Cinema of Cape Verde

Eden Park, the first picture house and cinema in Cape Verde

The history of the cinema of Cape Verde dates back to the arrival of film-makers in Mindelo in the early twentieth-century. The first picture house was established in Mindelo around 1922, called Eden Park.[1]

The nation has two film festivals, the Cabo Verde International Film Festival (CVIFF) which takes place each year in the island of Sal with its first edition held in 2010 and Cinema do Plateau International Festival of Praia on the island of Santiago with its first edition took place in 2014.

Films

  • Os Flagelados do Vento Leste (1987)
  • Down to Earth (1995) - a drama film, directed by Pedro Costa
  • The Island of Contenda (1995) - drama film
  • Napomuceno's Will (1997)
  • Fintar o Destino (1998) - sports film
  • My Voice (Nha Fala) (2002)
  • The Journey of Cape Verde (2004)
  • Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican?': A Cape Verdean American Story (2006)
  • Santo Antão - Paisagem & Melodia
  • Batuque, the Soul of a People (2006) - a film about the music and dance genre of batuque
  • Santo Antão - Paisagem & Melodia (2006) [English: Santo Antão: Countryside & Songs, Capeverdean Creole: Santu Anton: Paisajen & Meludia]
  • Cabo Verde na cretcheu [ALUPEK: Kabuberdi na kretxeu] - a theatrical film
  • A Ilha dos Escravos (The Island of Slaves) (2008)
  • A menina dos olho grandes (2010)
  • Picture the Leviathan (2012)
  • Momento: Pupkulies & Rebecca Play Cabo Verde (2013) - set in the island of Maio
  • Another Land: Homage to John Ford (2013)
  • Buska Santu (2016) - short film
  • Coração Atlântico (Atlantic Heart) (2016) - dramatic feature film http://www.atlanticheart.com
  • Hora do Bai (2017) - short film
  • Sukuru (2017)

Documentaries

  • Fogo, îl de feu (1979)
  • Un carnaval dans le Sahel (1979)
  • Morna Blues (1996) - directed by Anaïs Porsaïc and Éric Mulet
  • Amílcar Cabral (2001) - a short documentary film
  • The Music Cape (2004) - about the Baía das Gatas Music Festival
  • Arquitecto e a Cidade Velha [Architecture of Cidade Velha] (2007) - directed by Catarina Alves Costa
  • Mindelo: Traz d'horizonte (2008) [Portuguese: Mindelo: Tras de horizonte]
  • Cabo Verde Inside (2009) - an autobiographical documentary film
  • Kontinuasom (2009) - [English: Kontinuasom, Portuguese: Kontinuasom]
  • Carta d'Holanda (2010)
  • Bitú (2010) - about a Mindelo native painter, filmed in 2006
  • 2010 Mindelo Carnival (Carnaval de Mindelo 2010, actually as Carnaval do Mindelo 2010) - about the carnival in Mindelo that happened in 2010
  • Cabralista (Amílcar-Cabralian) (2011)
  • Kolá San Jon (2011) about the festival of Saint John the Baptist (São João) - released in June
  • Proud to Be Cape Verdean: A Look at Cape Verdeans in the Golden State (2012)
  • Shouting: Tierra (2013) - a poetic documentary film about the intersection of the Atlantic
  • Tão longe é aqui (2013) [Capeverdean Creole: Tan longi é aki]
  • Tututa (2013)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arenas, Fernando (2011). Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence. U of Minnesota Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8166-6983-7.

Further reading

  • Claire Andrade-Watkins, "Le cinéma et la culture au Cap Vert et en Guinée-Bissau", Cinémas africains, une oasis dans le désert ? (African Cinema, an Oasis by the Desert), Condé-sur-Noireau, Corlet/Télérama, 2003, p. 148-151, Collection CinémAction, no. 106 ISBN 2854809807
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