Granma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secret
With the help of his friends Charlita and Pi, our young hero must decide how much trouble he’s willing to face to keep his Granma safe in Bishop’s Beach. João Ribeiro
family, kids / 94’ / 2020
In co-production with Grafo Audiovisual, Kanema Films.-
Screening on the Alex Berlin/Germany television channel, in the context of the celebration of the 35th
Black International Cinema Berlin Festival 2020 - June 2021
Screening in the context of flights on Ethiopian Airlines in the ET102 cycle – October to December 2021
Screening in the context of the “The Eyes” Exhibition of Africa” in Pordenone, Italy – 7 December 2021
Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Sophia Awards 2023
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7th Edition of Plateau | Praia City International Film Festival (Cape Verde)
Best Fiction FeatureKisima Music & Film Awards (Kenya)
Best Director of Africa (João Ribeiro)
Best Supporting Actress (Ana Magaia)Black International Cinema Berlin (Germany)
Best Film/Narrative Production7th Brazil International Film Festival (Brazil)
Best Costume Design (Sara Machado)
Best Supporting Actor (Flávio Bouraqui)
Best Brazilian Feature Film4th Kaduna International Film Festival (Nigeria)
Best Foreign Interpretation (Flávio Bauraqui)Djarfogo International Film Festival 2021 (Cape Verde)
Best Narrative Feature Film -
2020
USA | Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles
Mozambique | 5th Edition of the Maputo African Cinema Week
France | Festival international du Film Panafricain de Cannes
Germany | Black International Cinema Berlin
Cape Verde | Plateau - Praia International Film Festival
Kenya | Kisima Music & Film Awards2021
France | Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d’Apt
EUA | New York African Film Festival
Brazil | Festin CearáEgypt | Luxor African Film Festival
USA | AFI Silver - New African Film Festival Canada | International film festival Vues d'Afrique
Brazil | 7th Brazil International Film Festival
Nigeria | Kaduna International Film Festival
France | Festival des Cinémas d’Afriques du Pays d’APT
Italy | 40th African Film Festival of Verona: Panoramafrica Section
Spain | El Ojo Cojo International Film Festival
New Zealand | African Film Festival New Zealand
Tunisia | Carthage Film Festival
France | Ciné Regards Africains
Portugal | Paths of Portuguese Cinema, Coimbra
USA | African Film Festival Atlanta, Georgia
Cape Verde | Djarfogo International Film Festival, Fogo
Morocco | Festival International Cinéma & Littérature de Safi2022
Senegal | Films Femmes Afrique 2022, Dakar
USA | Cascade Festival of African Films, Portland, Oregon
Nigeria | Coal City Film Festival, Lagos
France | La Caravane des Cinémas d’Afrique, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
France | Africajarc Festival, Cajarc
PRODUCTION CREDITS
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PRODUCTION CREDITS 〰️
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Artur Pinheiro
SOUND
COLOUR GRADING
EDITING
Orlando Mesquita
Rafael Lopes
Gita Cerveira
Luís Galvão Teles, Gonçalo Galvão Teles, João Ribeiro, Antônio Júnior
DIRECTION
PRODUCTION
SCRIPT
João Ribeiro
João Nunes (a partir do romance homónimo de Ondjaki)
PHOTOGRAPHY
José António Loureiro
Sara Machado da Graça
COSTUME DESIGN
Russo Passapusso e Seko Bass
SOUND MIXING
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alexandre Rogozki
Keanu dos Santos, Caio Canda, Thainara Calane Barbosa, Anabela Adrianopoulos, Dmitry Bogomolov, Filimone Meigos, Flávio Bauraqui, Ana Magaia, Iva Mugalela
WITH
João Ribeiro
João Ribeiro was born in 1962, in Mozambique. Between 1982 and 1989 Ribeiro worked for Mozambique Experimental Television and for the Nacional Cinema Institute. In 1990, he went to Cuba to study cinema in the International Cinema and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños.
In 2010 directed his first feature film, Last Flight of the Flamingo. João Ribeiro has also worked as Production Director, Executive Producer and Coproducer in Mozambique and all over the world.
Grandma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secret, adaptation of the homonymous work of Ondjaki, is his latest feature film.