João Ribeiro

In a small coastal African village, Jaki lives, in a house full of cousins ruled with an iron fist by grandmother Agnette and haunted by the mysterious figure of Grandmother Catarina. The life of the neighbourhood revolves around the construction of a Mausoleum for a deceased President that threatens to demolish the local residents’ houses. “Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret” is an adaptation of Ondjaki's novel.

In a small coastal African village, Jaki lives, in a house full of cousins ruled with an iron fist by grandmother Agnette and haunted by the mysterious figure of Grandmother Catarina. The life of the neighbourhood revolves around the construction of a Mausoleum for a deceased President that threatens to demolish the local residents’ houses. “Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret” is an adaptation of Ondjaki's novel.

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 their immediate surroundings. In the fragments of conversations captured in the Maputo market, a recording studio and on coconut trees, we find daily routines and tedium lead to chit-chat on desire, money and hope. In the interplay between performance and document, poetry emerges from fleeting everyday moments.

Tizangara, Mozambique. After the peace agreement. A mystery. UN soldiers exploding. An investigation is begun and Massimo is appointed to solve the mystery. Joaquim will have to translate, not only the words but the facts, in order for him to understand.

Tizangara, Mozambique. After the peace agreement. A mystery. UN soldiers exploding. An investigation is begun and Massimo is appointed to solve the mystery. Joaquim will have to translate, not only the words but the facts, in order for him to understand.

Tizangara, Mozambique. After the peace agreement. A mystery. UN soldiers exploding. An investigation is begun and Massimo is appointed to solve the mystery. Joaquim will have to translate, not only the words but the facts, in order for him to understand.

밀수를 일삼는 용병 대니 아처(레오나르도 디카프리오)는 다이아몬드 광산에서 강제노역을 하던 솔로몬(디몬 하운수)이 유래 없이 크고 희귀한 다이아몬드를 발견해 숨기고 있다는 사실을 알게 된다. 아처는 그 다이아몬드가 아프리카에서 벗어날 기회임을 알고 그에게 접근하지만, 이 다이아몬드는 소년병으로 끌려간 솔로몬의 아들을 구하기 위한 것. 매디 보웬(제니퍼 코넬리)은 다이아몬드 산업의 부패를 폭로하고 숨겨진 진실을 밝히려고 하는 이상주의적 기자. 매디는 정보를 얻기 위해 아처를 찾지만 이내 그가 자신을 더 필요로 한다는 것을 알게 된다. 아처는 매디의 도움으로 솔로몬과 함께 반란 세력의 영토를 통과하기로 결정한다.

아프리카 태생인 UN 통역사 실비아 브룸이 그녀 외 극소수만이 알고 있는 언어로 아프리카 정치 지도자의 목숨을 위협하는 것을 엿들었다고 강력히 주장하면서 사건은 시작된다. 연방요원 토빈 켈러의 보호를 받게 되면서 그녀의 상황은 더욱 더 끔찍해진다. 그녀의 미심쩍은 과거와 그녀가 비밀스럽게 국제적으로 연결 되어 있다는 사실을 파헤치게 되면서 그녀가 음모 속으로 직접 뛰어들지 않았나 하고 더욱 의심하게 되고, 매 순간마다 그는 그녀를 더욱더 의심스럽게 만드는 증거들을 찾아내게 된다.

Carica is only seven years old and wants a bicycle for Christmas. But his family has no money and offers him a book. The grandfather tells him the story of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. On the first day of rain and sun, Carica embarks on adventure.

A series of six dramatic shorts, each from a different African country and all on the broad theme of "love in Africa."

Four stories in a Mozambican village. Stories about a water can, a well that gets broken, a lonely hunter, and a bird that becomes a radio.