The Luanda International Film Festival runs from November 16 to 22nd at the Cine Atlantico. For full details and festival program visit the festivals website,  www.ficluanda.org.

The Viking Club is pleased to inform its members and friends that the official premiere in Angola of the powerful new Swedish/South African film about coming to terms with the horrors and sacrifices of the Angolan Civil War - MY HEART OF DARKNESS will be on Sunday, 20 November 2011, at 18.30 at the Cine Atlantico. The film, which Viking Club members had an exclusive opportunity to see in advance in September, is being shown as part of the Luanda Film Festival, along with other Swedish films being screened that same day. The co-producer of the film who plays a leading role in it, Marius Van Niekerk, will be present at the premiere. All are invited and welcome.

November 20, 18:30, Cine Atlantico, Luanda

Four veterans of Angola’s civil war, from different sides, journey by boat down the Kwando River on a voyage through their past and its nightmares. Once they tried to kill each other, but 20 years later the former enemies are searching for understanding, forgiveness and reconciliation. Shot against a spectacular backdrop of African savannah, MY HEART OF DARKNESS is a film about unthinkable suffering and brutality, of disappointment, but most of all of hope. Of how a common fate and shared traumas steer the course of four lives on a journey that will change them for ever.

Luanda International Film Festival kicks off Saturday, November 19 and runs to Wednesday, November 23, at Cine Atlantico and at Auditório Pepetela located in the Instituto Camões at the Portuguese Embassy. Visit www.ficluanda.org/index.php and www.ficluanda.org/programacao.php for details.

* indicates Angolan film

Cine – Atlântico

Dia 19 Saturday
15h00 – Arte Xavega- O Chamamento do Mar
15h35 – A Ponte uma Historia de Ferryboat Bagamoyo
16h15 – Hepicat ( Aquele que tudo vê)
16h30 – A menina dos olhos grandes
17h55 – Perro Flaco
19h40 – O Barão (The Baron)
Dia 20 Sunday
15h00 – Stocktown X Svdafrika
15h35 – Xilunguine, A terra prometida
16h10 – Alfama
16h30 – Taxi Sister
17h10 – Los Ulisses
18h33 – Le Bonheur d’Elza’s happiness
*19h55 – Os pastores do deserto
*20h20 – O contador de historias: Um passeio inesquecivel
Dia 21 Monday
15h00 – El Bohio
15h20 – Lobolo
15h50 – Secuencia 27
16h05 – La Mia Mantia
16h40 – Lingua Mãe
*19h00 – Quem Somos
*19h35 – Os Emplastros
Dia 22 Tuesday
15h00 – Fuera de Cuadro
15h15 – Ekwapa
15h25 – Voodoo
16h00 – Dina
16h30 – Mais Ruidoso que uma bomba
19h00 – Crianças em terra de ninguem
*19h50 – A Inocência de Mila
Dia 23 Wednesday
15h00 – Eden
16h10 – Garagouz
16h35 – Chikwembo
17h30 – Neve Shaanan
*19h00 – Viagem ao Kuroca
*19h35 – Forasteiro

Details: 

International Section

Documentários

Arte Xavega -O Chamamento do Mar : Paulo Cesar Fajardo – Portugal – 26 minutos – 2010
A Ponte uma historia do Ferryboat Bagamoyo : Diana Manhiça – Moçambique – 38 minutos – 2010
Stocktown X Svdafrika : Teddy Goitom – Eritreia/Suecia – 30 minutos – 2011
Xilunguine, A terra prometida : Inaldeso Cossa – Moçambique – 31 minutos – 2011
El Bohio : Carlos Y. Rodriguez – Cuba – 14 minutos – 2010
Lingua Mãe : Fernando Weller / Leo Falção – Brasil – 81 minutos – 2010
Fuera de Cuadro: Marcio Laranjeira – Argentina/Portugal – 10 minutos – 2010
Ekwapa : Luis Chaves – Moçambique – 5 minutos – 2010
Crianças em terra de ninguém : Anayansi Prado – EUA – 40 minutos – 2010
Eden: Daniel Blaufuks – Portugal – 67 minutos – 2011
Neve Shaanan: Hila Waldman – Israel – 33 minutos – 2010
Los Ulisses: Alberto Garcia Hortiz – Espanha – 83 minutos – 2011
Taxi Sister : Theresa Traoré Dahlberg – Senegal – 30 minutos – 2011 ESTREIA – saiba mais

