Lara Sousa Explained

Lara Sousa
Birth Place:	Mozambique
Alma Mater:	International School of Cinema and Television
Occupation:	Director, producer

Lara Sousa, also Lara de Sousa, is a Mozambican filmmaker.^[1] She worked as a programmer of the DOCKANEMA Documentary Festival of Mozambique for several years and had been engaged in social and development projects, focusing her research on gender issues, human rights and others.

Education

Sousa has a specialization degree in Documentary Direction, obtained from the International School of Cinema and Television (EICTV) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. She also studied Anthropology at ISCTE, Portugal and UCM, Spain, specializing in Visual Anthropology.^[2]

Career

In 2017, she wrote, directed and produced the Spanish documentary, La Finca del Miedo (The Farm of Fear), produced by IECTV, Cuba.^[3]

In 2018, she directed a documentary film, Fin (End), also released in Cuba.^[4]

The documentary, The Ship and the Sea (Portuguese: O Navio e o Mar), which she co-produced with Matheus Mello, and co-directed with Everlane Moraes, was selected alongside about 30 other films as a Finance Forum Projects at the 11th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF 2020) held between September 10 to 20, online.^{[5] [6] [7]} The film also won at the 2020 Durban FilmMart, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Award of The Netherlands.^{[8] [9]}

She participated at the 2020 Indaba initiative selection, under the first category, "The 2020 participants with projects are producers", with the feature film project by Inadelso Costa titled, "Karigana".^[10]

She participated in the Colab NowNow exhibition organized by the British Council, partnering with Maputo Fast Forward festival of Mozambique and Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival of South Africa.^{[1] [11]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	The Ship and the Sea (O Navio e o Mar	Co-director, Co-producer	Documentary (Creative)
2019	Kalunga	Director	Documentary, Short film	^[12] ^[13]
	Machimbrao - El hombre nuevo	Director	Documentary (Creative)	^[14]
2018	Fin (End)	Director	Documentary (Creative)	^[15]
2017	La Finca del Miedo (The Farm of Fear)	Director, Producer, Writer	Documentary

External links

• Lara Sousa on IMDb
• Lara Sousa on Berlinale
• Meet the Creator: Lara Sousa on Tshimologong
• Mozambique, Lara Sousa on CINAFRIC

Notes and References

1. Web site: ColabNowNow 2019 . British Council . November 17, 2020.
2. Web site: O Navio E O MAR / 81' / DIGITAL 4K . Miradasdoc . November 18, 2020.
3. Web site: La Finca del Miedo . Berlinale Talents . November 17, 2020.
4. Web site: Fin . Ethnofest . November 17, 2020.
5. Web site: 11è Durban FilmMart (DFM 2020) . Africultures . November 5, 2020.
6. Web site: DURBAN FILMMART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2020 DURBAN FILMMART FINANCE FORUM PROJECTS . July 30, 2020 . Ladima Africa . November 17, 2020.
7. Web site: 31 film projects across Africa selected to pitch at Durban FilmMart’s Finance Forum . August 3, 2020 . Sandton Chronicle . November 17, 2020.
8. Web site: 2020 Durban FilmMart ends with Official Awards for Projects announcement . September 14, 2020 . Biz Community . November 17, 2020.
9. Web site: Project award-winners at IDFA 2020 . IDFA . November 17, 2020.
10. Web site: Indaba announces its inaugural selection . July 20, 2020 . IFFR . November 17, 2020.
11. Web site: ColabNowNow . Maputo Fast Forward . November 17, 2020.
12. Web site: Kalunga (2019) . . November 17, 2020.
13. Web site: Festival de Curtas de SP Anuncia os Premiados . Revista de Cinema . August 31, 2019 . Portuguese . December 2, 2020.
14. Web site: Machimbrao - El hombre nuevo (2019) . . November 17, 2020.
15. Web site: CONTESTED DESIRES ARTIST FILM AND VIDEO PROGRAMME NOW ONLINE . D6 Culture . November 17, 2020.