SELECTED FILMS
These are the 115 selected films included in Lusophone Film Fest sessions worldwide.
(shown here in alphabetical order)
13
Barbosa
min
Barbosa
A man tormented by the loss of the Brazilian national football team in the 1950 World Cup demolished his childhood dreams and ended the career of goalkeeper Barbosa. He manages to travel back in time to try to prevent Uruguay from scoring its second and winning goal.
https://vimeo.com/238074665
Ana Luiza Azevedo & Jorge Furtado
Brazil
1988
21
Berlenga Grande
min
Berlenga Grande
A small island off the coast of Portugal: a seaside resort during the summer, a protected reserve for the rest of the year. Only the lighthouse keepers live there in winter. Along with thousands of seabirds. An immersion into solitude and the natural elements, filmed in a pictorial manner and with a sense of framing that blends man into his environment.
Vitor Carvalho
Portugal
2014
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





