Adapted from the novel by esteemed Angolan author Ondjaki, this coming of age tale brings us into the multilayered world of Jaki, a young boy from a small coastal African village living in a cousin-filled house headed by his spunky grandmother Agnette. Jaki spends his days with best friends Pi and Charlita and they discover that a local construction site of a huge mausoleum guarded by Russians threatens to demolish their entire neighborhood. Their spirited efforts to foil this plan are met with the unanticipated involvement of a secretive Soviet.

In a small coastal African village, Jaki lives, in a house full of cousins ruled with an iron fist by grandmother Agnette and haunted by the mysterious figure of Grandmother Catarina. The life of the neighborhood revolves around the construction of a Mausoleum for a deceased President that threatens to demolish the local residents' houses. Grandmother Agnette becomes afflicted with a foot infection and must undergo surgery, losing a toe and gaining a new nickname: Granma Nineteen. Her surgery inspires Jaki: just as Granma had to remove a toe to save her leg, he and his best friend Pi decide to remove the Mausoleum. They devise a plan to implode the monument and thus save the neighborhood. A plan doomed to failure if not for the unexpected intervention of a secretive Soviet man.

com / starring / avec
Keanu dos Santos, Caio Canda, Thainara Calane Barbosa, Anabela Adrianopoulos, Dmitry Bogomolov, Filimone Meigos, Flávio Bauraqui, Ana Magaia, Iva Mugalela.

a film by / un film de
João RIBEIRO

Mozambique / Portugal / Brazil, 2020, Feature Fiction, 1h34, Drama / Coming of Age, Portuguese

2nd Feature Fiction / 2è long métrage Fiction

Titulo / Original title / Titre Original : Avó dezanove e o segredo do soviético
International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : GRANMA NINETEEN AND THE SOVIET'S SECRET
Title (France) / Titre (France) :Grand-mère Dix-neuf et le secret du Soviétique
Other Title (in Arabic) / Autre Titre (en arabe) :
Duração / Duración / Runtime / Durée : 94'24'' (1h 34 minutes 24 secondes)
Type / Type : Feature Fiction / Long-métrage Fiction
Género / Genre : Drama, History / Drame, Histoire
Idioma / Languages / Langues de tournage : Portuguese / Portuguese, Russian / Portugais, Russe
Subtítulos / Subtitles / Sous-titres : French, English / Français, Anglais
País de Produção / Country of Production / Pays de Production : Mozambique, Portugal, Brazil / Mozambique, Portugal, Brésil
País do Diretora / Filmmaker's Country / Pays du réalisateur : Moçambique / Mozambique / Mozambique
País de filmagem / Country of Filming / Pays de tournage : Moçambique / Mozambique / Mozambique
Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 2020
Year of Release / Année de Sortie : 2020
Colors / Couleurs : Color / Couleur
Aspect Ratio / Format Image :
Sound Mix / Format Son :
Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel :
TAGS : Coming-of-Age, Enfance, Adolescence, Children, Politics, Politique, Angola, Mozambique, Bodies, Landscapes, Memory, Time, Mémoire, Love, Amour

ELENCO / CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS
Keanu dos Santos......................................... Jaki
Caio Canda.........................................
Thainara Calane Barbosa.........................................
Anabela Adrianopoulos.........................................
Dmitry Bogomolov.........................................
Filimone Meigos.........................................
Flávio Bauraqui.........................................
Ana Magaia.........................................
Iva Mugalela.........................................


Produção / PRODUCERS / PRODUCTEURS :
Luís Galvão Teles
Gonçalo Galvão Teles
João Ribeiro
Antônio Júnior

REALIZAÇÃO / DIRECTOR /RÉALISATEUR :
João Ribeiro

Roteirista / Screenwriter / Scénariste :
João Nunes (adapted from Ondjaki's novel of the same name)
João Nunes (adaptation du roman de Ondjaki, du même nom)

Original screenplay / Scénario Original :
Russo Passapusso
Seko Bass

Director de la Fotografía / Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
José António Loureiro

Composição/ Composer (Original Music) / Musique :

