Huambo - The Angolan short film "O Poder" (The Power), registered in the "Latin American Film Festival in Native Languages", premiered on Friday in the central Huambo Province, at a screening that was well attended.
Co-authored by Angolan director António Guimarães and producer TP Films, the short film, shown in the auditorium of the Centre for the Training of Journalists (CEFOJOR), on the outskirts of the city of Huambo, features 25 actors from Angola, Portugal and Cuba, including extras and the main cast.
The Latin American Film Festival in Native Languages, in which the Angolan film is entered, will take place from 15 to 20 April in Peru.
Speaking to ANGOP, António Guimarães said that the short film, written and shot last February in the city of Huambo, was the result of the need to internationalise Angolan cinema.
He explained that the action film is a social criticism that discourages drug use and violence at national and international level.
The director argued that it was time for Angolan cinema to start being produced with more quality and investment, in order to attract international actors to the country.
The deputy director of CEFOJOR, José Caculo, said that in the next few days the centre would begin to provide various training courses in the area of media, including cinema, to help people in the field.
He said that CEFOJOR wants to promote the release of national films, series, documentaries and other audiovisuals featuring Angolan actors.
The film career of António Guimarães and his production company Tp Films began in 2015 with his first project entitled "Fantasma de Abena". This was followed in 2017 by the film "Nós Diabólico", in 2019 "Nascidos no Escuro", in 2023 the film “Onde está Deus”, whose official release has been extended by Netflix to this year.
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