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SELECTED FILMS

These are the 115 selected films included in Lusophone Film Fest sessions worldwide.

(shown here in alphabetical order)

Lugar Em Parte Nenhuma

6

Lugar Em Parte Nenhuma

min

A Place In Nowhere

Until one day… when the first shot was fired, everyone had to leave their homes.” In 1975 Ema was expecting the arrival of her first child in Angola. However, her tranquility was abruptly interrupted by a force that took away her comfort and changed her life forever.

Bárbara de Oliveira e João Rodrigues

Angola

2016

The Suspect

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

Depart

3

Depart

min

Abalar

A woman waiting on a train station for a fleeting moment with her love. Best Film Award at the Lisbon Super 8 Film Festival and «One Take» Film Festival Zagreb.

Miguel Clara Vasconcelos & Fernando Carrilho & Joaquim Mendes

Portugal

2004

Acalanto

23

Acalanto

min

Acalanto

An illiterate lady seeks to soothe the missing of her son asking a friend to read over and over again the same old letter sent by him ten years ago. Through these readings, a great friendship and complicity is born between them.

Arturo Sabóia

Brasil

2013

Alambamento

15

Alambamento

min

Alambamento

Set in the city of Luanda, the story of Matias that while going to deliver his dowry to his fiance's father, an unexpected accident makes him realize how much he is willing to fight for her love. In this town where chaos and peace, beauty and ugliness, corruption and honor meet, Matias will have to do whatever it takes to get what he wants.

Mário Bastos

Angola

2011

Ana. Sem Título

110

Ana. Sem Título

min

Ana. Untitled

Stela, a young Brazilian actress, decides to make a work on the letters exchanged between Latin American plastic artists in the 70s and 80s. She travels to Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and Chile looking for her works and testimonies about the reality they lived during the dictatorships that most of these countries faced at the time. In the midst of the investigation, Stela discovers the existence of Ana, a young Brazilian artist who was part of this world, but disappeared. Ana went from southern Brazil, from a small town in the interior to Buenos Aires. Obsessed by the character, Stela decides to find her and find out what happened to her. A road movie about Latin American reality. The film won the 2020 Havana Film Festival and at the 6th BRICS festival in Goa for the best director.

Lúcia Murat

Brazil

2020

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