KUIVAL AJAL \u00c4RAELAMINE
\ndirected by In\u00eas Ponte
\ntrailer by M\u00e1rcia Costa<\/p>\n
2016, 35 min, doc, MiniDv, 4:3 letterbox
\nAngola, UK, Portugal<\/p>\n
Set in a highland village, the film is an intimate portrait of the day-to-day life of a family living in an agro-pastoralist farm in Namibe, Angola. Through the filmmaker\u2019s request to her host Madukilaxi to put her skills into the making of a doll, the film addresses a twofold notion of labour taking place in the dry season: their shared doll-crafting and making a living. Lipuleni, Madukilaxi\u2019s toddler, follows their twofold labour, and the three of them celebrate their efforts with a feast.
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\nAWARD
\nSpecial Mention Best Short Film at FRAMES, Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden (Mar 2018)<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a progressive search of complicity and transcultural approximation, \u2018Making a living in the dry season\u2019 constructs an intimate portrait of the context it is submerged in. The permanent communication in between who is being filmed and who is filming results in an emotive homage to the habits and practices of the ancestral feminine. Within a framework shaped by universal common values, the maternal role acquires a central importance in a precious film, truthfully dedicated to bring our attention closer to a reality that needs to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
FESTIVALS
\nVizantrop Festival, Engaged Ethnographic Film Festival, Serbia (Jun 2019)
\nMostra Espelhos d\u2019\u00c1frica, Brazil (May, 2019)
\nCineNOVA, Portugal (Fev 2019)
\nEcoDoc, EcoPorto (Junho 2018)
\nSjon, International Anthropological Film Festival, Denmark (Mar 2018)
\nAntropofest, Czech Republic (Jan 2018)
\nCinePlateau, International Film Festival, Cape Vert (Nov 2017)
\nFestival de Filme Etnogr\u00e1fico do Recife, Brazil (Nov 2017)
\nApricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival, Armenia (Oct 2017)
\nWomen Media Arts Film Festival, Australia (Sep 2017)
\nP\u00e4rnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, Estonia (July 2017)
\nStudents\u00b4 Ethnographic Film Festival, Croatia (May 2017)
\nMediawave, International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary (April 2017)
\nWorld Film Festival, Estonia (March 2017)
\nDays of Ethnographic Film, Slovenia (March 2017)
\nEthnoFest, International Ethnographic Film Festival, Greece (Nov 2016)
\nKratovo Ethnographic Film Festival, Macedonia
\nFilm Art International Festival, Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Aug 2016)
\nEthnographic Film Screening Programme of the APA Congress, Coimbra, Portugal (June 2016)<\/p>\n
Screenings
\nCentro Cultural Angola-Brasil, Luanda (Dez 2018)
\nInstituto Superior Polit\u00e9cnico da Tundavala, Lubango (Nov 2018)
\nMySpaceLounge, Luanda, Angola (Feb 2018)
\nDirec\u00e7\u00e3o Provincial do Namibe, Mo\u00e7amedes, Angola (Feb 2018)
\nCi\u00eancia Viva: Science and Technology Week: ICS-ULisboa (Nov 2017)
\nLeipzig University Summer School: \u201cWays of Seeing\u201d, Germany (July 2017)
\nCi\u00eancia Viva: Science and Technology Week, \u201cDocumentary film and Anthropology\u201d, IUL-ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal (Nov 2016).
\nExtension of the Ethnographic Film Screening Programme APA Congress, Coimbra (Oct 2016) + Extension Lisbon (March 2017).
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\nA longer version of \u201cMaking a Living in the dry season\u201d was the accompanying film for the director\u2019s PhD in Social Anthropology with Visual Media, University of Manchester. Screened at International Ethno Film Festival Heart of Slavonia, Drakovo, Croatia (2016); and at Satterthwaite Africanist Colloquium, Grasmere, UK (2015).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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