Direction: Filipa César

Direction Sonia Borges · Filipa César

Synopsis A ghostly hand emerges from the water to clutch a branch. A friendly branch that can offer refuge in the lowlands. During the anticolonial struggle against Portuguese occupation, the free schools in Guinea-Bissau had to relocate frequently to avoid the...

Direction Filipa César

Synopsis In 2011, an archive of film and audio material re-emerged in Bissau. On the verge of complete ruination, the footage testifies to the birth of Guinean cinema as part of the decolonising vision of Amílcar Cabral, the liberation leader assassinated...

Direction Filipa César · Marinho de Pina

Cast Vanessa Fernandes · Mû Mbana · Cristina Mendes · Sana Na N'Hada

Synopsis In the village of Malafo in Guinea-Bissau, Mediateca Onshore serves as an archive and club promoting agropoetic practices. Recordings of Amílcar Cabral discussing feminism play while the directors talk in the mangroves about difficulties.