Licínio Azevedo

Licínio Azevedo
Licínio Azevedo at the Île Courts International Short Film Festival of Mauritius, 2017.
Licínio Azevedo at the Île Courts International Short Film Festival of Mauritius, 2017.
Born(1951-05-27)27 May 1951
Porto Alegre, Brazil
OccupationFilm director, film producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist
LanguagePortuguese
Notable worksmovies Desobediência (Disobedience, 2003), Virgem Margarida (Virgin Margarida, 2012), and Comboio de Sal e Açúcar (The Train of Salt and Sugar, 2016).
ChildrenAnais Azevedo, Clarice Araujo

Licínio Silveira Azevedo (Licínio de Azevedo, Licínio Azevedo, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1951) is a Brazilian–Mozambican journalist, film producer, screenwriter, and film director of award-winning documentaries and feature films.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Born in Porto Alegre in 1951, journalist Azevedo left Brazil during the military dictatorship there for post-revolutionary Portugal in 1976, continuing to Guinea-Bissau where he trained journalists. He interviewed members of the liberation movement PAIGC on their struggle against Portugal and published the results with Da Paz Rodrigues in their book Diário da libertação : a Guiné-Bissau da nova África (Liberation diary: the Guinea-Bissau of the new Africa, 1977). Living in Mozambique since the 1970s, he reported on Frelimo's struggle in Relatos do povo armado (Stories from the armed people, 1983).[5]

At the Maputo Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique (INC, National Cinema Institute of Mozambique, now Instituto Nacional de Audiovisual e Cinema de Moçambique INAC), Azevedo worked with film directors Ruy Guerra (born in Maputo, 1931) and Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022).[4] Azevedo became one of the founders of the Mozambican film production company Ébano Multimédia, and director and producer of various feature films and documentaries.[4] His first medium-length fiction film The Great Bazaar (O Grande Bazar) and other films were presented at many film festivals, such as the Fribourg International Film Festival.[2] His documentaries and drama feature films obtained seven prizes and three award nominations at film festivals.[6]

Books by Avezedo

Avezedo published a number of books in Portuguese, such as:[7]

  • Azevedo, Licínio; Da Paz Rodrigues, Maria (1977). Diário da libertação : a Guiné-Bissau da nova África [Liberation diary: the Guinea-Bissau of the new Africa]. Coleçaõ Testemunhos, 2. São Paulo: Versus. OCLC 462846146.
  • Azevedo, Licínio (1983). Relatos do povo armado [Stories from the armed people]. Colecção Depoimentos, 1. Maputo: Cadernos Tempo. OCLC 10799692.
  • Azevedo, Licínio (1995). Coração forte [Strong heart]. Lisboa: Edições Dinossauro. ISBN 9789728165024. OCLC 36203107.
  • Azevedo, Licínio (1997). O comboio de sal e açúcar [The salt and sugar train]. Maputo: Ndjira. OCLC 40783711.

Filmography

Azevedo's films include:[2][6][8][9][10]

Year Film Genre Role Duration (min)
1985 O Tempo dos Leopardos[11]
(The Time of the Leopards, Vreme leoparda)
by Zdravko Velimirovic		 War drama feature Co-writer 95 m
1988 A Colheita Do Diabo (The Devil's Harvest) Feature Director with Brigitte Bagnol 54 m
1990 Marracuene (location)
(Two Banks of a Mozambican River)[12]		 Documentary Director 43 m
1992 Adeus RDA (Farewell GDR)[13] Docufiction Director 26 m
1994 A Árvore dos Antepassados
(The Tree of Ancestors)		 Drama feature Director 50 m
1996 The Water War (A Guerra da Água) Documentary Director, co-writer 73 m
1997 Tchuma Tchato Documentary Director 56 m
1998 Massassane (Afela Kwatine) Documentary Director 46 m
1999 A Última Prostituta[14] (The Last Prostitute) Drama fiction Director 48 m
2000 Histórias Comunitárias[15] (Community Stories) Documentary series Director and screenwriter
with Orlando Mesquita		 6 x 26 m
2001 A Ponte (The Bridge) Documentary Director 52 m
2002 Eclipse Short drama documentary Producer 25 m
2003 Disobedience (Desobediência) Drama feature Director, screenwriter 92 m
2003 Mãos de Barro (Hands of Clay) Documentary Screenwriter 50 m
2005 The Demining Camp
(Acampamento de Desminagem)		 Documentary Director, screenwriter, coproducer 60 m
2006 The Great Bazaar (O Grande Bazar) Drama feature Director, screenwriter 56 m
2007 Night Lodgers (Hóspedes da Noite)[16] Documentary Director, screenwriter, producer 52 or 53 m
2010 A Ilha dos Espíritos
(L'Île des Esprits / Island of the Spirits)		 Documentary Director, screenwriter 90 m
2011 Crônicas de Moçambique
by Margarida Cardoso[17]
(Licinio de Azevedo, chroniques du Mozambique)		 Documentary portrait Interviewee 88 m
2012 Virgin Margarida (Virgem Margarida) Drama feature Director, co-writer 90 m
2016 The Train of Salt and Sugar
(Comboio de Sal e Açúcar,
Le Train de Sel et de Sucre)[18]		 Drama feature Director, screenwriter, producer 93 m
2021 Nhinguitimo (Vent du Sud) Short, drama Director 23 m

Awards

Azevedo's films obtained seven prizes and three nominations, including:[6]

