New Delhi
India
Organised by the Embassy of Portugal Cultural Centre in India, the Lusophone Film Fest brings a taste of portuguese-speaking cinema to New Delhi.
5 EDITIONS IN NEW DELHI
(shown here in chronological order)
19 SELECTED FILMS FOR NEW DELHI
(shown here in alphabetical order)
15
Documentary
min
A Gravidez é Nossa
Four men in a rural Mozambican community who live in very different stages of life, from having their first girlfriend, expecting their first child, or being married for many years. However, they all have one thing in common: they want to change the traditional way in which contraception, pregnancy, childcare and housework are viewed by other men in their community.
Mozambique
David Aguacheiro & Tina Krüger
2019
110
Documentary/Drama
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.
Brazil
Lúcia Murat
2020
65
Documentary
min
Lusofonia a (r)Evolução
A Red Bull Music Academy production filmed with the fast-beat of a music video. From Portuguese fado, Angolan kuduro, Cape Verdean morna, Brazilian baile funk, hiphop or rock, this film sheds light on a new movement being born out of the cultural mix of the Portuguese-speaking countries.
Portugal
Red Bull Music Academy
2006
15
Short film
min
North Atlantic
An isolated air-traffic controller in an island of the Azores archipelago receives a transatlantic emergency signal from a lone pilot cut helplessly adrift over the North Atlantic. As their engagement unfolds, it emerges that their new found friendship may not last through the night.
Portugal
Bernardo Nascimento
2010
6
Short film
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.
Angola
Bárbara de Oliveira e João Rodrigues
2016
42
Documentary
min
António Lindo António
A documentary about the director’s uncle who left his rural village in Portugal for Brazil 50 years ago at the age of 19 never to return. Over the years, he has promised his mother that he would come back… but half a century later, she is still waiting. Why did he never return?
Portugal
Ana Maria Gomes
2015
63
Documentary
min
Ilha dos Espíritos
A small island, a great history. Long before giving its name to the country, the Mozambique island had a fundamental role in the Indian Ocean during centuries. Anchor point for caravels, meeting point for pirates, it is a melting pot of races. It raises its walls in the middle of the sea. Its winding streets full of life reveal small palaces, churches and white houses. Its inhabitants are eccentric characters, proud of the island's past history. As we wander through the streets we meet an historian, a maritime archeologist, a fisherman, the "doorman" of the island, a dancer, many spirits...
Mozambique
Licínio Azevedo
2010
35
Documentary
min
Mangrove school
We went to research the conditions of the students in the guerrilla schools in the mangroves. Instead, we soon became ourselves the learners and the first lesson was how to walk. In the mangrove school the learning happens with the whole body.
Guinea-Bissau
Filipa César & Sónia Vaz Borges
2022
21
Documentary
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.
Portugal
Vitor Carvalho
2014
86
Documentary
min
Hereros Angola
Living in the remote lands of southwest Angola, the Hereros are a bantu people with an ancient tradition passed on from one generation to another. To an external eye a merely exotic tribe, this documentary shows the living knowledge of the Hereros in constant movement, from birth to demise showing daily life along the way. A unique film about a people with virtually no recorded history.
Angola
Sérgio Guerra
2013