SELECTED FILMS
These are the 109 selected films included in Lusophone Film Fest sessions worldwide.
(shown here in alphabetical order)
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
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
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