Mozambique Movies

Era Oculta – “Hidden Era” unfolds in the vibrant city of Maputo, where Rastafari artist Phambi fights with securing his son’s...

The film consists of three short documentary films that show the faces and give voices to children orphaned by AIDS. The intentions of the...

In 1961 the liberation struggles start in Angola against the portuguese colonial power. The African students in Portugal fear for their safety and...

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, the poverty of the population and wealth of the subsoil remain irreconcilable, taking the lives of hundreds of miners....

Regarding the generation that took the reins of governance in the early years of Mozambique's independence, sacrificing their academic careers.

After her daughter's death, Rita returns to the African country of her childhood to investigate the death of Yvone Kane, a former political activist...

Costa gets married to Sofia with expectations of starting a family. Time goes by and Sofia cannot conceive, leaving Costa completely frustrated to...

In the midst of Mozambique's devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only...

The film deals with the judgment of the so-called "compromised", who integrated the colonial apparatus. At Josina Machel school, in an amphitheater...

The Vumba Hills in central Mozambique, close to the Zimbabwe border, are the kingdom of Mambo (Chief) Chirara. The Mambo’s leading position is...

A woman barely holding her family together, has to try even harder when her 14 year old daughter tells her she's pregnant and doesn't want her...

Amid the aftermath of Mozambique’s civil war, I visit my grandmother, confronting fading memories and blurred lines between truth and fiction....

In the form of a short political fable, Nhinguitimo explores the relations between the dispossession of rural land—and its crops—and the...

Shooting on 16mm film in Mozambique, director Ico Costa explores the textures of human behaviour as he follows young men who wonder what lies beyond...

The Mesa da Unidade Popular (People's Unity Table) was part of the furniture that, in the post-independence period, the Mozambican state intended to...

In the middle of Mozambique truckers stop for the night at a small village where local girls are waiting for customers.

Each Malangatana's brushstroke is a new line of a long life story. Odd black and white sketching, full of little people in the middle of animals, or...

A Mozambican delegation asks the Portuguese provincial administrator for independence. He agrees to consider their demands in a public square where a...