Director de Som / Sound Recordist (Sound Engineer) / Ingénieur du son :
Gita Cerveira

Montagem / Editing / Montage :
Orlando Mesquita

Sound Editor / Monteur son :
Alexandre Rogozki

Dialogue Editor / Monteur Dialogues :

Direcção de Arte / Production design / Décors :
Artur Pinheiro

Costumes design / Costumes :
Sara Machado da Graça

Gerente de Produção / Unit production manager / Directeur de production :
(Local production manager: Mozambique)
(Local production manager: Portugal)

Assistente Realização / First Assistant Director / 1er Assistant Réalisateur :


Assistente Realização / Second Assistant Director / Second Assistant Réalisateur :

Assistente Realização / 3rd Assistant Director / 3ème Assistante Réalisatrice :

Boom operator / Perchiste :

Camera operator / Chef cadreur :


Assistants camera / Assistants cadreurs :

Assistant editor / Assistant Monteur :

Researchers / Recherchistes : :

Colorist / Étalonneur :
Rafael Lopes

Post-production coordinator / Coordinateur Post-production :

THANKS / REMERCIEMENTS :


PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Fado Filmes (Portugal)
Grafo Audiovisual
Kanema Films (Kanem@Produções)

WITH THE SUPPORT OF / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE


PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES
ICA (Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual - Portugal)

DISTRIBUTION

VENTES / SALES

CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
* Kanema Films (Maputo, Mozambique) | geral(@)kanemprod.com | Tel: +258843119340 | www.kanemaprod.com
* Fado Filmes | Av. de Berna, nº 11, 4º Andar | 1050-036 Lisboa - Portugal | info(@)fadofilmes.pt | Tel: +351 21 302 10 32



RELEASE / SORTIE SALLES


AWARDS / PRIX

* Best Fiction Feature Film at the 7th Plateau - International Film Festival of Cidade de Praia (Cape Verde)

* Best African Director (João Ribeiro), Best Supporting Actress (Ana Magaia) //// Kisima Music & Film Awards (Kenya)

* Best Film / Narrative Production //// Black International Cinema Berlin (Germany)

* Best Costume Design (Sara Machado), Best Supporting Actor (Flávio Bouraqui), Best Brazilian Feature Film //// 7th Brazilian International Film Festival (Brazil)

* Best Foreign Actor (Flavio Bauraqui) //// 4th Kaduna International Film Festival (Nigeria)

* Best Narrative Feature Film //// Djarfogo International Film Festival 2021 (Cape Verde)


SELECÇÃO / FESTIVALS / SÉLECTIONS

* World Premiere/ Première Mondiale /// Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles - USA (February 2020)

* 5th Edition of the Maputo African Film Week, Mozambique (February 2020)

* 17è Festival international du Film Panafricain de Cannes (Cannes - France | 23 - 28 Oct. 2020) | Screeening / Projection : 25 Oct. 2020, 1:30PM / 13H30 | https://fifp.fr/portfolio/granma-nineteen-and-the-soviets-secret/

* Black International Cinema Berlin, Germany (October 2020)

* Plateau - Cidade de Praia International Film Festival, Cape Verde (November 2020)

* Kisima Music & Film Awards, Kenya (December 2020)

* Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique du Pays d'Apt, France (January 2021)

* New York African Film Festival, USA (February 2021)

* Festin Ceará, Brazil (February 2021)

* Selecção / Compétition officielle /// Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) - Festival du film africain de Luxor, Egypt (March 2021) |
http://luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/fr/PastEditions/2021/Film/Long%20Narrative/Granma%20Nineteen%20and%20the%20Soviet%27s%20Secret

* AFI Silver | New African Film Festival, USA (April 2021)

* Vues d'Afrique International Film Festival, Canada (April 2021)

* 7th Brazil Festival of International Film, Brazil (April 2021)

* Kaduna International Film Festival, Nigeria (August 2021)

* Festival des Cinémas d'Afriques du Pays d'APT, France (September 2021)

* 40th African Film Festival of Verona: Panoramafrica Section, Italy (November 2021)

* El Ojo Cojo International Film Festival, Spain (November 2021)

