List of Cape Verdean films

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The list of Cape Verde films includes films that were wholly or partially produced in Cape Verde .

In view of its small domestic market and its economic situation, Cape Verde does not have a well-developed film industry. The culture, especially the music and the Mindelos carnival are often the subject of documentaries, but the green island of Santo Antão or the idiosyncratic landscapes of the volcanic island of Fogo are occasionally the focus of film artists. The few feature films made in Cape Verde are often productions of Portuguese films , while the documentaries are made by directors from all over the world and Cape Verde itself.

Leão Lopes (* 1948 in Ribeira Grande ) can be considered the most important director of the island state .

year title Director Genre / Notes
1979 Fogo, îl de feu Sarah Maldoror Documentary about the Fogo volcanic island
1979 Un carnaval dans le Sahel Sarah Maldoror documentary short film about the carnival on Cape Verde
1988 Os Flagelados do Vento Leste Antonio Faria
1994 Casa de Lava Pedro Costa Film drama
1996 O Ilheu de Contenda Leão Lopes Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the Cape Verdean author Teixeira de Sousa
1997 O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno Francisco Manso Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the author Germano Almeida
1998 Fintar o Destino Fernando Vendrell Award-winning film about an aged footballer in Cape Verde
2001 Amílcar Cabral Ana Ramos Lisboa Documentary film on the biography of Amílcar Cabral
2002 Nha Fala - My voice Flora Gomes Award-winning musical -like, multi-layered comedy film
2004 The journey of Cape Verde Guenny K. Pires Award-winning documentary about Cape Verde's search for identity
2004 The Music Cape Alexis Tsafas Documentary film about the music festival Baia das Gatas
2005 O Arquitecto ea Cidade Velha Catarina Alves Costa Documentary film about the failed project by the architect Siza Vieira for the first UNESCO World Heritage candidate Cidade Velhas
2006 Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican? ': A Cape Verdean American Story Claire Andrade-Watkins Documentary about the Cape Verdean community in the USA
2006 Santo Antão - Paisagem & Melodia Homero Fonseca The director and musician crosses his home island of Santo Antão in music clips
2006 Bitú Leão Lopes Documentary about the Cape Verdean painter Bitú in Mindelo
2007 Batuque Júlio Silvão Tavares Documentary about the Cape Verdean Batuque music
2007 Cabo Verde nha cretcheu Ana Ramos Lisboa Feature film about three friends in the capital Praia
2008 A Ilha dos Escravos Francisco Manso Slave drama
2008 Mindelo - Traz d 'horizonte Alexis Tsafas Documentation about the port city of Mindelo
2009 Cabo Verde inside Alexander Schnoor Autobiographical documentary by the German-Cape Verdean director
2010 A menina dos olhos grandes Fonseca Soares , Alexis Tsafas Film adaptation of a Cape Verdean fairy tale
2010 Carnaval de Mindelo 2010 Eric Mulet Documentation of the Carnival of Mindelo 2010
2009 Carta d'Holanda Agostinho Santos Documentary about the Cape Verdean community in the Netherlands
2011 Cabralista Valério Lopes
2011 Kolá San Jon Rui Simoes Documentary about the traditional festivals of San Jon (São João)
2012 Picture the Leviathan Hal Clifford , Jason Houston Short film about James Prosek's project to paint fish of the North Atlantic, a. a. in Cape Verde
2012 Proud to Be Cape Verdean: A Look at Cape Verdeans in the Golden State Mike Costa Documentary about the Cape Verdean community in California
2013 Momento - Pupkulies & Rebecca Play Cabo Verde Steffen Boseckert Film about the recordings of the German group Pupkulies & Rebecca with Cape Verdean musicians on the island of Maio
2013 Shouting: Tierra Giulio Gobbetti poetic documentary about crossing the Atlantic
2013 Tão longe é aqui Eliza Capai Documentary about a Brazilian woman's trip to Africa
2013 Another Land: Homage to John Ford Giulio Latini Short film in memory of John Ford

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