Mozambique Movies

In the early 70s, Camilo de Sousa left Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, travelled Europe, joined the Frelimo guerrilla and became a filmmaker....

The use of kidnapped children as fighters was a systematic practice by the South African-backed Renamo army. We follow Julio Bombi’s journey to...

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

In Mozambique, Izidine, a young police inspector, is called to investigate the murder of Vasto Excelêncio, the director of a nursing home built...

Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent...

In 2020, unable to travel, Ico Costa left a small camera with Ailucha and Domy, two young Mozambicans from the city of Inhambane, and asked them to...

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...

This film seeks to visualize Maputo in Mozambique as one of Africa's divided cities. One day in the city, through the eyes of the people who live...

"The stars are the eyes of people who died of love…," says Solomon.

Documentary on the struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime in Mozambique, focusing on the organization of civilian life in the liberated...

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...

Anifa survives a kidnap. Isa grows old surrounded by fear. In the heart of Maputo in Mozambique, this two sisters face together a place where the...

Alima wants to go to school, but her husband is against it. This film follows Alima as she finds a way to live, selling candies on the streets of...

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...

"Ritual reversals" or "rituals of rebellion" are concepts used for mock rituals performed in Southern and Eastern Africa. During fertility rituals,...

Moving, narrative documentary depicting the effects of AIDS on four young girls' lives.

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

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

Kutchinga is a feature-length documentary that addresses the ritual of widows who are forced to have sex with a relative or someone hired in order to...

In a village from Mozambique folk tales, Nwavu, and old blind man, is running out of time to leave a descendent. With the aid of the venerable...