Mozambique / 1996 / 12mins / Documentary / Portuguese

Mozambique Island is a mini-documentary on the first capital of Mozambique, a mixture of European, Arabic and African cultures.

Chico Carneiro

Chico Carneiro is a Brazillian filmmaker, photographer and producer, living in Mozambique. His introduction to film started at a very young age, when his father, Duca Carneiro, would take him to see his films exhibited in Castlebay. From then, Chico taught himself about film, fueled by his father gift of a camera. From then, Chico began shooting amateur films in super 8mm and 16mm. However, his professional introduction to film began as a photographer’s assistant. When he migrated to Sao Paulo, he became a camera assistant and gained experience in the film world. He worked for the company Kanemo, for several years during which he directed documentaries. He contributed to the production of important works of Brazilian cinema, inlcuding Jorge Bodanzky Orlando Senna’s Iracema (1974) and Pixote 1979, by Hector Babenco. Among many others. In 1993, he became a founding partner of Promarte – a film production company where, he worked as a photographer, camera operator and director. In 2012, he created the production company, Argus. Today, he is splits his time between making films about the Amazon and the Mozambican reality. Learn More

Sol de Carvalho

Sol de Carvalho was born in 1953 in Beira, Mozambique, studied at the Conservatório Nacional de Cinema in Lisbon and worked as a journalist, editor and photographer. Already during his studies in Portugal Sol de Carvalho was a political activist against the Salazar regime. On his return to Mozambique he joined the independence efforts of the FRELIMO and was nominated as the director of the Serviço Nacional da Rádio Moçambique. Starting from 1979 he worked together with Mia Couto and Albino Magaia for the magazine Tempo. In 1986 Sol de Carvalho finally made the decision to become a filmmaker. Since then he's made many films, mainly documentaries and TV movies (A Janela, O Búzio, As Teias da Aranha, etc.). O Jardim do Outro Homem was his first feature-length film. Sol de Carvalho was also a founding member of the production company Ébano, together with Pedro Pimenta and Licínio Azevedo, though he later withdrew from it in order to establish Promarte Production Company in Maputo. His work is socially committed and often deals with taboo subjects such as HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. A strong advocate for participatory processes, he is often times on the road in Mozambique to show his films in villages and to discuss with the people. Learn More