Guinea-Bissau: From Memory to the Future is a witness to the hopes and blockages that have been building the country for over four decades.

Filmed entirely in Guinea-Bissau in September 2018, when the 45th anniversary of independence was celebrated, the documentary records the testimonies of a number of scholars of several nationalities, members of Guinean civil society, artists and combatants of the national liberation struggle who reflect and debate on the memories and legacies of this past.
Guiné-Bissau: Da Memória ao Futuro takes a long reflective journey on the imagination and construction of independent Guinea, also showing us how memory can serve the present generation as a tool for the construction of the future.

Trailer: https://www.youtube-nocookie.c....om/embed/4Pb2MqF60xA

Credits:
Documentary / 60 minutes / Portugal – 2019
Directed by Diana Andringa
Screenplay: Diana Andringa and Miguel Cardina
Produced by Garden Films and CES-UC
Subtitles: Portuguese and English

This project received financial support from the ICA / Ministério da Cultura

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Guiné-Bissau: Da Memória ao Futuro é testemunha das esperanças e dos bloqueios que foram construindo o país durante mais de quatro décadas.

Filmado integralmente na Guiné-Bissau, em setembro de 2018, quando se celebravam os 45 anos da independência, o documentário regista os testemunhos de um conjunto de académicos de várias nacionalidades, membros da sociedade civil guineense, artistas e combatentes da luta de libertação nacional que refletem e debatem as memórias e os legados desse passado.

Guiné-Bissau: Da Memória ao Futuro percorre uma ampla viagem reflexiva sobre a imaginação e a construção da Guiné independente, mostrando-nos, também, como a memória pode servir de instrumento à geração do presente para a construção do futuro.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/4Pb2MqF60xA

Sumário Ficha Técnica:
Documentário / 60 minutos / Portugal – 2019
Realização: Diana Andringa
Guião: Diana Andringa e Miguel Cardina
Produção: Garden Films e CES-UC
Legendas: português e inglês
Um projeto com o apoio financeiro do ICA / Ministério da Cultura.

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NOME, un film de Sana Na N'Hada

Guinée-Bissau, France, Portugal, Angola | 2023 | 117 min


Guinée-Bissau, 1969. Une guerre violente oppose l’armée coloniale portugaise aux guérilleros du Parti Africain pour l'Indépendance de la Guinée et du Cap-Vert. Nome quitte son village et rejoint le maquis. Après des années, il rentrera en héros. Mais la liesse laissera bientôt la place à l’amertume et au cynisme.

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Guinea-Bissau, 1969. A violent war between the Portuguese colonial army and the guerrillas of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. Nome leaves his village and joins the maquis. After years, he will return as a hero, but joy will soon give way to bitterness and cynicism.



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This is a short film about the development project setup by the Portuguese non-governmental organization TESE on this West African country.

From Lisbon to Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Assunção drove the project's support vehicle for over 5.000 kms through Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.

Centered on education for women and children in rural areas of Bafatá, the film depicts the field work of both the project coordinator and it's local correspondent, by visiting several "tabancas" (rural communities) where the installation of solar panels in schools will allow class extensions, benefiting over 2.700 individuals.

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After a long, hard anti-colonial struggle in which many are displaced, die or are injured, the liberation of Guinea Bissau is finally won.

You can watch the Spanish version of this documentary here: https://youtu.be/8zvRne2TB40

In southwestern Guinea Bissau there are some islands where a very special people live, the Bissago. What is it that makes them so special? It is not the fact of living in balance and harmony with the spectacular nature that surrounds them, taking from the land or the sea only what they need to survive. Neither is their deep animistic spirituality, which marks their life with rites to acquire the knowledge of their ancestors. What makes them so special is that, in the Bissago society, the woman is the protagonist.

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They are the ones who decide how to manage the crops or punish the crimes, they are the priestesses of the temple, those who can communicate with the gods, the forces of nature and the spirits of the deceased. For the Bissago, the woman is feared and respected, since they consider her capable of deciding about life and death.

This documentary focuses on the lives of some of the women of Eticoga, the main village on the island of Orango. Through their lives and ways of looking we will know the most outstanding and peculiar aspects of this matriarchal society so different, not only from the Western way of life, but from the rest of Africa and almost all other cultures on the planet.

Original title - Queens of Orango
A film by Raúl Bueno Herrera

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Lords of War (1999)
The war in Guinea-Bissau was short, violent and often waged on the civilian population. Frontline footage bears witness to the destruction.

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It all started on the 9 June 1998, with what seemed like a confinable military uprising. The army were demanding better salaries and better pensions for the war veterans that gave the nation its independence. They were also siding with the army's chief, who was sacked for allegedly smuggling arms to Senegal - an offence it now seems was committed by President Nino Vieria himself. The breakaways were a vicious fighting force, fuelled by vengeance for their treatment at the hands of Vieria.

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Nteregu is a visual and sonic journey through the music of Guinea-Bissau. From the rhythms of the Tina (traditional Guinean drum) and the communal spirit of the “mandjuandadi,” to the “tabancas” of the “griots” and the dance floors of Europe, the film traces the evolution of Guinean music across centuries. Featuring ancestral instruments and rare testimonies, it shows how music serves as a bridge, passing down values and knowledge between generations. The film also highlights how women, through the Tina, laid the cultural foundation of the nation and helped unify diverse ethnic groups through music.

Directed by Manuel Loureiro and Roger Mor

"Nteregu" premieres at the 32nd New York African Film Festival in May 2025. Learn more: https://nyaff32.eventive.org