-old virgin named Margarida is taken by mistake. This is her story.

The President of East Timor (Timor-Leste), Xanana Gusmao, takes us on a breathtaking and intimate journey. Revelations from the 24-year Resistance against Indonesian occupation, to the present-day challenges of the world's youngest nation.

Brazilian trailer of Women are Heroes, documentary by artist JR paying tribute to women that play a vital role in our societies, through urban art projects focusing on their eyes.