Lara Sousa

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Lara Sousa
Born
The Ship and the Sea
(O Navio e O Mar) (2019)
  • Kalunga (2019)
  • Fin (End) (2018)
  • Lara Sousa, also Lara de Sousa, is a Mozambican

    filmmaker.[1][2] She worked as a programmer of the DOCKANEMA Documentary Festival of Mozambique for several years and had been engaged in social and development projects, focusing her research on gender issues, human rights and others.[3]

    Education

    Sousa has a specialization degree in Documentary Direction, obtained from the

    Career

    In 2017, she wrote, directed and produced the Spanish documentary, La Finca del Miedo (The Farm of Fear), produced by IECTV, Cuba.[5]

    In 2018, she directed a documentary film, Fin (End), also released in Cuba.[3]

    The documentary,

    The Netherlands.[1][9]

    She participated at the 2020 Indaba initiative selection, under the first category, "The 2020 participants with projects are producers", with the feature film project by Inadelso Costa titled, "Karigana".[10]

    She participated in the Colab NowNow exhibition organized by the British Council, partnering with Maputo Fast Forward festival of Mozambique and Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival of South Africa.[2][11]

    Filmography

    Year Film Role Notes Ref.
    2020
    The Ship and the Sea
    (O Navio e o Mar
    Co-director, Co-producer Documentary (Creative) [1]
    2019 Kalunga Director Documentary, Short film [12][13]
    Machimbrao - El hombre nuevo Director Documentary (Creative) [14]
    2018 Fin (End) Director Documentary (Creative) [15][3]
    2017 La Finca del Miedo (The Farm of Fear) Director, Producer, Writer Documentary [5]

    References

    1. ^ a b c "2020 Durban FilmMart ends with Official Awards for Projects announcement". Biz Community. September 14, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    2. ^ a b "ColabNowNow 2019". British Council. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    3. ^ a b c d "Fin". Ethnofest. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    4. ^ "O Navio E O MAR / 81' / DIGITAL 4K". Miradasdoc. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
    5. ^ a b "La Finca del Miedo". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    6. ^ "11è Durban FilmMart (DFM 2020)". Africultures. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
    7. ^ "DURBAN FILMMART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2020 DURBAN FILMMART FINANCE FORUM PROJECTS". Ladima Africa. July 30, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    8. ^ "31 film projects across Africa selected to pitch at Durban FilmMart's Finance Forum". Sandton Chronicle. August 3, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    9. ^ "Project award-winners at IDFA 2020". IDFA. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    10. ^ "Indaba announces its inaugural selection". IFFR. July 20, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    11. ^ "ColabNowNow". Maputo Fast Forward. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    12. ^ "Kalunga (2019)". IMDb. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    13. ^ "Festival de Curtas de SP Anuncia os Premiados" (in Portuguese). Revista de Cinema. August 31, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
    14. ^ "Machimbrao - El hombre nuevo (2019)". IMDb. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
    15. ^ "CONTESTED DESIRES ARTIST FILM AND VIDEO PROGRAMME NOW ONLINE". D6 Culture. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

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