Mozambique: ENI Open Day
Night Lodgers by Licínio de Azevedo
2:20 CAT | 15 November 2018
Night Lodgers by Licínio de Azevedo
Night lodgers is a documentary directed by Licínio Azevedo about squatters living in the former Grande Hotel Beira in Mozambique.
In the colonial era, the Grande Hotel in Beira was the largest hotel in Mozambique: 350 rooms, luxurious suites, Olympic swimming pool ... The building is currently in ruins, without electricity and without piped water, and is inhabited by 3,500 people. Some have lived there for twenty years. The rooms, the corridors, the kitchens, even the chests of drawers and the bathrooms serve as home. But there is no shadow of sadness or shame in this luminous documentary.
After the documentary there will be a debate with Licínio.
Duration: 57 minutes
Licínio Azevedo (born in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is an independent filmmaker and co-founder of the Mozambican film production company, Ebano Multimedia. In 1977, he was invited by filmmaker Rui Guerra to join the National Institute of Cinema (INC) in Mozambique, and soon after embarked on a prolific career as a documentary filmmaker. He has directed and produced many award-winning documentaries, which have been screened at numerous international festivals. Tchuma Tchato (1997) won a Panda Award at the Wildscreen Festival in the UK in 1998 and was chosen as a finalist at the Third International Environmental Film Festival in Pretoria in 1997. Azevedo has produced and directed several feature films. He is also a writer and his collection of stories on the Mozambican War of Independence formed the basis of Mozambique’s first full-length feature film.
Date and Time: Monday, November 19 2018 at 19h00
Entrance: 150 MZN and free for cultural club members. Tickets available at CCFM on the day of the event
Address: Centro Cultural Franco Moçambicano, Av. Samora Machel no. 468, Maputo
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