List of Angolan films

The list of Angolan films lists film productions from Angola . It includes films that were produced in Angola as well as films with Angolan production or participation. Films before independence in 1975 are also listed, mostly propaganda films by the Portuguese colonial power or the anti-colonial liberation movements .

A large number of documentaries that were made in batches from 1929 onwards to satisfy an initially awakened public interest in the colonies, which was later mainly forced by the state, are not listed. The 55 newsreels Actualidades de Angola created between 1957 and 1961 and the 179 newsreels Actualidades de Angola created between 1967 and 1975 cannot be found here, nor are the numerous propaganda works of the Serviços Cartográficos do Exército (SCE) from the beginning of the Portuguese colonial war in 1961, the Belgian commissioned work Pascal-Angot from 1964, the films of the Diamang- Diamond Society or the numerous scientific films by Portuguese and international botanists, geologists and geographers.

year	title	Director	genre	Remarks
1913	O Caminho de Ferro de Benguela	Artur Pereira	documentary	via the Benguela Railway ; is considered the first film shot in Angola
1923	Exposição Provincial, Agrícola, Pecuária e Industrial		documentary	about an agricultural and industrial exhibition of the Angola colony, the oldest Angolan film in the archive of the Cinemateca Portuguesa
1929	Estradas e Paisagens de Angola	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary
1929	Voyage en Angola	Marcel Borle	documentary	by the Swiss amateur director (1895–1983)
1930	Quedas do Dala	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary
1930	Quedas do Lucala	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary	over the waterfalls of the Lucala river
1930	Aspectos do Rio Quanza	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary	across the Cuanza River
1930	Angola	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary
1931	Planalto da Huíla	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary	over the Huíla high plateau
1932	Indústria Baleeira	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary	on whaling in Angola
1932	O Deserto de Angola	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary	over the Namib Desert
1932	Fazenda Açucareira "Tentativa"	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary	about the sugar plantation "Tentativa"
1932	De Lisboa a Luanda	César de Sá, António Antunes da Mata	documentary
1935	Île et Angola Pullmann	René Ginet	documentary
1936	I Cruzeiro de Férias às Colónias de África Ocidental	Manuel Alves San Payo	documentary	to the propaganda cruise for Portuguese students
1940	O Feitiço do Império	Antonio Lopes Ribeiro	motion pictures	first feature film from Angola
1940	Amboim	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1943	Luanda	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1944	Gente Que Nós Civilizámos	Antonio Lopes Ribeiro	documentary	Propaganda film about the civilizing mission of Portugal in Angola
1944	Angola, uma Nova Lusitânia	Antonio Lopes Ribeiro	documentary	Propaganda film on the advancement of technology, health, infrastructure, agriculture and industry in Angola
1946	Comemorações Centenárias	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1949	Visita de Antigos Combatentes da I Grande Guerra	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1950	Caminho de Ferro de Benguela	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1950	Capas Negras em Angola	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1950	Ensino in Angola	Ricardo Malheiro	documentary
1950	Epopeia da Selva	Raul Faria da Fonseca	motion pictures
1950	A Visita do Governador do Congo Belga in Angola	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1951	Maravilhas de Angola	Antonio de Sousa	documentary
1953	Nova Lisboa	Antonio de Sousa	documentary	via Nova Lisboa, today Huambo
1953	S. Paulo de Luanda	Antonio de Sousa	documentary	about Luanda
1961	Angola	Augusto Fraga	documentary	Short film
1963	Aqueles Que Por Obras Valiosas	Costa Roxo	documentary
1963	Viagem	Perdigão Queiroga	documentary	on the visit of President Américo Tomás to Angola
1963	Uma Journada Histórica - do Terrorismo no Conga à Manifestação em Lisboa	Perdigão Queiroga, António Lopes Ribeiro	documentary	Propaganda film to justify the colonial war
1965	A Voz do Sangue	Augusto Fraga	motion pictures
1967	Capitaine Singrid	Jean Leduc	motion pictures	First foreign feature film production in Angola, premiered in Portugal in 1970
1967	Aspectos da Nossa Angola	Jean Leduc, Felipe de Solms	documentary	with music by the Duo Ouro Negro