* African Film Festival New Zealand, New Zealand (November 2021)

* Carthage Film Festival - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage 2021, (Tunis - Tunisia) (30 Oct. au 06 Nov. 2021)

* 14è Festival Ciné Regards Africains" (27 Nov - 5 Dec 2021) (France - Val de Bièvre : Haÿ-les-Roses, Cachan, Gentilly, Arcueil, Villejuif, Antony) | https://asurb.com/asurb3/?page_id=669

* Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra (November 2021)

* African Film Festival Atlanta, Georgia, USA (November 2021)

* Djarfogo International Film Festival, Fogo, Cape Verde (November 2021)

* International Film Festival Cinéma & Littérature de Safi, Morocco (December 2021)

* Hors-compétition //// Films Femmes Afrique (Dakar - Senegal, February 2022) | www.filmsfemmesafrique.com/hors-competition-longs-metrages

* Cascade Festival of African Films, Portland, Oregon, USA (February 2022)

* Coal City Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria (March 2022)

* La Caravane des Cinémas d'Afrique, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France (June 2022)

* Africajarc Festival, Cajarc, France (July 2022)

* Screening : 9 décembre 2022, 20h30, cinéma Le Méliès (Saint-Etienne, France). Projection suivie d'un débat animé par Thierno Ibrahima Dia, enseignant en cinéma et rédacteur en chef du magazine Africiné.


Fontes / Our Source / Nos Sources :
- www.facebook.com/AvoDezanove/
- kanemaprod.com
- https://fadofilmes.pt/av-19-
- www.grafoaudiovisual.com/en/cinema/granma-nineteen-and-the-soviets-secret/
- www.filmsfemmesafrique.com/hors-competition-longs-metrages
- https://fifp.fr/portfolio/granma-nineteen-and-the-soviets-secret/
- http://luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/fr/PastEditions/2021/Film/Long%20Narrative/Granma%20Nineteen%20and%20the%20Soviet%27s%20Secret
- https://lusojornal.com/film-grand-mere-dix-neuf-et-le-secret-du-sovietique-au-festival-cine-regards-africains/
updated by Thierno Dia, on 28 Dec 222


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PT

Tudo se passa numa cidade para além do tempo e da geografia, num bairro não identificado, que ganha assim contornos quase mitológicos. É aí que vive Jaki, numa casa cheia de primos regida com mão férrea pela avó, Agnette e assombrada pela figura misteriosa da avó Catarina.

Adaptação para cinema da obra homónima do escritor Angolano Ondjaki, no qual o autor se inspira nas suas memórias de infância para construir uma fantasia onde realidade e magia se misturam, e a História é reescrita por suas estórias.

com / starring / avec
Keanu dos Santos, Caio Canda, Thainara Calane Barbosa, Anabela Adrianopoulos, Dmitry Bogomolov, Filimone Meigos, Flávio Bauraqui, Ana Magaia, Iva Mugalela.

a film by / un film de
João RIBEIRO

Mozambique / Portugal / Brazil, 2020, Feature Fiction, 1h34, Drama / Coming of Age, Portuguese

Segunda longa-metragem do Realizador / 2nd Feature Fiction / 2è long métrage Fiction

PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Kanema Produções (Moçambique)
Fado Filmes (Portugal)
Grafo Audiovisual (Brasil)



