Concrete Affection – Zopo Lady
In the empty city of Luanda, Angola, there are only ghosts and memories. A man has to take the painful decision to leave his city for good.
12'
Angola
IFFR 2020
Samuel Muxingueno escapes from conflict areas in eastern Angola, and seeks shelter in Luanda. Here, his main enemy becomes his own shadow. Seeking to get rid of it, Samuel turns to life in the darkness of a deserted building. To be able to get back into the light, he makes a radical decision.
Also in this combined programme
Havemos de voltar
A taxidermied sable antelope is the protagonist in a story about conserving memory and linking Angola's colonial history to its contemporary influence of China.
17'
Angola
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Kiluanji Kia Henda
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Angola
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 15'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Kiluanji Kia Henda
- Sales
- Kiluanji Kia Henda
- Screenplay
- Kiluanji Kia Henda
- Cinematography
- Lubazandyo Mpemba Bula, Eric Claver
- Editor
- Lee Bogotá
- Sound Design
- Bernardo Barata, Kiluanji Kia Henda
Programme IFFR 2020
Deep Focus Short
Pays tribute to Kiluanji Kia Henda and Leonardo Mouramateus, and two Artist Talks: Pauline Curnier Jardin and Zachary Epcar.
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A couple spends a week taking care of someone else's house. Parties and confrontations will test the new relationship.
14'
Brazil
IFFR 2020
O completo estranho
A power cut leads to an intimate conversation between two strangers. A celebration of chance, a meditation on belonging.
24'
Brazil
IFFR 2020
Concrete Affection – Zopo Lady
In the empty city of Luanda, Angola, there are only ghosts and memories. A man has to take the painful decision to leave his city for good.
12'
Angola
IFFR 2020