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A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan.

Independence begins with memories of the colonial situation in Angola, reveals the first steps in the struggle and covers the main settings where it took place. From 1961 to 1974, the war in Angola spread from the bush areas in the North and Cabinda to the flood plains in the East, involving many, many people, the guerrillas and those that supported them. Meanwhile, prisons and prison camps were full of political prisoners. Using military endeavour as well as economic and legal reforms, Portugal managed to prolong a war that it could not win.

The film tries to tell the History between April 25th 1974 and November 25th 1975, as it was felt by the crew that, throughout this period, found themselves completely commited to the revolutionary process that was happening.

During the independence war, a woman searches nationwide for her resistant husband. After finding and saving him, they must rebuild their relationship and life together in their ravaged country.

Eny, a painter in Berlin, and his sister Titina, embark on a journey through West Africa after 17 years of exile from Guinea-Bissau, they find themselves on a soulful adventure through memory, loss, and the land that shaped them.

Done in the style of an African folk tale, this film, a collaboration between European and African countries, is said to be among the most elaborate, high tech film in African film. Exquisitely photographed and filled with archetypal figures to create a poetic look at nature's revenge against those who would exploit her. It is set in the forest village of Amanha Lundju, a place where the birth of children is celebrated by the planting of a tree. The trees are considered spiritual twins. But for every tree planted, the rapacious state destroys many more for firewood and lumber.

George Wright does not lack audacity. At 19 he committed a robbery with homicide, at 27 escaped from prison and with 29 hijacked a plane with a million dollars in ransom and since then nobody has been able to track him down. 40 years later, the FBI - who never stopped looking for him - discovered that this American, an alleged member of the Black Panthers, has been peacefully living in Portugal, after having fled France, Algeria and Guinea-Bissau. On that fateful day, he had to face his wife and children and tell them all the secrets of his now unfolding past.

Agronomist, poet, utopian thinker, and revolutionary... Often referred to as the African Che Guevara, Cabral led the anti-colonial movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde against Portuguese colonialism until his murder in 1973. Human rights, utopias, interracial love, ambition, war, and betrayal are the ingredients of this free portrait crafted with archival images and an imaginary diary in 16mm film. A cinematic documentary that expresses all the modernity of Cabral's world vision.

An anthropological expedition of 22 months in the African continent. Two brothers travel in an old 1985 military ambulance from Spain to South Africa.

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ever get there. Two totally different characters, jammed together in two square meters of space for almost two years, they experience what it really means to travel: leaving your comfort zone for good. Starting in Morocco, they quickly dive into the life of locals they meet on the road: Jamal, a Moroccan Berber who lives with his dromedaries in the Sahara, Ziza, a Mauritanian musician who fights against suppression from the government, Mame Sy, a mother who set up a private school for the poorest of the poor in Mauritania - and many more. Their journey leads them through the vibrant green canyons of Guinea, the scorching heat of Mali, and the amazing surf of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Everywhere they are, the two Germans make contact with the locals and demonstrate that real travelling is about more than plain sightseeing. But their long journey doesn't spare them the dark side of travelling: they are also confronted by corruption, sickness and even death. Setting out to discover a continent, their trip leads them down a very different road. One they did not expect: the journey to their true inner selves.

Leaving Europe and heading to the Southern tip of South Africa, two Argentinian brothers explore the cultural diversity of the African continent while searching for epic waves.

Mutar, who fought in the war, is back in Guinea. In his luggage, he brings strange objects .

Bissau-Guinean women embracing self-sufficiency through agroecology, defying harmful traditions, such as forced marriage and FMG (female genital mutilation), challenging patriarchy.

A dialogue between History and a Guerrilla Movement, interlaced with live footage taken in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, when this country was the colony of the first.

Documentary about the Portuguese language, and people who speak it around the world.

Nutrudu - A Carnival With No Mask is a vibrant movie, full of rhythm, color and traditions that shows how Guinea-Bissau has made Nturudu (carnival) an instrument to salvage its national identity.

"Xime" (1994) is a gripping tale of transformation and defiance set in 1963 Guinea-Bissau, during the height of Portuguese colonial rule and the dawn of the independence struggle. Directed by debut filmmaker Sana Na N'Hada, and only the third film ever made in Guinea-Bissau, the story unfolds in a peaceful village where Bedan (José Tamba) lives under the guidance of non-violent elders and a Catholic priest. But when his older brother Raul (Justino Neto), a revolutionary, returns to stir unrest, the village's tranquility is shattered. As tensions rise and the authorities close in on Raul, Bedan's world is upended, forcing him to confront his own beliefs about violence and resistance. Xime captivates with bold storytelling, stunning cinematography, and a unique cultural perspective on the human cost of colonialism and the shift from subjugation to the fight for independence.

The role of women in the struggle to liberate black Angola from its white Portuguese colonialist rulers.

A filmmaker follows an invisible missionary as he wanders between villages in Guinea-Bissau, witnessing the country's chaotic operational impasse, which in turn is fixed by the people's determination to win through labour. With images filmed with a mobile phone device in the cities of Lagos (Nigeria), Berlin, Lisbon, São Tomé Island and Guinea-Bissau, in Contemplation Deadlock Attempt I glimpse a cynically commented immersive character trait. I'm interested in better understanding the layers of Bissau-Guinean society, but showing that my body in transit - or, on the move - is also an archival body that documents the world without evading itself from it.

Luc Hoffmann was a passionate ornithologist and scientist. He was the first to launch studies in the 50's to demonstrate the importance of wetlands. These rich habitats for biodiversity are also vital for the survival of humans on our planet.