Sol de Carvalho

Sol de Carvalho
Sol de Carvalho at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival
Born
João Luís Sol de Carvalho

1953
Beira, Mozambique, Portuguese Mozambique
(present-day Maputo, Mozambique)
CitizenshipMozambique
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • journalist
Years active1975–present
Notable workmovies Another Man's Garden (2007), Impunidades Criminosas (2012), and Mabata Bata (2017).

Sol de Carvalho (João Luís Sol de Carvalho, born 1953) is a Mozambican film director and producer.[1][2][3]

Biography

He grew up in Inhambane and later attended in Lisbon the Escola de Cinema do Conservatório, forerunner of the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. When Mozambique became independent in 1975, he worked as director of the Serviço Nacional da Rádio Moçambique (Radio Mozambique [pt; de]). From 1979 he was a journalist for the Mozambican magazine Tempo with journalist, poet and writer Mia Couto and Albino Magaia. In 1986 he decided to dedicate himself entirely to audiovisual media (cinema and television) as a director and producer.[1][2][4][5] Sol de Carvalho was one of the founders of the Mozambican production company Ébano, together with Pedro Pimenta and Licínio Azevedo), which he later left to start his own new company Promarte.[3][5]

Filmography

De Carvalho's films include:[1][2]

Year Film Genre Role Duration (min)
1999 Muhipiti Alima[6] Drama short. Alima wants to go to school, but her husband is against it. Director 34 m
2004 The Murmuring Coast / A Costa dos Murmúrios by Margarida Cardoso Feature Actor 120 m
2005 A Janela Short Director
2006 Another Man's Garden [es] / O Jardim do Outro Homem Feature. A university student can be forced by her professor to extend certain favours. Director, screenwriter, producer 80 m
2009 O Búzio Short drama Director, producer in Mozambique 9 m
2011 Impunidades Criminosas[7] (translated title: Unpunished crimes) Drama short. Sara reminisces about her life. She killed her violent husband Armando and his ghost tormented her at night. She then had to kill Paixão, Armando's gang leader, as well because he forced her to have sex with him. Director, producer 35 m
2012 A Terra dos Nossos Avós Documentary short Producer 33 m
2015 Operação Angola - Fugir para Lutar[8] by Diana Andringa (translated title: Operation Angola: fleeing to fight) Documentary feature. Some 60 students from the Portuguese colonies, including Pedro Pires, Joaquim Chissano, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem and Pascoal Mocumbi flee Portugal to escape persecution. Producer in Mozambique 116 m
2018 Pele de Luz (translated title: Skin of light) Short drama documentary. Two albino sisters of Maputo survive attempted kidnapping and live in fear of the rampant belief in black magic. Co-producer 19 m
2018 Mabata Bata[9] Drama feature, adaptation of Mia Couto's short story O dia em que explodiu Mabata Bata. An ox steps on a land mine from the civil war and its oxherd has to flee. Director, co-producer 74 m
2018 Geração da Independência Documentary feature Director 58 m
2019 Monólogos com a História[10] Drama short Director, screenwriter, producer 18 m
2021 Kutchinga[11] Drama feature. According to the Mozambican tradition called Kutchinga, a widow has to accept sexual relations with the husband's older brother to keep property in the family. A gigolo can be hired to do the job. Researcher, screenwriter, co-producer, director 61 m
2022 O Ancoradouro do Tempo Feature, adaptation of Mia Couto's book A varanda do frangipani. Police inspector Izidine investigates a murder in an old colonial fortress and old people's home. Everyone confesses. Director, co-screenwriter with Mia Couto 105 m

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sol de Carvalho. João Luis Sol de Carvalho. Nascimento: 1953 , Beira (Moçambique)". cinemaportuguesmemoriale.pt (in Portuguese). SP Autores Sociedade Portuguesa de autores. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Sol de Carvalho, Réalisateur/trice, producteur/trice". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Mozambique Island: Encounter of Cultures. Details. About the Directors. Sol de Carvalho". africanfilmny.org. African Film Festival New York. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ Pereira, Cristiana (28 January 2011). "A função provocadora do artista, entrevista a Sol de Carvalho" [The provocative function of the artist. An interview with Sol de Carvalho]. buala.org (in Portuguese). Buala. Retrieved 2024-07-26. First published in the magazine África21, January 2011 issue.
  5. ^ a b Pereira, Ana Cristina (May 2017). "O Poder ao Centro — Um Modo de Ver Moçambicano: Conversa com Sol de Carvalho" [Power at the center: A Mozambican view. Conversation with Sol de Carvalho]. ebooks.uminho.pt (in Portuguese). doi:10.21814/uminho.ed.49.9. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  6. ^ "Muhipiti Alima by Sol de Carvalho. Mozambique / 1999 / 34mins / Drama / Portuguese". africanfilmny.org. African Film Festival New York. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Impunidades Criminosas (2011) 75 min. DCP/cor. Realização: Sol de Carvalho". cinemaportuguesmemoriale.pt (in Portuguese). SP Autores Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Operação Angola - Fugir para Lutar (2015). 119 min DCP/cor. Realização: Diana Andringa". cinemaportuguesmemoriale.pt (in Portuguese). SP Autores Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Mabata Bata". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Monologues with the history". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Kutchinga (2021) 61 min, DCP/cor. Realização: Sol de Carvalho". cinemaportuguesmemoriale.pt (in Portuguese). SP Autores Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

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