1967	Operação Dinamite	Pedro Martins	motion pictures
1967	Uma Vontade Maior	Carlos Tudela	motion pictures	u. a. with Henrique Canto e Castro
1968	Estrada da Vida	Henrique Campos	motion pictures
1968	Monangambé	Sarah Maldoror		Short film with Mohamed Zinet
1968	Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?	Ettore Scola	Adventure comedy
1970	L'Angola a tire de l'aire	Jean Leduc	documentary	Propagandistically submissive portrait of Angola from the air
1970	Des fusils pour Banta	Sarah Maldoror
1971	Angola na Guerra e no Progresso	Quirino Simoes	documentary
1972	Petróleo, Fonte de Energia e Riqueza	Antonio de Sousa	documentary	about Angola's oil
1972	Caminhos do Progresso	Antonio de Sousa	documentary	on road construction and trade in Angola
1972	Esplendor Selvagem	Antonio de Sousa	documentary	rather apolitical idealization of the indigenous peoples of Angola
1973	Angola, Terra do Passado e Futuro	Antonio Escudeiro	documentary
1973	A proposito dell'Angola	Stefano De Stefani	documentary
1973	Sambizanga	Sarah Maldoror	drama
1974	Malteses, burgueses e às vezes	Artur Semedo	Detective comedy
1975	A Visita, A Escola, O Café e O Algodão	Virgínia Silva	Short film series for the Angolan television TPA
1977	Faz la Coragem, Camarada	Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
1977	Ponto da situação	Francisco Henriques
1977	O Golpe	Francisco Henriques	documentary
1978	Africa nera Africa rossa	Carlo Lizzani	documentary	TV multi-part
1978	Carnaval da vitoria	Antonio Ole		Short film
1978	Ondylewa: A Festa do Boi Sagrado	Rui Duarte	documentary
1978	O Ritmo do N'Gola Ritmos	Antonio Ole	documentary	about the pioneering music group Ngola Ritmos
1979	Adeus a Hora da Partida	Francisco Henriques	documentary	Short film documentary on the death of Agostinho Netos
1979	Presente Angolano - Tempo Mumuila	Ruy Duarte de Carvalho	documentary	Mini television series
1980	No caminho das estrelas	Antonio Ole
1981	Pamberi ne Zimbabwe	João Manuel Costa , Carlos Henriques	documentary
1982	Balanço do Tempo na Cena de Angola	Ruy Duarte de Carvalho	documentary
1982	Conceição Tchiambula	Antonio Ole	documentary	Short film about farmers in the plateau around Huambo
1982	Memoria de um Dia	Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira
1983	Nelisita	Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
1985	Marabou	Denise Salazar	documentary	Short film about Manu Dibango's visit to Angola in 1981
1986	Levanta Voa e Vamos	Asdrubal Rebelo		Short film
1989	Comboio da Canhoca	Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira		only published in 2004
1989	O Recado das Ilhas	Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
1991	Angola	Roberto Berliner	documentary	Portrait of Angola since independence
1991	Meus Irmãos Cokwes	Manuel Mariano	documentary	Short film about the culture of the Chokwe ethnicity
1991	Mopiopio	Zézé Gamboa	documentary	Directing debut
1991	Quem Faz Correr Quim	Mariano Bartolomeu		Short film based on a story by Kenzaburō Ōe
1992	Caravana	Rogelio Paris , Júlio César Rodríguez	Comedy / drama
1993	O Miradouro da Lua	Jorge António	motion pictures	first Angolan-Portuguese co-production (also DVD)
1996	O Sol Ainda Brilha	Mariano Bartolomeu	documentary	Short film
1997	Afro Lisboa	Ariel de Bigault	drama	Screenplay by José Eduardo Agualusa , a. a. with the reggae band Kussondulola
1998	Dissidence	Zézé Gamboa	documentary
1998	Ilunga	Miguel Petchovski	drama	u. a. with Ângelo Torres
1998	Rostov-Luanda	Abderrahmane Sissako	documentary	shown at the documenta X in Kassel (also DVD)
2001	Burned by Blue	Zézé Gamboa	documentary	Short film
2001	Vidas Ocultas	Reynaldo Boury	TV series
2002	O Desassossego de Pessoa	Zézé Gamboa		Short film
2004	O Herói	Zézé Gamboa	motion pictures	internationally award-winning film (also DVD)
2004	Hollow City	Maria João Ganga
2004	Well, Cidade Vazia	Maria João Ganga	motion pictures
2007	Escape from Luanda	Phil Grabsky	documentary	about the everyday life of three music students in post-war Luanda (also DVD)
2007	Adeus, Até Amanhã	Antonio Escudeiro	documentary	The Portuguese director is returning to his Angolan hometown after 32 years
2007	Oxalá Cresçam Pitangas	Kiluanje Liberdade , Ondjaki	documentary	Portrait of the people of Luanda as a melting pot and history book of Angola
2008	É Dreda Ser Angolano	Pedro Coquenão , Luaty da Silva (Radio Fazuma)	documentary	View of the music scene in Angola, presented by the port. Radio station Antena 3 (also DVD)
2008	Kangamba	Rogelio Paris	War Movie
2008	Manuel Letter	Josh Comninellis	documentary	Short film about the suffering of a four-year-old boy in post-war Angola
