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Maria Bethânia takes her poetic essay to Mozambique for the first time, where she meets local and Angolan authors dealing with topics such as the importance of literature on resistance to colonization.

CALY embarks on a desperate mission, facing betrayal and deadly enemies to save his daughter.

Zafa finally opens the bar. Throughout the day things don't go as planned, the workers he hired aren't as qualified as they seemed, and things get worse. But he never gives up on his dreams.

A singing competition with a humor twist. 54 singers compete for the grand prize, 250.000 Meticais, in 27 episodes.

1975, Mozambique's rebirth as an independent nation. The young revolution sweeps the streets of Maputo clean of prostitutes and bad habits. The prostitutes are sent to re-education camps deep in the countryside, where they will become "new women" - loyal comrades of the new nation. As the "clean-up" takes place, Margarida, a 16-year-old girl from the countryside, is mistakenly taken. Drawing on the stories of real women, Virgin Margarida is a dramatic exploration of a little known chapter in Mozambique's history. A chapter that made no allowance for individuality and enshrined male domination as an ideology.

A young ex-con seeking redemption is surprised by a bank foreclosure that forces him to plot against a ruthless crime boss.

In the midst of Mozambique's devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only companion is an elderly storyteller, and the only guide to finding his mother is a dead man's diary. This transporting drama underscores the power of imagination in surviving, and ultimately overcoming, the catastrophe of war.

As children, a Mozambique native and a Portuguese colonialist were friends. Years have passed and Mozambique is fighting for its independence. Two childhood friends meet on opposing sides.

On 16 June 1960 in Mueda, Mozambique, the Portuguese army executed six hundred inhabitants on the orders of the Portuguese governor. Since the country's independence, Mueda's residents relive this event each year in a theatrical re-enactment, playing the roles of the assassins, victims and spectators. This film sets a historical landmark in the cinematic memory of decolonization and the Mozambican people's grieving process.

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 and guerrilla fighter. There, she becomes embroiled in a journey into the past of a land haunted by war and evil.

In a small village in Mozambique, two little boys make use of condoms in a different way.

1960. On hot nights, in the small village in the fertile Incomati river valley, men gather in the Rodrigues cantina, the only one that serves cold drinks.

Kwame a policeman grew up believing a man is always right and that a women should respect his ways and decisions. When his wife Crista questions him about the way he handles her in bed, the relationship takes a turn that forces Kwame to either change or loose his wife Crista.

A man revisits his grandparents' Mozambique village where he grew up when civil war raged. His grandmother protected him from the war back then. The film now shines light into that dark history prudently.

In the rainy season the rivers rise and Chimanimani, one of the most beautiful regions in Mozambique, is cut off from the rest of the country. A natural reserve will be created. The main attraction is Mount Binga, the highest point in Mozambique. This reserve will benefit the local community. However, a bridge must be built. The entire village participates in the construction. It is a celebration of human labour!

IZIDINE, a recently promoted Police Detective, is called to an elderdy home set in a former colonial fortress to investigate a crime: VASTO EXCELÊNCIO, the home's director has been murdered. MARTA, the home's nurse tries to steer the investigation to the real crime, the home's very own existence. IZIDINE is confronted with a surprise: all the residents confess that they are the murderer. Their motives going from the way the director treated the elderly, beating them, the domestic violence perpetrated by the director on his own wife's, or the nurse confessing a love affair with the deceased who forced her to have an abortion. The detective will slowly discover that the real crime was a revenge. The director used the Home to smuggle weapons, which the elderly made disappear, sentencing him to be killed by his buddy criminals.

Érica, uma jovem de 19 anos, vive uma vida aparentemente perfeita com seus pais em uma zona de luxo. No entanto, tudo muda quando um grupo de assaltantes invade sua casa.

Carlos Djambo, a former guerrilla photographer, on a re-visit trip to the places where he documented the liberation struggle and the process of reconstruction of Mozambique after Independence. His photographs and the encounters with the people who shared his fighting experience are the guiding thread of a journey that reveals the country in contrast to the one that was idealized. On the road, due to unexpected encounters, is the drama in the life of Djambo that ends up being revealed - so fatally entangled that it is in the historical course of his country. NOTES ON THE PRODUCTION: The film DJAMBO had a first phase of preparation in 2015, with footage from interviews in Maputo, Ressano Garcia and Nbuzini (South Africa). The documentary research work was carried out throughout 2016, in archives in Mozambique and Sweden. The shooting of the trip in the provinces of Tete, Niassa and Cabo Delgado took place during the month of June 2016. The assembly and post-production of DJAMBO were carried out in Portugal during the months of July, August and September of 2016.

A captivating sensory journey into Maputo's contemporary art practices and aesthetics.

In "O Preto," directed by Ivo Mabjaia and produced by Nelcia Laquine, a mysterious affliction known as the "sleeping sickness" grips a group of individuals, plunging them into a deep, unbreakable slumber. While they lie helpless, a sinister reality unfolds-those who remain awake exploit the sleepers for their own gain, wielding power in a world divided by consciousness. As the narrative progresses, a chilling question emerges: are the sleepless merely opportunists, or could they be the very architects of this strange epidemic? Blending elements of psychological thriller and social allegory, "Sleep's Wake" explores themes of control, complicity, and the fragile line between victim and villain in a society driven by greed and secrecy.

Recruiting children to fight.

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.

MABATA BATA is a trip to the African modern rural world in Mozambique, where the magical universe is still very present on people's life who have few options to face poverty. Their great dream, still now, is to reach the 'other side', where they believe they can find potential solutions for their lives. But what is the point of making plans if the war can keep you from accomplishing them? The film is an adaptation of THE DAY MABATA BATA EXPLODED, a short story by international awarded writer MIA COUTO, published in VOICES MADE NIGHT, the author's first short stories book. The original story talks about a shepherd boy who wants to go to school, but he is not allowed to do it because he has to take care of the herd for the lobolo (traditional dowry) of his uncle, who works in the mines of South Africa. Above all, he has to take care of MABATA BATA, the herd's biggest ox. In the adaptation, the film gains a magical dimension, with the introduction of a ceremony, with an invocation of the spirit that may or may not bless the marriage that was preceded by tragic events. The war is present: the ox explodes, the boy runs away, which triggers a series of events that will end unpredictably. The film was made in co-production with the Mozambican company PROMARTE, and the Portuguese company BANDO À PARTE.

When Professor Suthu, a Bantu Anthropologist obsessed with the unusual phenomena present in African Culture, is accused by the police of incentivizing albino people's kidnapping because of a lesson of his where he explains the different beliefs that African people hold regarding albinos and their magical powers, he notices that the police lack the expertise to investigate witchcraft and paranormal related crimes and he convinces them to be their consultant as he uses his extraordinary skills to solve incomprehensible crimes with the help of a police detective, Luna, a medical trainee, Kayana and a witch-doctor banned from practicing because of her unusual methods, Mamã Mathusse.