Short Movies

Hepicat (Aquele que tudo Vê): Nuno Portugal – Portugal – 12 minutos – 2010
Lobolo: Michele Mathison – Moçambique – 27 minutos – 2010
Alfama: João Viana – Portugal – 16 minutos – 2010
Secuencia 27 : Eduardo Zamora – Costa Rica / Espanha – 11 minutos – 2011
La Mia Mantia: Andre Paduano / Giulio Vita – Italia/Espanha – 30 minutos – 2011
Voodoo: Sandro Aguilar – Portugal – 32 minutos – 2010
Dina: Mickey Fonseca – Moçambique – 23 minutos – 2010
Garagouz: Abdenour Zahzah – Argelia – 22 minutos – 2010

Feature Length Films

Perro Flaco: Ernesto Martin – Espanha – 95 minutos – 2011
A Menina dos Olhos Grandes : Alexis Tsafa / Fonseca Soares – Grecia/ Cabo Verde – 83 minutos – 2010
Le Bonheur D’Elza’s Happiness: Mariette Monpierre – Guadalupe – 78 minutos – 2011
Mais Ruidoso que uma bomba: Greg Jacobs / Jon Siskel – EUA – 97 minutos – 2010
Chikwembo: Julio Silva – Moçambique – 65 minutos – 2010
O Barão (The Baron): Edgar Pêra – Portugal – 94 minutos – 2011

* National Section

Documentários

Quem Somos : Chico Junior – Angola – 30 minutos – 2010
Pastores do Deserto : Tando Minguiedy – Angola – 22 minutos – 2011
Viagem ao Kuroca : Nguxi dos Santos- Angola- 47 minutos – 2010

Shorts

O Contador de Historia – Um Passeio Inesquecivel: Analtina Dias – Angola – 49 minutos – 2010
Forasteiro : Mafuta Paulo – Angola – 52 minutos – 2010

Feature Length

Por Aqui tudo Bem: Pocas Pascoal – Angola – 93 minutos – 2011 – Filme de Abertura do Festival
Os Emplastros : Alberto Botelho – Angola – 104 minutos – 2010
A Inocência de Mila : Kivoma Gerão – Angola – 97 minutos – 2010

Extra Films

Auditório Pepetela – Instituto Camões at Portuguese Embassy 19 – 23 November

Dia 19 – Saturday

15h45 – Giulia Non Esce la Sera; Giuseppe Piccioni – 100 minutos – Itália
17h30 – Diosos Rotos; Manuel Angueira – 110 minutos – Cuba

Dia 20 – Sunday

16h00 – Operacion Diablo – Sthephani Boyd, 70 minutos – Peru
17h30 – Das 9 às 5 – Rodrigo Lacerda / Rita Alcaire – 52 minutos – Portugal

Dia 21 – Monday

16h00 – Fordlândia; Maninho Andrade – 48 minutos – Brasil
16h50 – Malagasy Gospel; Carlos Esbert – 90 minutos – Espanha/Madagascar

Dia 22 – Tuesday

16h30 – Zao Arrive au Mbougui; David Pierre Fila – 55 minutos – RDC
17h30 – La mujer sin piano; Lola Mayo – 90 minutos – Espanha/França

Dia 23 – Wednesday

17h30 – Roble de Olor; Rigoberto Lopes – 138 minutos – Cuba

FIC

The Luanda International Film Festival is taking place from November 22 – 29 at the Cine Atlantico, Belas Shopping Cinema and in the Pepetela Auditorium at the Camoes Institute next to the Portuguese embassy. The brand new festival will showcase both new and re-released films from countries including South Africa, Sao Tome, France, Portugal, Brazil, China and of course, Angola.

Continuous screenings of Angolan amateur videos will also run at the Sala Estudio in Cine Atlantic. As well, four days of panel discussions and debates will take to the stage of the Auditorium at the Triple AAA Building in downtown Luanda. And also not to be missed: a photographic exhibition on Angolan cinema, specially prepared by Cinemateca de Angola, will be on display at Cine Atlantico, Cine Place and Auditorio Pepetela.

The Angolan Cinema, Audiovisual and Multimedia Institute (IACAM) is organizing the festival. Click here to download a pdf of the Festival’s two-page program, which is written in English and Portuguese and includes show times and locations. For more information, you can also call IACAM in Luanda at 222 33 53 05; email direccao@ficluanda.com or visit the English translation of the FIC website here.

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