An unparalleled milestone in the history of Mozambican cinema. The premiere of the documentary "Vandals", directed by Mozambican creatives Melchior Ferreira and Bill Boy, this Tuesday (13), drew a crowd of fans who couldn't fit into the auditorium of the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center, so the film was seen in two sessions: at 18h00 and 19h00. Curiously: the...
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Melchior Ferreira and Bill Boy launch 'Vandals' this Tuesday in Maputo
Mozambican directors Melchior Ferreira and Bill Boy are launching the film 'Vândalos' this Tuesday, May 13, at 19h00. The documentary, to be presented in the auditorium of the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center in Maputo, is a pretext for exposing, with brutal honesty and visual beauty, the invisible layers of Mozambican urban youth. Produced independently, with...
Mozambique hosts 2nd Congress on 500 years of Camões in June
From June 6 to 10, Mozambique will host the second Congress of the Half Millennium of the birth of Luís de Camões, emphasizing the Portuguese poet's relationship with the Indian Ocean and Mozambican territory. The announcement was made on Wednesday at a press conference at the Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) and Polytechnic universities,...
Fauziya Fliege launches "Behind the mask" collection, works that celebrate pregnant women
Mozambican artist Fauziya Fliege, now based in Ghana, has just created a line in her visual production. This is the collection "Behind the Mask: Emotions and Expressions", a line in acrylic technique that traces the trajectory of women during pregnancy. For the first time, Fliege is trying to highlight an aspect that is rarely mentioned in the visual arts,...
Xiquitsi opens the 2025 season with a meeting between valimba and classical rhythms
The Xiquitsi 2025 Classical Music Season kicks off this May with the first series of 2025 concerts. It will be a historic session that reflects its transformative impact on the social insertion and training of teenagers and young people. In this context, from May 8 to 11, Maputo will once again be the stage for the artistic excellence of...
Paulina Chiziane honored at Lisbon Poetry Festival
Mozambican writer Paulina Chiziane will be honored at the 10th edition of the Lisbon Poetry Festival, taking place from September 24 to 28 in the Portuguese capital. In addition to the renowned artist, Mozambique will be represented by the poet Énia Lipanga. Born on June 4, 1955, in Mandlakaze, in the province of Gaza, Paulina Chiziane became...
Mia Couto at Portugal's World Book Day celebrations
The Mozambican writer Mia Couto, recently awarded the PEN/Nabokov 2025 Prize, is taking part in a special session of LeV - Literature on the Move in the city of Matosinhos, Portugal. The Mozambican author's participation is part of the celebration of International Book Day and is an extension of the 19th edition of the LeV Literary Festival, held between 5...
Millennium bim promotes an exhibition of ceramics and paintings at the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center
This Tuesday (22), Millennium bim and the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center (CCFM) inaugurated an exhibition of ceramics and paintings by the artists Reinata Sadimba and Sebastião Coana. This is an artistic dialog between ceramics and painting, marked by a special moment of joint live creation. Entitled "Dialogue between fingers of clay and paint", the...
"The mosquito that swallowed an elephant", the new work by Marco de Andrade
"O mosquito que engoliu um elefante" (The mosquito that swallowed an elephant), Marco Lole de Andrade's second poetic work, will be launched on April 24 at 6pm at the Portuguese Cultural Center in Beira. The presentation will be made by academic Fernando Chicumule. It is a work that proposes an intimate dialog with young people, exploring their dilemmas, temptations and decisions that, like real elephants, stand in the way of the future. With metaphorical and incisive language, the author gives voice to...
Mozambican photographer wins international competition
Mozambican photographer Marcos Júnior was the winner of the sixth edition of the "Somos Imagens da Lusofonia" international competition, with the theme "Man and the Divine". In a statement, Somos - Associação de Comunicação em Língua Portuguesa (Somos - ACLP) said that Marcos Junior won with an image taken in a church in Mozambique, which shows...