África Mostra-se - African Film Festival and African Culture started in 2011.
África Mostra-se ’14 – African Diasporas
23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31 of May and 1st of June - Lisbon
África Mostra-se - African Film Festival and African Culture started in 2011, as a result of a shared will to create room and to introduce artistic creations from Africa or related, to some extent, to African cultures. The first edition was held in 2011.
The aim was the creation of an annual festival which promoted the contact between the public and artistic and cultural manifestations coming from all African countries (and not only from Portuguese speaking countries), in order to introduce new images and new modes of expression from this continent. We became interested - and we are still curious - in developing a shared thought about the way the African continent is perceived, countering the (yet) general tendency to its standardisation.
Although the festival had been proposed considering the cinema as the centrepiece of the event, we did not devalue other artistic fields. On the contrary, the following elements have always been part of the programme: concerts, painting and sculpture exhibitions, theatre and dance performances and the presentation of literary works. In addition, discussions and informal meetings between the team, special guests and the public, and initiatives aiming to train participants in different areas have always been promoted.
As is the case throughout several other European countries, we relish the prospect of making África Mostra-se a reference in the festivals circuit and European film festivals about Africa. We aim to renew the intercontinental relationships based on creativity. Let's unwrap news and offer an amazing cultural experience to our audience, revealing the creativity and the point of view of who lives, knows and is interested in the African continent.
The almost nonexistent budget we provide does not allow us to offer the audience everything we wanted and everything it so much deserves. Thus, this campaign is an opportunity to raise the much-needed funds to pay the artists with whom we would like to work in this edition. Then again, we want to bring internationally acknowledged films (many of which never debuted in Portugal!) and we believe them to be an added value to our audience, due to their quality and relevance; films from different parts of the world that pore over the theme of this edition: African Diasporas.
Counting on you, we know that we will be able to show the best of what is done in Africa in the 4th edition of África Mostra-se!
About the author
África Mostra-se – Cinema and African Culture is promoted by a group of professionals with different artistic backgrounds, who voluntarily meet their efforts, dedication and commitment to the construction and maintenance of the event. The group is also in the process of constitution of Zebra, a Cultural Cooperative, and África Mostra-se will be one of their key activities.
The event is only possible with the indispensable support of several volunteers who offered their work, friendship and passion for this project.
Ângela Cunha
Degree in Telecommunication Engineering and Computer Science and Master in the same area by the ISCTE-IUL. Works as an engineer in Truphone since 2013. Her professional experience goes beyond the area of telecommunications, Ângela also worked as consultant for Capgemini and as a promoter and host in diferent events. She was one of the founding members of NEAF (Center for African Students).
Eduardo Cunha
With a degree in Cinema Studies, Eduardo was responsible for the executive production of short films and documentaries. He as worked in festivals such as Lisbon Lyric, Óbidos Opera Festival, DocLisboa, Temps d'Images and FATAL. In 2006, he got involved with the ISU, and was selected for a volunteer project in Guinea-Bissau called Nô Djunta Mon. Within the financing activities of the ISU, he starts drawing the first edition of África Mostra-se (2010), in which he takes the responsibility of artistic direction. He works as an editor and is responsible for the creation of video content and the creative manipulation of them, working with various visual artists, collectives and musicians, including: Oskar & Gaspar, O manipulador, Andrew Jones, VJ Squad, Droid id, Carlos Barretto, Marco Martins, Vitalic, among others .
Guilherme Mira Godinho
With a degree in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Guilherme began to collaborate in organizing and producing various events in the cultural sphere a long time ago. He was instrumental in the Bulhosa company supporting the book editing area. Now he is an animator in Tuk - Tuks Eco, being responsible for the promotion of cultural tours mostly in the historic area of Lisbon, and contributor to Vice magazine Cinema and Music area. From an early age he started to develop his skills and he's permanently deepening his knowledge in music, photography and film. He studied music and concluded a screenwriting course.
