DIRECTED BY
FERNANDA POLACOW
AND JOÃO NUNO PINTO
SYNOPSIS
A family organizes a summer gathering before selling their old farm. A fire engulfs the region and under suffocating circumstances, the two sisters, Francisca and Catarina, and the daughter of the old maid, Susana, will see their differences explode. BIG BANG HENDA
Short film documentary, 30”
IN POST-PRODUCTION
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY FERNANDA POLACOW
ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES BY KILUANJI KIA HENDA SYNOPSIS
BIG BANG HENDA is a documentary-poetry-manifesto where we are taken by Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda on a journey through the history of the 40 years of war in his country.
FORCADO
TV series, 6 episodes, 45´
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
A TV SERIES BY
JOÃO NUNO PINTO
SYNOPSIS
João, an ex “forcado” bullfighter, going through a middle age crisis, try a fresh start in the big city. Accused of a heinous crime, the wilfull but naif countryman, risks losing his righteousness in exchange for proof of his innocence.
TERRA (IN)SUBMISSA
Art installation –
Aljube Museum, Lisbon
2023
WORK BY KILUANJI KIA HENDA AND BRUNO MORAES CABRAL
ALJUBE MUSEUM
SYNOPSIS
With the advent of independence struggles, the colonial regime launches large enterprises to create new model prisons, but in them entire families are reclusive and forced to work. A work by Kiluanji Kia Henda and Bruno Moraes Cabral about the most extreme deprivation of liberty in the colonial era and, at the same time, fiction as the ultimate space of resistance.
Documentary
2022
DIRECTED BY DIANA ANDRINGA
THE DAY WE LOST FEAR
SYNOPSIS
During a student meeting an agent of the political police shoots two students. The next day, the University erupts in protests and his funeral turns into a general demonstration of revolt. There is still more than a year to go until the carnation revolution, but the University will not calm down again.
TV documentary mini-series
2021
DIRECTED BY DIANA ANDRINGA
SEARA NOVA
SYNOPSIS
The 2 episodes of the documentary trace the course of this “doctrine and criticism magazine”, in which many of the best-known Portuguese intellectuals of the 20th century participated, also allowing us to revisit decisive years in our history, from the crises of the First Republic to the establishment of democracy.
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THE LAST SUMMER
Feature film, 110´
IN PRODUCTION
SYNOPSIS
A family organizes a summer gathering before selling their old farm. A fire engulfs the region and under suffocating circumstances, the two sisters, Francisca and Catarina, and the daughter of the old maid, Susana, will see their differences explode. Script by
FERNANDA POLACOW
Directed by
FERNANDA POLACOW
and JOÃO NUNO PINTO
BIG BANG HENDA
Short film documentary, 30”
IN POST-PRODUCTION
SYNOPSIS
BIG BANG HENDA is a documentary-poetry-manifesto where we are taken by Angolan artist Kiluanji Kia Henda on a journey through the history of the 40 years of war in his country.
Written and Directed by
FERNANDA POLACOW
Artistic Performance by
KILUANJI KIA HENDA
BIG BANG HENDA
TV series, 6 episodes, 45´
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
SYNOPSIS
João, an ex “forcado” bullfighter, going through a middle age crisis, try a fresh start in the big city. Accused of a heinous crime, the wilfull but naif countryman, risks losing his righteousness in exchange for proof of his innocence.
A TV Series by
JOÃO NUNO PINTO
TERRA (IN)SUBMISSA
Art installation –
Aljube Museum, Lisbon
2023
SYNOPSIS
With the advent of independence struggles, the colonial regime launches large enterprises to create new model prisons, but in them entire families are reclusive and forced to work. A work by Kiluanji Kia Henda and Bruno Moraes Cabral about the most extreme deprivation of liberty in the colonial era and, at the same time, fiction as the ultimate space of resistance.
Work by
KILUANJI KIA HENDA and BRUNO MORAES CABRAL
THE DAY WE LOST FEAR
Documentary
2022
Directed by
DIANA ANDRINGA
SYNOPSIS
With the advent of independence struggles, the colonial regime launches large enterprises to create new model prisons, but in them entire families are reclusive and forced to work. A work by Kiluanji Kia Henda and Bruno Moraes Cabral about the most extreme deprivation of liberty in the colonial era and, at the same time, fiction as the ultimate space of resistance.
SEARA NOVA
TV documentary mini-series
2021
Directed by
DIANA ANDRINGA
SYNOPSIS
The 2 episodes of the documentary trace the course of this “doctrine and criticism magazine”, in which many of the best-known Portuguese intellectuals of the 20th century participated, also allowing us to revisit decisive years in our history, from the crises of the First Republic to the establishment of democracy.