Marfilmes Explained

Marfilmes is a Portuguese distributor specialized in Portuguese-speaking cinema from classics to moderns, dealing particularly with Portuguese-African speaking films. The company collaborated with the African Film Library and increased the scope of its titles to classical African films of different origins and languages.

Marfilmes has a large experience within Portuguese cinema, contributing to that the years of exclusive collaboration with Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the state Portuguese television.

African films distributed by Marfilmes

CountryDirectorFilmsYear
Kafi's Story1989
Ana Ramos Lisboa Amílcar Cabral2001
Arthur Howes Nuba Conversations2000
Christian Lajoumard Children of Noma2005
Falaba Issa Traoré Bamunan1990
Fernando Vendrell Light Drops2002
Flora Gomes Mortu Nega1988
The Blue Eyes of Yonta1992
and Inês Gonçalves and Kiluanje LiberdadeHope The Pitanga Cherries Grow - Tales of Luanda2007
Tchiloli, Masks and Myths2009
Luanda, The Music Factory2009
Isabel Noronha Ngwenya, The Crocodile2007
Jean-Michel Tchissoukou The Wrestlers1982
Jean-Pierre Dikongué PipaMuna Moto1975
1978
Funny Stories and Funny People1983
Badiaga1987
Jorge António Other Moves2003
Júlio Silvão Tavares Batuque, the Soul of a People2007
Karen Boswall Marrabenta Stories2004
Kozoloa Yeo Petanqui1983
Leão Lopes The Island of Contenda1995
Léonce Ngabo Gito l'ingrat1992
Licínio Azevedo The Water War1995
The Bridge2001
Disobedience2002
Hands of Clay2003
The Demining Camp2005
The Great Bazaar2006
Night Lodgers2007
The Island of The Spirits2010
Luciana Hees The Blue Salon2011
Moustapha Alassane Women Cars Villas Money1972
Toula ou Le génie des eaux1973
Oumarou Ganda Saitane1973
The Exiled1980
Ablakon1986
Bouka1988
The Dipri2009
The Niambwa People2009
Solveig Nordlund Nélio's Story1998
Teresa Prata Terra Sonâmbula2007

Films and Filmmakers Film distributed by Portuguese Marfilmes

Director Films Year
Alberto Seixas SantosGentle Morals1975
Alfred EhrhardtPortugal, A Country By The Sea1952
António da Cunha TellesBesieged1970
My Friends1974
Living On1976
Pandora1993
Kiss Me2004
António de MacedoThe Vows1972
Sunday Afternoon1965
Carlos VilardebóThe Enchanted Islands1965
Fernando LopesThe Edge of Horizon1993
J. Ernesto de SousaThe Puppeteer1962
João BotelhoHere on Earth1993
The Northern Land2009
Joaquim VieiraThe Last Communist2005
Joaquim Vieira e Fernanda BizarroFranco e Salazar - Iberian Brothers2004
Jom Tob AzulayThe Jew1995
Jorge Brum do CantoThe Song of The Earth1938
Jorge Paixão da CostaThe Mystery of Sintra2007
Leandro FerreiraThe Ones That Came Back2002
Manuel GuimarãesThe Circus1951
Nazaré1952
1956
My Little Seamstress1958
The Wheat And The Tares1965
Nicholas OulmanThe man behind Amália2009
Perdigão QueirogaThe Millionaire1962
Ricardo CostaOur Football1984
Mists2003
Rui SimõesIf You Can Look See, If You Can See Notice2004
Solveig NordlundLow-Flying Aircraft2001
Teresa VillaverdeIn Favour of Light2003
Vicente Jorge SilvaThe Unknown Islands2008

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