Mozambique Movies

  • 2017
    Searching Nafta

    Searching Nafta

    Searching Nafta

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    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...

    Searching Nafta
  • 2024
    The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder

    The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder

    The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder

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    Amid the aftermath of Mozambique’s civil war, I visit my grandmother, confronting fading memories and blurred lines between truth and fiction....

    The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder
  • 2021
    Nhinguitimo

    Nhinguitimo

    Nhinguitimo

    02021HD

    In the form of a short political fable, Nhinguitimo explores the relations between the dispossession of rural land—and its crops—and the...

    Nhinguitimo
  • 2015
    Yvone Kane

    Yvone Kane

    Yvone Kane

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    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...

    Yvone Kane
  • 2009
    If Vagina Had Teeth: The Shona Rainmaking Ceremony in Western Mozambique

    If Vagina Had Teeth: The Shona Rainmaking Ceremony in Western Mozambique

    If Vagina Had Teeth: The Shona Rainmaking Ceremony in Western Mozambique

    02009HD

    "Ritual reversals" or "rituals of rebellion" are concepts used for mock rituals performed in Southern and Eastern Africa. During fertility rituals,...

    If Vagina Had Teeth: The Shona Rainmaking Ceremony in Western Mozambique
  • 2015
    Maputo: Ethnography of a Divided City

    Maputo: Ethnography of a Divided City

    Maputo: Ethnography of a Divided City

    0.52015HD

    This film seeks to visualize Maputo in Mozambique as one of Africa's divided cities. One day in the city, through the eyes of the people who live...

    Maputo: Ethnography of a Divided City
  • 2010
    Grande Hotel

    Grande Hotel

    Grande Hotel

    6.32010HD

    Grande Hotel, Beira, Mozambique. In one of the grandest hotels in the world, born of and to luxury, today you enter 'at own risk'. More than 2500...

    Grande Hotel
  • 2026
    The Prophet

    The Prophet

    The Prophet

    02026HD

    Helder, a kind hearted evangelical pastor living in the village of Manjacaze, Mozambique . He struggles with his own faith in God as he fails to...

    The Prophet
  • 2003
    Night Stop

    Night Stop

    Night Stop

    02003HD

    In the middle of Mozambique truckers stop for the night at a small village where local girls are waiting for customers.

    Night Stop
  • 2008
    Trilogia das Novas Famílias

    Trilogia das Novas Famílias

    Trilogia das Novas Famílias

    02008HD

    The film consists of three short documentary films that show the faces and give voices to children orphaned by AIDS. The intentions of the...

    Trilogia das Novas Famílias
  • 2024
    Hidden Era

    Hidden Era

    Hidden Era

    02024HD

    Era Oculta – “Hidden Era” unfolds in the vibrant city of Maputo, where Rastafari artist Phambi fights with securing his son’s...

    Hidden Era
  • 2003
    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    02003HD

    Moving, narrative documentary depicting the effects of AIDS on four young girls' lives.

    Eclipse
  • 1978
    Plantar nas Estrelas

    Plantar nas Estrelas

    Plantar nas Estrelas

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    Plantar nas Estrelas
  • 1971
    Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines

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    Documentary on the struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime in Mozambique, focusing on the organization of civilian life in the liberated...

    Behind the Lines
  • 2007
    Sleepwalking Land

    Sleepwalking Land

    Sleepwalking Land

    6.52007HD

    In the midst of Mozambique's devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only...

    Sleepwalking Land
  • 2007
    Ngwenya, O Crocodilo

    Ngwenya, O Crocodilo

    Ngwenya, O Crocodilo

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    Each Malangatana's brushstroke is a new line of a long life story. Odd black and white sketching, full of little people in the middle of animals, or...

    Ngwenya, O Crocodilo
  • 2025

    "Maputo Nakuzandza" Making Of

    "Maputo Nakuzandza" Making Of

    02025HD

    Making of the film "Maputo Nakuzandza", by Ariadine Zampaulo.

  • 2024
    Nwavu, the Blind Man

    Nwavu, the Blind Man

    Nwavu, the Blind Man

    02024HD

    In a village from Mozambique folk tales, Nwavu, and old blind man, is running out of time to leave a descendent. With the aid of the venerable...

    Nwavu, the Blind Man
  • 2021
    Making Rain

    Making Rain

    Making Rain

    02021HD

    The Vumba Hills in central Mozambique, close to the Zimbabwe border, are the kingdom of Mambo (Chief) Chirara. The Mambo’s leading position is...

    Making Rain
  • 1959
    Satanskoraal

    Satanskoraal

    Satanskoraal

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    The film's plot revolves around a rich playboy and an expert in coral who helps scientists to discover chunks of coral missing off the Mozambican...

    Satanskoraal