2008	Momentos de Gloria	Antonio Duarte	Animation comedy	Short film
2008	Kuduro - Fogo no Museke	Jorge António	documentary	Portrait of the Kuduro scene (also DVD)
2009	Bom dia, África	Zézé Gamboa		Short film
2009	Mãe Fatima	Christine Reeh	documentary
2009	O Lendário Tio Liceu e os Ngola Ritmos	Jorge António	documentary	about the pioneering music group Ngola Ritmos (also DVD)
2009	Encontro com o Criador	Ciomara Morais	motion pictures	Short film
2009	Luanda, a Fábrica da Música	Inês Gonçalves , Kiluanje Liberdade	documentary	about young musicians in the slums of Luanda
2010	Angola um novo país está a nascer	Leonel Efe	documentary	Short film about the newly emerging post-war Angola
2010	Batepá	Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira	drama
2010	Balas e pistolas	Francisco Cafua	comedy	Parody of an Angolan gangster slum genre
2010	Rubber	Quentin Dupieux
2010	Voo Directo		TV series	with Soraia Chaves in the lead role
2011	Alambamento	Mario Bastos	Detective film	Short film
2011	Cartas de Angola	Dulce Fernandes	documentary	about Cuban fighters in Angola
2011	Liberdade	Gabriel Abrantes , Benjamin Crotty	drama	Short film about the relationship between the Angolan Liberdade and the Chinese Betty
2011	Luanda 24/7	Mario Bastos	drama	Short film
2012	Cartas para Angola	Julio Matos , Coraci Ruiz	documentary	on relations between Brazil, Angola and Portugal
2012	Festa de Quintal: The Angolan Home Theater	Sissi Bembom , Coréon Dú	documentary	Music short film
2012	O Grande Kilapy	Zézé Gamboa	motion pictures	internationally awarded film
2012	Death Metal Angola	Jeremy Xido	documentary	Portrait of the metal scene in Angola, based on the heavy metal festival in Huambo
2012	Mix pensão internacional	Rui Goulart	documentary	Short film
2012	Tchinhango	Tiago Figueiredo	documentary
2012	Windeck	Paulo Brito , Sérgio Graciano	TV series
2013	De Armas e Bagagens	Ana Delgado Martins	Historical drama
2013	Hereros Angola	Sérgio Guerra	documentary	Documentary on the history of the Herero in Angola
2013	Jogo de Corpo. Capoeira e Ancestralidade	Matthias Assunção	documentary	about the history of Capoeira on both sides of the Atlantic
2013	Njinga, Rainha de Angola	Sérgio Graciano	motion pictures	Film about Queen Njinga (also DVD)
2013	Conversation with My Brother	Patricia Silva	documentary	Short film about a family conversation about the civil war in Angola
2013	Triângulo	(five bras., port. and angol. directors)	documentary	on the triangle relationship Rio de Janeiro - Luanda - Lisbon
2013	Under desert sun	Kevin Voegtlin , Grant Aldrich	documentary	Short film about the professional surfers Dane Gudauskas and Kepa Acero on the unknown beaches of southern Angola
2013	Wrong cops	Quentin Dupieux	motion pictures
2014	Afripedia Angola	Teddy Goitom , Benjamin Taft	documentary	TV series about Kuduro musicians and artists in Angola
2014	I love kuduro	Mário Patrocínio	documentary	Portrait of the Kuduro scene
2014	Jikulumessu		TV multi-part
2014	Los dioses de agua	Pablo César	drama
2014	Njinga	Martin Mc Cann	documentary	Kate Leeming also traverses Africa by bike through Angola
2014	Tchitundu-Hulu Rock Art	Rina Sherman	documentary	about the Tchitundo Hulu rock art in Virei
2014	Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, une vie en Angola	Rina Sherman	documentary	Ruy Duarte de Carvalho en conversation avec Rina Sherman sur sa vie auprès du peuple Ovakuvale de Namibe en Angola, sa poésie, l'écriture et sa vision de l'Angola indépendant. Virei
2015	A Ilha dos Cães	Jorge António	motion pictures	u. a. with Ângelo Torres , Nicolau Breyner and Ciomara Morais
2015	Acorda, Leviatã	Carlos Conceição	Science fiction film	semi-documentary
2015	Dias Santana	Maradona Dias Dos Santos	motion pictures
2015	Independência	Mario Bastos	documentary	about the civil war in Angola until independence in 1975
2015	O Quimbo Cuia	Filipe Henriques		TV series
2015	Alda e Maria, Por Aqui Tudo Bem	Pocas Pascoal	motion pictures
2015	Vontade de Vencer	André Banza	documentary	Portrait of the singer Anselmo Ralph

swell

• Angolan Movies on Internet Movie Database
• Maria do Carmo Piçarra, Jorge António: Angola O Nascimento de Uma Nação - Volume I: O Cinema do Império. Guerra & Paz, Lisbon 2013, ISBN 978-989-702-079-7
• Maria do Carmo Piçarra, Jorge António: Angola O Nascimento de Uma Nação - Volume II: O Cinema da Libertação. Guerra & Paz, Lisbon 2013, ISBN 978-989-702-089-6
• Maria do Carmo Piçarra, Jorge António: Angola O Nascimento de Uma Nação - Volume III: O Cinema da Independência. Guerra & Paz, Lisbon 2015, ISBN 978-989-702-166-4

See also

• African cinema