SELECTED FILMS
These are the 109 selected films included in Lusophone Film Fest sessions worldwide.
(shown here in alphabetical order)
21
Big Bang Henda
min
Big Bang Henda
Toppling statues and symbols, building new memories, framing the altered landscape, writing letters to the future, and reversing power dynamics: Big Bang Henda is a documentary-poetry-manifesto about the work of Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda.
Fernanda Polacow
Brazil
2023
52
Isabel's Bissau
min
Bissau d'Isabel
Bissau, capital city of Guinea-Bissau where the 21 ethnic groups of this tiny country merge, each with its own culture and language. Isabel's Bissau is the pretext to discover this thriving city where the foundations of Guinean identity are born.
Sana Na N'Hada
Guinea-Bissau
2005
15
The Paper Anniversary
min
Bodas de Papel
A young couple celebrate their Paper wedding anniversary. All is set for a romantic weekend just the two of them. But after a series of strange situations, they will very fast get embroiled on a path that has no turning back. Winner of the Best Foreign Short Film at the Belo Jardim Festival 2015
Francisco Antunez
Portugal
2014
30
You can't live with your mouth shut
min
Calado não dá
Mano Mendi lives on the Island of Santiago, Cape Verde. He’s the last cimboa player, a sort of one-string violin used to accompany the traditional batuque dances, banned by the church and the former colonial power for being considered too sexual in nature. A documentary about the revival of an (indeed very) sexy culture.
João Nicolau
Cape Verde
1999
6
Camera Obscura
min
Camera Obscura
A stop-frame animation about a lady who hides away from the world and creates a camera obscura in her home. A film on the constructions people create, the way they influence our lives and how we interact with the world. Best Australian Animation Award at the 2012 WOW Film Festival.
Marta Maia
Portugal/Australia
2010






