São Tomé film

The Sao-Tomean film includes national filmmaking of the African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe .

history

The small island state had so far only limited opportunities to develop its own distinctive film industry, due to its small population, the socially precarious situation of many of its residents, and its limited economic opportunities.

In 2011, São Tomé and Portuguese students founded the association ASSECOM (Associação São Tomense de Entretenimento e Comunicação Multimédia - Cultural e Artístico, port. For: São Tomé Association for cultural and artistic entertainment and multimedia communication). In doing so, they stimulated film production in the country. They also developed the idea of ​​a film festival on São Tomé and Príncipe, which then took place for the first time as São Tomé FestFilm 2014. They also set up a section for national film. One São-Tome work in each of the categories documentary film and video clip / experimental film was awarded at the festival.

Another sign of the lively art of film in the country is the project Elsa Figueira - What Eyes Can See, We Can Change by the young director Kris Haamer . The semi-documentary work, financed through the principle of international crowdfunding , deals with violence against women and should be ready for Valentine's Day on February 14, 2015.

Personalities

The most internationally famous person in the country's film history is probably the actor Ângelo Torres (* 1968 in Santa Isabel, now Malabo ), who has since also worked as a director. Yolanda Macías Sauco , Onildo Guadalupe and João Teles de Vasconcelos are among the young directors in São Tomé .

Film festival

The first São Tomé FestFilm took place from 29 to 31 August 2014. Seven São Tomé films took part in the national film category , plus 26 foreign films in the “international film” category: three full-length feature films, 13 short films, two documentaries and eight animated films. The venues were the historic Marcelo de Veiga cinema and the Alliance française in the capital São Tomé .

The jury for the “national film” category consisted of the Portuguese actor and musician Paulo Brites , the Portuguese director Paulo D'Alva , the São Tomé musician and producer Kalú Mendes and the also São Tomé musician and producer Killa Z , while the Juri for the “international film” category from Portuguese Anabela Oliveira from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro , the Brazilian director and teacher of the Universidade Federal da Bahia , Umbelino Brasil , the Spanish communication professor Alfonso Palazón Meseguer, and the director of Alliance française insisted on São Tomé and Príncipe, Alexandra Le Rohellec.

In the “national film” category, A Ilha do Príncipe - o éden esquecido do Atlântico by João Teles de Vasconcelos was honored as best documentary, and the video clip Crianças Africanas by Onildo Guadalupe as best video clip / experimental film. In the “international film” category, one film each received awards as best feature film, best short film, best documentary film and best animation film.

Movies

So far only a few films have been produced in São Tomé and Príncipe. The following is a selection of the few that have become known:

year	title	Director	Genre / Notes
2005	Mionga ki Ôbo	Ângelo Torres	Documentation about the Angolares minority on the island of São Tomé , released on DVD in 2010
2011	Contrato	Guenny K. Pires	Documentary film about the history of Cape Verdean contract workers on São Tomé and Príncipe
2012	Escolas Solares de São Tome e Príncipe	Yolanda Macías Sauco	Documentary film about schools that produce solar energy for children and adults on São Tomé and Príncipe
2013	Trotistas de Sant'Ana	Pedro Figueiredo Neto	Documentation about the children's self-made wooden bikes in the village of Sant'Ana
2014	A Ilha do Príncipe - or éden esquecido do Atlântico	Joao Teles de Vasconcelos	Documentary about the island of Principe

See also

• African cinema

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of the São Tomé and Príncipe Film Festival ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the festival website, accessed December 27, 2014 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the winning films ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the festival website, accessed December 27, 2014 
3. ↑ The film Elsa Figueira - What Eyes Can See, We Can Change on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.com , accessed on December 27, 2014
4. ↑ List of festival films ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the São Tomé Festival film , accessed on December 27, 2014 
5. ↑ Juris website ( Memento of the original dated December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the official festival website, accessed December 27, 2014