Titulo / Original title / Titre Original : Avó dezanove e o segredo do soviético
International Title (English) / Titre international (Anglais) : GRANMA NINETEEN AND THE SOVIET'S SECRET
Title (France) / Titre (France) :Grand-mère Dix-neuf et le secret du Soviétique
Other Title (in Arabic) / Autre Titre (en arabe) :
Duração / Duración / Runtime / Durée : 94'24'' (1h 34 minutes 24 secondes)
Type / Type : Feature Fiction / Long-métrage Fiction
Género / Genre : Drama, History / Drame, Histoire
Idioma / Languages / Langues de tournage : Portuguese / Portuguese, Russian / Portugais, Russe
Subtítulos / Subtitles / Sous-titres : French, English / Français, Anglais
País de Produção / Country of Production / Pays de Production : Mozambique, Portugal, Brazil / Mozambique, Portugal, Brésil
País do Diretora / Filmmaker's Country / Pays du réalisateur : Moçambique / Mozambique / Mozambique
País de filmagem / Country of Filming / Pays de tournage : Moçambique / Mozambique / Mozambique
Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production : 2020
Year of Release / Année de Sortie : 2020
Colors / Couleurs : Color / Couleur
Aspect Ratio / Format Image :
Sound Mix / Format Son :
Estimated Budget / Budget prévisionnel :
TAGS : Coming-of-Age, Enfance, Adolescence, Children, Politics, Politique, Angola, Mozambique, Bodies, Landscapes, Memory, Time, Mémoire, Love, Amour

ELENCO / CAST / ACTRICES-ACTEURS
Keanu dos Santos......................................... Jaki
Caio Canda.........................................
Thainara Calane Barbosa.........................................
Anabela Adrianopoulos.........................................
Dmitry Bogomolov.........................................
Filimone Meigos.........................................
Flávio Bauraqui.........................................
Ana Magaia.........................................
Iva Mugalela.........................................


Produção / PRODUCERS / PRODUCTEURS :
Luís Galvão Teles
Gonçalo Galvão Teles
João Ribeiro
Antônio Júnior

REALIZAÇÃO / DIRECTOR /RÉALISATEUR :
João Ribeiro

Roteirista / Screenwriter / Scénariste :
João Nunes (adapted from Ondjaki's novel of the same name)
João Nunes (adaptation du roman de Ondjaki, du même nom)

Original screenplay / Scénario Original :
Russo Passapusso
Seko Bass

Director de la Fotografía / Director of Photography / Directeur de la photo :
José António Loureiro

Composição/ Composer (Original Music) / Musique :

Director de Som / Sound Recordist (Sound Engineer) / Ingénieur du son :
Gita Cerveira

Montagem / Editing / Montage :
Orlando Mesquita

Sound Editor / Monteur son :
Alexandre Rogozki

Dialogue Editor / Monteur Dialogues :

Direcção de Arte / Production design / Décors :
Artur Pinheiro

Costumes design / Costumes :
Sara Machado da Graça

Gerente de Produção / Unit production manager / Directeur de production :
(Local production manager: Mozambique)
(Local production manager: Portugal)

Assistente Realização / First Assistant Director / 1er Assistant Réalisateur :


Assistente Realização / Second Assistant Director / Second Assistant Réalisateur :

Assistente Realização / 3rd Assistant Director / 3ème Assistante Réalisatrice :

Boom operator / Perchiste :

Camera operator / Chef cadreur :


Assistants camera / Assistants cadreurs :

Assistant editor / Assistant Monteur :

Researchers / Recherchistes : :

Colorist / Étalonneur :
Rafael Lopes

Post-production coordinator / Coordinateur Post-production :

THANKS / REMERCIEMENTS :


PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Kanema Films (Kanem@Produções) (Moçambique)
Fado Filmes (Portugal)
Grafo Audiovisual (Brasil)

WITH THE SUPPORT OF / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE


PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES
apoio à produção pelo ICA (Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual - Portugal)

DISTRIBUTION

VENTES / SALES

CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals)
* Kanema Films (Maputo, Mozambique) | geral(@)kanemprod.com | Tel: +258843119340 | www.kanemaprod.com
* Fado Filmes | Av. de Berna, nº 11, 4º Andar | 1050-036 Lisboa - Portugal | info(@)fadofilmes.pt | Tel: +351 21 302 10 32



RELEASE / SORTIE SALLES


AWARDS / PRIX

* Best Fiction Feature Film at the 7th Plateau - International Film Festival of Cidade de Praia (Cape Verde)

* Best African Director (João Ribeiro), Best Supporting Actress (Ana Magaia) //// Kisima Music & Film Awards (Kenya)

* Best Film / Narrative Production //// Black International Cinema Berlin (Germany)