Hélder Lopes
Degree in Languages, Literatures and Compared Cultures by FLUL and a postgraduate degree in translation (major in English) by FCSUL. Works since 2012 as a freelance translator, having collaborated in the translation into English of the play "Tales in Cape Verde". In 2010, he worked as a teacher of Spanish in Moita (2010). He is still voluntary in ILGA Portugal, working on the translation of documents of legal and informative nature, on the photographic record and in the support of the organization of events. It was through photography that he began his collaboration with África Mostra-se. Currently he resides in Manchester (England) and is developing a master's thesis in theater, translation and censorship in the Estado Novo (portuguese dictatorship).
Isabel Moura Mendes
Isabel Moura Mendes is a Portuguese-Cape Verdean events, festivals & cultural manager based in Edinburgh, with a background in Journalism and Media Studies. In the last three years she has developed expertise in African cinema and has programmed for festivals such as the Scottish-based Africa in Motion Film Festival (AiM), the London-based FilmAfrica, amongst others. Throughout her career she has collaborated with a number of arts, film training and exchange programmes between the US, Europe and Africa; and she is currently developing her own international African film initiative to be implemented across the Portuguese-speaking African countries.
Kris Hammer
Kris is a transmedia director-producer working across mobile and online spaces for personal projects as well as consulting clients from technology, film, art & fashion industries. Joining the Africa Mostra-se team in 2013 as an International Liaison he's responsible for promoting AFM at other film festivals as well as helping out with talking to directors about their films a choosing movies for the festival selection. Kris holds a BA in audiovisual media from Baltic Film & Media School and is a MA candidate in crossmedia production at Tallinn University. He's lived in Estonia, Portugal, Argentina and currently resides in Sao Tomé & Principe where he co-produces a TEDx event and works on his long-term narrative project Wê.
Sara Peres Dias
Sara graduated in Political Science and International Relations, in Universidade Nova in 2007, and now finishing her masters degree in the Department of Economic Development and International Cooperation at ISEG . Since 2007 she has been working in the area of Development Cooperation, coordinating numerous projects for Cooperation and Global Education, namely: ODM University Challenge (Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde), design and ODM Agency Radar Project in the area of training for students and professionals media on issues related with Ethics and International Cooperation in communication and producing journalistic and documentary content on global issues. She is also part of several working groups in the area of cooperation, having already participated as a facilitator and member of the organization of conferences.
Sara Santana
Sara graduated in Art Studies - Performing Arts, by FLUL, and Master in Management of Cultural Studies, specialization in Cultural Management, by ISCTE-IUL. She's developing a dissertation about Cultural Policies in Guinea-Bissau. Working since 2009 in the field of cultural production and programming, Sara worked in the performing arts festivals Alkantara Festival (2010) and Escrita na Paisagem (2012) . Her musical experience enabled her to teach classes in Musical Education at pre-school and 1st cycle. She was also trainer of community leaders and teachers in comunity dinamization, project methodology and teaching methods in Guinea-Bissau, under Nô Djunta Mon project (2011). She works, since 2012 , in Background - Serviços Profissionais de Produção, which is a structure that provides support to national and international artistic productions, and since 2011, as production coordinator in África Mostra-se.
Tiago Cortez-Pinto
Degree in Communication Sciences from the Universidade Católica de Lisboa, he finished his studies in 2008. Working since the same year in the audiovisual industry, specifically in video editing, Tiago attended several technical training courses specializing in this area of editing tools. He worked on various projects among which the experience of two years in Jeunesse Musicales Internacionales in Bruxelles, using culture and music as tools of empowerment. He participated in the cooperation project Nô Djunta Mon in Guinea-Bissau in 2008, and since then he continued as volunteer and coach at ISU. He currently works in Lisbon for a Canadian company in the field of video capture and editing, maintaining his production as a freelancer for different regular customers. He is, since 2010, member of the África Mostra-se team, coordinating the area of music and video capture.
