Mozambique and Portugal / 2003 / 53mins / Documentary / Criolo and Portuguese

Award-winning filmmaker Margarida Cardoso presents us with the collapsing national ideal of “one cinema for the people” and the dreams of people who believed that one day Mozambique would become a different country.

Margarida Cardoso

Margarida Cardoso was born in Portugal in 1963. She studied Image and Audiovisual Communication at the Antonio Arroio School, from which she received her diploma. Between 1983 and 1996 she worked as a script editor and assistant director on more than 40 Portuguese and international films. As a director, her filmography includes numerous films as well. Her films have screened in many festivals, such as Rotterdam, Venice, and Locarno where she was awarded the Leopard de Demain in 1999. She has been a regular guest speaker at conferences, master classes and workshops around the world and has been invited as a jury member to many festivals, including DocLisboa International Documentary Film Festival, and Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival. Learn More