AS NOITES AINDA CHEIRAM A PÓLVORA (THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER)
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Filmmaker Inadelso Cossa has fragmented memories of the civil war in Mozambique during his childhood. His grandmother, Maria, would turn the bombings into fireworks to protect him. With Alzheimer's disease, Maria's memories fade. When night falls, some of them come back to life. Moises, a sound engineer, hears voices at dusk. A former rebel continues to fight within himself. AS NOITES AINDA CHEIRAM A PÓLVORA explores the memory, scars and traumas left by the civil war in the years 1977 to 1992. Using a poetic and sensory approach, the director opens a dialogue between the victims and perpetrators of this war.
Cooperation: Portugiesisch-Brasilianisches Institut der Universität zu Köln
AS NOITES AINDA CHEIRAM A PÓLVORA (THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER) Direction: Inadelso Cossa, DCP, OmeU, 92 min
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Inadelso Cossa is a film director, producer and DOP, member of the (AMPAS) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science since 2020. Founder of 16mmFILMES, his films address themes such as post-colonial memory, post-Civil War trauma and collective amnesia in Mozambique. The unofficial history of his country is the core vehicle of his cinema where the director positions himself on a personal perspective. His first feature-length documentary: A Memory in Three Acts was selected for Locarno Open Doors 2014 and made a world premiere at the festival IDFA; and his second feature documentary AS NOITES AINDA CHEIRAM A PÓLVORA (2024) had its world premiere at Berlinale 2024.