Mozambique: Elísio Bajone premieres ‘Marks of Terrorism’ – photos
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- 23 Feb 2023
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The film Marcas do Terrorismo {Marks of Terrorism], which portrays the stories of families displaced by war in the province of Cabo Delgado, was released last Friday in Maputo by director Elísio Bajone.
The conflicts in the north of the country prompted Bajone to portray the reality experienced in the province of Cabo Delgado in the form of a film.
Viewers of the mid-length film found it very courageous of the director to portray the stories of families who became victims of terrorism and of the traumas experienced by the displaced.
“I found it courageous and particularly meaningful. The film portrays the reality of what is happening in our country, and the director brought it to us so that we can reflect and make our contribution to what is happening in Cabo Delgado province,” said viewer Andrice Cubane.
Elísio Bajone explained that the film seeks to portray the extent to which the culture of the displaced persons is at risk, and notes that people lived in inhumane circumstances.
“We saw the extent to which they lived in inhumane conditions. For example, at the time, they lived in a very small house. The house has only three bedrooms and forty people lived in it. There were couples who sacrificed their physical relationship because there was no privacy,” Bajone only.
The research for the production of the film was done in a year, and filming lasted 15 days.
Marcas do Terrorismo is a 32-minute film, centred on the story of a family displaced from the districts of Macomia and Quissanga and currently residing in the city of Pemba.
The movie is one of the four winning works of the first contest of the Fund for Support and Financing of Audiovisual and Cinematographic Activity promoted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MICULTUR ) and implemented by the National Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries (INICC).
Bajone thanked everyone for attending the premiere and all of those involved in the production of the documentary, also mentioning the Fund’s importance to the materialisation of the project, and noting that the initiative would boost cinema in the country.
In turn, INICC Director-General Matilde Muocha congratulated the director for the work and stated that the Ministry of Culture support comes within the scope of the Audiovisual and Cinema Law. One of the aims of the Government of Mozambique, through MICULTUR, is to encourage the development of audio-visual and cinematographic talent and creativity in Mozambique. Read More…