Film Festival Award
Desobediência
(Disobedience, 2003)		 Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming 2003 Silver FIPA Fiction
Acampamento de Desminagem
(The Demining Camp)		 CinePort[19] 2005 Andorinha Digital Award Best Documentary
Hóspedes da Noite
(Night Lodgers, 2007)		 Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming 2008 Golden FIPA Reports and Social Issues
Virgem Margarida
(Virgin Margarida, 2012)		 Amiens International Film Festival 2012 Audience Award Best Film,
2012 SIGNIS Award – Special Mention
Comboio de Sal e Açúcar
(The Train of Salt and Sugar, 2016)		 Cairo International Film Festival 2016 Silver Pyramid Best Director
Comboio de Sal e Açúcar Carthage Film Festival 2017 Tanit d'or Narrative Feature Film

References

  1. ^ Caramez, Carlos; Lerina, Roger (26 November 2022). "Entrevista. Licínio Azevedo, um gaúcho filmando na África". matinaljornalismo.com.br (in Portuguese). Matinal Jornalismo, Porto Alegre. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Barlet, Olivier (2017). "Licínio Azevedo, Réalisateur/trice, Écrivain/ne, Producteur/trice, Scénariste". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). Né au Brésil le 27 mai 1951, Licínio Azevedo fait ses premiers pas en Afrique en suivant les guerres de libération, d'abord en Guinée, puis au Mozambique, où il s'établit en 1975.
  3. ^ Hapern, Manuel (11 January 2019). "Licínio de Azevedo. O pai do cinema moçambicano. Entrevista con Licínio de Azevedo, director de 'Virgem Margarida', publicada en Jornal de Letras, el 9 de diciembre de 2013" [Licínio de Azevedo. The father of Mozambican cinema. Interview with Licínio de Azevedo, director of 'Virgem Margarida', published in Jornal de Letras, on December 9, 2013]. ibermediadigital.com (in Portuguese). Ibermedia Digital. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Licínio Azevedo – Infopédia". Infopédia – Porto Editora (in Portuguese). Infopédia Dicionários Porto Editora. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ^ Stock, Robert (2021). "6. Postcolonial testimony and the ruins of empire". In De Medeiros, Paulo; Apa, Livia (eds.). Contemporary Lusophone African Film : transnational communities and alternative modernities. London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 95–112. ISBN 9780367134976. OCLC 1176322750.
  6. ^ a b c Licínio Azevedo at IMDb
  7. ^ "Showing 1–10 of 24 Results". worldcat.org. OCLC.INC. Retrieved 15 September 2023.. WorldCat.org, search for Licínio Azevedo.
  8. ^ "Licinio Azevedo Director Screenwriter". mubi.com. London, UK: MUBI UK Limited. Retrieved 17 May 2022. We don't work with professional actors, but with normal people.
  9. ^ "Director Licínio Azevedo Mozambique 10 Films in collection". trigon-film.org. trigon-film is a Swiss film foundation. Retrieved 15 September 2023. Licínio Azevedo is at the same time a director and a writer.
  10. ^ "Licínio Azevedo Director". africanfilmny.org. New York: African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). Retrieved 17 September 2023. Biography. Brazil. Licínio Azevedo (born in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is an independent filmmaker and co-founder of the Mozambican film production company, Ebano Multimedia.
  11. ^ Film adaptation of the book Azevedo, Licínio (1983). Relatos do povo armado. Colecção Depoimentos, 1. Maputo: Cadernos Tempo. OCLC 10799692.
  12. ^ "Marracuene: Two Banks of a Mozambican River (1991) Directed by Licinio Azevedo". allmovie.com. AllMovie, Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Adeus RDA". site.videobrasil.org.br. Retrieved 28 September 2023. Traumatic process of eleven thousand Mozambicans returning home after one decade in the East Germany.
  14. ^ "A ÚLTIMA PROSTITUTA". Acervo África, Sumaré São Paulo, Brazil. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Cinco mulheres falam da sua experiência nos centros de reeducação para prostitutas, criado logo após a independência de Moçambique, nas florestas da longínqua província de Niassa, em sítios onde não havia nada, excepto animais selvagens. (Translation: Five women talk about their experience in the re-education centers for prostitutes, created shortly after Mozambique's independence, in the forests of the distant province of Niassa, in places with only wild animals.)
  15. ^ "Histórias Comunitárias". netkanema.co.mz (in Portuguese). NetKanema, Maocha's Filmes. 2019–2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Titulo Original: Hóspedes da Noite, Moçambique, 2007, cor 53'. Documentário Africano". marfilmes.com (in Portuguese). Marfilmes, an international sales agency in Lisbon, specialized in the dissemination of films and documentaries from Portugal and Africa, focusing on Lusophone Africa. Retrieved 15 September 2023. Na era colonial, o Grande Hotel da cidade da Beira era o maior de Moçambique: 350 quartos, suites luxuosas, piscina olímpica… (Translation: In the colonial era, the Grande Hotel in the city of Beira was the largest in Mozambique: 350 rooms, luxurious suites, an Olympic-size swimming pool.)
  17. ^ "Licinio de Azevedo – Chroniques du Mozambique (Licinio de Azevedo – Crônicas de Moçambique)". africine.org. Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  18. ^ Film adaptation of Azevedo, Licínio (1997). O comboio de sal e açúcar. Maputo: Ndjira. OCLC 40783711.
  19. ^ Former Lusophone film festival called Festival de Cinema de Países de Língua Portuguesa, pt.

Secondary literature

  • Owen, Hilary (2021). "7. In the name of the Rosa. The ethnographic reflex in the cinema of Licínio Azevedo". In De Medeiros, Paulo; Apa, Livia (eds.). Contemporary Lusophone African Film : transnational communities and alternative modernities. London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 113–130. ISBN 9780367134976. OCLC 1176322750.

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