* Best Costume Design (Sara Machado), Best Supporting Actor (Flávio Bouraqui), Best Brazilian Feature Film //// 7th Brazilian International Film Festival (Brazil)

* Best Foreign Actor (Flavio Bauraqui) //// 4th Kaduna International Film Festival (Nigeria)

* Best Narrative Feature Film //// Djarfogo International Film Festival 2021 (Cape Verde)


SELECÇÃO / FESTIVALS / SÉLECTIONS

* World Premiere/ Première Mondiale /// Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles - USA (February 2020)

* 5th Edition of the Maputo African Film Week, Mozambique (February 2020)

* 17è Festival international du Film Panafricain de Cannes (Cannes - France | 23 - 28 Oct. 2020) | Screeening / Projection : 25 Oct. 2020, 1:30PM / 13H30 | https://fifp.fr/portfolio/granma-nineteen-and-the-soviets-secret/

* Black International Cinema Berlin, Germany (October 2020)

* Plateau - Cidade de Praia International Film Festival, Cape Verde (November 2020)

* Kisima Music & Film Awards, Kenya (December 2020)

* Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique du Pays d'Apt, France (January 2021)

* New York African Film Festival, USA (February 2021)

* Festin Ceará, Brazil (February 2021)

* Selecção / Compétition officielle /// Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) - Festival du film africain de Luxor, Egypt (March 2021) |
http://luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/fr/PastEditions/2021/Film/Long%20Narrative/Granma%20Nineteen%20and%20the%20Soviet%27s%20Secret

* AFI Silver | New African Film Festival, USA (April 2021)

* Vues d'Afrique International Film Festival, Canada (April 2021)

* 7th Brazil Festival of International Film, Brazil (April 2021)

* Kaduna International Film Festival, Nigeria (August 2021)

* Festival des Cinémas d'Afriques du Pays d'APT, France (September 2021)

* 40th African Film Festival of Verona: Panoramafrica Section, Italy (November 2021)

* El Ojo Cojo International Film Festival, Spain (November 2021)

* African Film Festival New Zealand, New Zealand (November 2021)

* Carthage Film Festival - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage 2021, (Tunis - Tunisia) (30 Oct. au 06 Nov. 2021)

* 14è Festival Ciné Regards Africains" (27 Nov - 5 Dec 2021) (France - Val de Bièvre : Haÿ-les-Roses, Cachan, Gentilly, Arcueil, Villejuif, Antony) | https://asurb.com/asurb3/?page_id=669

* Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra (November 2021)

* African Film Festival Atlanta, Georgia, USA (November 2021)

* Djarfogo International Film Festival, Fogo, Cape Verde (November 2021)

* International Film Festival Cinéma & Littérature de Safi, Morocco (December 2021)

* Hors-compétition //// Films Femmes Afrique (Dakar - Senegal, February 2022) | www.filmsfemmesafrique.com/hors-competition-longs-metrages

* Cascade Festival of African Films, Portland, Oregon, USA (February 2022)

* Coal City Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria (March 2022)

* La Caravane des Cinémas d'Afrique, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France (June 2022)

* Africajarc Festival, Cajarc, France (July 2022)

* Screening : 9 décembre 2022, 20h30, cinéma Le Méliès (Saint-Etienne, France). Projection suivie d'un débat animé par Thierno Ibrahima Dia, enseignant en cinéma et rédacteur en chef du magazine Africiné.


Fontes / Our Source / Nos Sources :
- www.facebook.com/AvoDezanove/
- kanemaprod.com
- https://fadofilmes.pt/av-19-
- www.grafoaudiovisual.com/en/cinema/granma-nineteen-and-the-soviets-secret/
- www.filmsfemmesafrique.com/hors-competition-longs-metrages
- https://fifp.fr/portfolio/granma-nineteen-and-the-soviets-secret/
- http://luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/fr/PastEditions/2021/Film/Long%20Narrative/Granma%20Nineteen%20and%20the%20Soviet%27s%20Secret
- https://lusojornal.com/film-grand-mere-dix-neuf-et-le-secret-du-sovietique-au-festival-cine-regards-africains/
updated by Thierno Dia, on 28 Dec 222