Nyo Vweta Nafta
Ico CostaFiction / 16mm / 21’ / 2017
Inhambane. Mozambique. King-Best. Samsung Galaxy. Versace. Babes. White rooster. There are no toothpicks in Norway. Coconut trees. Baobab fruits. Superfruits. Vitamine C. Passiflorine. Alpha-linolenic acid. SMS in Chinese. Megabytes. Hotel Cardoso. Coffee is a white man’s addiction. Ngadzango. My woman. Nafta.
with Zacarias Covela, Domingos Marengula, Édio Peleve, Belton Guilade, King Best, Mimórcia Nhantumbo, Vivaldo Zandamela, Hélder Tinga, Big John and Carlos Hernandez
Director and Screenwriter Ico Costa Director of Photography Hugo Azevedo Sound Director Roland Pickl Editor Ico Costa, Eduardo Williams Sound Editor and Mix Tiago Matos Colour Correction Marco Amaral Music Puto Zaca Production Manager and Assistant Director Vasco Costa production assistants Ricardo Cumbe, Hélder Tinga Translations, Location and Casting Assistant Luís Duzenta Production Support in Maputo João Ribeiro Production Manager in Lisbon Celeste Alves Post-production Coordinator Marta Lemos Accountant Mariana Vasco Distribution Pedro Peralta, Portugal Film Executive Producers João Matos, Leonor Noivo, Ico Costa
support Fundo de Apoio ao Cinema do Indie Lisboa, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Universidad del Cine, Un Puma, Kanema Produções, José Manuel Grácio, Associação Positivo Moçambique
- Prix du Court Métrage Best Short Film – Cinéma du Réel, France'17
- Special Mention of the Jury of the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of North Rhine-Westphalia - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Alemanha '17
- Prize 'Cristian Nemescu' de Melhor Realização na Competição Internacional - Next International Film Festival, Romania '17
- Young Jury - Young Jury - CurtoCircuito - Festival Internacional de Cine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain '17
- Best International Short of Medium Length Film - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, Canada '17
- Honorable Mention - Cine Eco - Grande Prémio Lusofonia / Camacho Costa, Portugal '17
- Best International Short or Medium-Length Film / Prix du Meilleur Court ou Moyen Métrage International RIDM - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, Canada '17
- Honorable Mention - L'âge d'Or Film Festival, Belgium '17
- Best Cinematography - Žubroffkā International Short Film Festival '17
- Best International Short Film - London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom'18
- International Film Festival Rotterdam: IFFR - Tiger Awards Competition, Netherlands '17
- IndieLisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente de Lisboa – Competição Internacional, Portugal '17
- Cinéma du Réel, France '17
- Festival de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain'17
- New Directors/New Films At Film Society Of Lincoln and Moma, EUA'17
- TRANSCINEMA - Festival Internacional de No-Ficción / International Non- Fiction Film Festival, Peru'17
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany '17
- FCAT - Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa- Tánger, Spain '17
- Mediawave – International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary '17
- VIS Vienna Shorts Film Festival In Vienna, Áustria'17
- Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau, China '17
- Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany'17
- Next International Film Festival, Roménia '17
- Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Canadá '17
- Olhar de Cinema - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Curitiba, Brasil '17
- Festival Fim do Caminho, Mozambique '17
- Kugoma - Fórum de Cinema de Moçambique, Mozambique '17
- CurtoCircuito - Festival Internacional de Cine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain '16
- Tabor Film Festival - International Short Film Festival, Croácia '17
- DokuFest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo '17
- Arkipel Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Indonesia '17
- Cámara Lúcida - Encuentros Cinematográficos, Equador’18
- SPLIT FILM FESTIVAL – MFNF Međunardni Festival Novog Filma, Croácia '17
- Silhouette Festival, França '17
- Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo, Brazil '17
- Riga International Short Film Festival, Letónia '17
- DTLA - Downtown Film Festival L.A., USA '17
- Festcurtas BH - Festival Internacional de Curtas de Belo Horizonte, Brazil '17
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK '17
- L'âge d'Or Film Festival, Belgium '17
- CineEco - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Ambiente da Serra da Estrela, Portugal '17
- Curt'Arruda, Portugal '17
- RIDM - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, Canada '17
- Balinale International Film Festival, Indonesia '17
- L'Alternativa » Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain '17
- Zinebi - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Espanha '17
- Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany '17
- FIDOCS – Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago, Chile '17
- London International Short Film Festival, UK '18
- Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife , Brazil '17
- Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal '17
- Into The Great Wide Open, Netherlands'17
- Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil'17
- Pravo Ljudski Film Festival In Sarajevo, Bósnia & Herzegovina '17
- Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux, France '17
- DOCUMENTAMADRID - Festival Internacional de Documentales de Madrid
- Festival Internacional de Curtas de Verin, Spain '17
- Žubroffkā International Short Film Festival, Poland '17
- FIFEQ // International Festival of Ethnographic Film of Quebec, Canada '18
- MAAILMAFIM - Tartu World Film Festival, Estonia '18
- Akbank Short Film Festival '18
- EYE Filmmuseum - Amsterdam, Holanda '18 (Special Screening)
- ETHNOCINECA – International Documentary Film Festival, Austria '18
- BioBioCine, Festival Internacional de Cine de Concepción, Chile '18
- Festiwal Afrykamera, Poland '18
- EDOC Encuentros del Otro Cine - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental, Ecuador '18
- Cinema in De Studio, Belgium '18
- Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway'18
- Valletta Film Festival, Malta '18
- 14th Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Slovenia '18
- 23º Festival International de Contis, France'18
- Filmoteca Espanola, Spain'18
- Corto e Fieno - Rural Film Festival, Italy ’18
- Afrika Film Festival, Germany'18
- Festival du Court au Kef, Tunisia'18
- Pancevo Film Festival, Servia'18
- Cámara Lúcida - Encuentros Cinematográficos, Equador’18
- Nova Cinema, Bélgica'19
- Frames Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden'19
- Ciclo de Cinema Irreal, Lisboa'19
- Dili International Film Festival, Timor Leste’19
- Mostra "De Portugal para o Mundo", Brasil'21
- 8ª Semana de Cine Portugués, Argentina'21
- Festival de Marseille, France'21
- Nova Cinema [belgium]
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil [brazil]
