CREDITS
Directed by:
Dulce Fernandes
Director of Photography:
Ricardo Filiaci
Sound Direction:
Michel Caballero
Editing:
Francisco Costa
Audio Mixing:
João Eleutério
Voice-over:
Ana Brandão and Chaz Mena
Visual Effects:
Catarina Lanusse
Motion Graphics:
Mike Mwaduma
Production Coordination (Angola):
Jaqueline Mota
Marketing and Communication:
Rita Gonzazlez and Fátima Santos Filipe
Executive Producer:
Jacinta Barros
Producers:
Rui Simões (Portugal) and António dos Reis (Angola)
Co-Production:
Dread Locks (Angola)
Production:
Real Ficção
SYNOPSIS
Letters from Angola is a journey into a forgotten past and a look at a geographical memory where two stories intersect: the story of a Portuguese woman born in Angola on the eve of independence, and the stories of the Cubans who fought in the Angolan war.
The film, told in the first person, is a crossing through today's Cuba and a discovery of the stories of Cubans in Angola during the war, revealing a lost past and an umbilical connection to a distant land. An intimate and poetic look at what we can learn about ourselves when we look at others, Letters from Angola is a reflection on the fragile place of the individual within the context of History's tectonic shifts.
FUNDING
SUPPORT
FESTIVALS
• DocLisboa 2011
• Odemira Digital Film Festival 2011
• FIPA – Festival International des Programmes Audiovisuels 2012
• Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival 2012
• Cultural Days of Portuguese-Speaking Countries 2012
• 10th Guadalajara Ibero-American Film Festival Market
• Doc Shop at Hot Docs 2012
• 7th Dockanema – Documentary Film Festival
• Cape Verde International Film Festival 2012
• Puebla International Film Festival 2012
• Africa in the Picture 2012
• ExtremaDOC 2012
• Lusophone Film Festival 2015
AWARDS
• 1st Honorable Mention at the Puebla International Film Festival 2012
• Nominated for the 2013 SOPHIA Awards - Best Feature Length Documentary
