THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER
23-25 June 2020
Cannes Docs Co-Pro Speed Meetings
Project curated by:
La Fabrique Cinéma | Institut français
THE NIGHTS STILL SMELL OF GUNPOWDER
Original title: As noites ainda cheiram á pôlvora
Directed by: Inadelso Cossa
Produced by: Executive producers: Inadelso Cossa (16mmFILMES, Mozambique), Emilie Dudognon (Ida.Ida, France), Thomas Kaske (Kaske Film, Allemagne) / Co-producers: Momento (France), Duplacena (Portugal)
Country of production: Mozambique, France, Germany, Portugal
Runtime: 90'
Expected release: Fall/Winter 2021
Budget: €294,077 (40% in place)
1st feature: 2nd feature
Looking for: Funding, Co-producer, pre-buys, sales agents
Synopsis:
This film will take place in the village where I grew up and where all my childhood memories were created. For me, the village was always a paradise. But what I didn’t realise was that I was living in the middle of a civil war. Today I am going back to confront that childhood memory with the reality and circumstances of the political situation that my country is facing.
Director’s profile:
Inadelso Cossa was born in 1984, in Maputo, Mozambique. Since 2006, he works as a film director, producer and cinematographer based in Mozambique, awarded with Estação Imagem – Mora prize for best documentary at FIKE – Évora International short film festival 2013 and Special Jury prize at FFER – Récife International Ethnographic film festival 2013.
« The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder », his new documentary in development was already supported by IDFA Bertha Fund, Festival International du Film de Marrakech- Atlas Workshop, Berlinale Talents, Hot Docs – Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund, CNAP Image/Mouvement, La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde.