Beatriz's War | |
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Directed by | Luigi Acquisto Bety Reis |
Written by | Luigi Acquisto Irim Tolentino |
Produced by | Luigi Acquisto Lurdes Pires Stella Zammataro |
Starring | Irim Tolentino Augusta Soares José da Costa |
Cinematography | Valeriu Campan |
Edited by | Nick Calpakdjian |
Music by | Osme Gonsalves Jamie Saxe |
Production companies | Dili Film Works FairTrade Films |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | East Timor |
Languages | Tetum Indonesian |
Budget | $200,000 AUD [1] |
Beatriz's War (Portuguese : A Guerra da Beatriz) is a 2013 drama film directed by Luigi Acquisto and Bety Reis. It is the first full-length feature film to be produced by East Timor. [1] [2] Its premiere was on 17 September 2013 in Dili. The film was shown in the first month to 30,000 East Timorese at outdoor screenings. [1] It was screened at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival. [3] It won Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 44th International Film Festival of India.
The film is based on the story of Martin Guerre [4] in 16th-century France, transplanted into the setting of East Timor during the Indonesian occupation. The film revolves around the life of a young East Timorese woman named Beatriz. The story begins with Beatriz meeting her future husband, Tomas, as children. The two marry young and soon after their wedding the Indonesian invasion of East Timor begins. Beatriz fights for her true love and her country.
The culture of East Timor reflects numerous cultural influences, including Portuguese, Roman Catholic, and Malay, on the indigenous Austronesian cultures in East Timor.
Francisco Xavier do Amaral was an East Timorese politician. A founder of the Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente (Fretilin), Amaral was sworn in as the first President of East Timor when the country, then a Portuguese colony, made a unilateral declaration of independence on 28 November 1975. He was a member of the National Parliament for the Timorese Social Democratic Association from 2001 until his death in 2012. Amaral was also known as "Abo (Grandfather) Xavier", a term of endearment, by East Timorese.
The Timorese Democratic Union is a conservative political party in East Timor. It was the first party to be established in the country on May 11, 1974, following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal.
The Association of Timorese Heroes, sometimes known as Sons of the Mountain Warriors, is a culturally conservative political party in East Timor. In 2007, KOTA said it had 30,000 members.
The Socialist Party of Timor is a Marxist–Leninist political party in East Timor.
The União Nacional dos Escuteiros de Timor-Leste is the national Scouting organization of East Timor. It was founded on December 2, 2005 through the merger of the Corpo de Escuteiros Católicos em Timor-Leste and of Timor-Leste Scouting. The organization is a member of the Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono. It became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement on 22 June 2017.
The Timorese Popular Democratic Association was a political party in East Timor established in 1974, which advocated for integration into Indonesia. Along with another East Timor party, the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT), it signed the Balibo Declaration in 1975 calling for Indonesia to annex the region. The party led the Provisional Government of East Timor that was formed following the Indonesian invasion of East Timor later that year. Since 2000, the party used the suffix Pro-Referendo (Pro-referendum). A renaming to Partido Democrata Liberal was considered. The party is said to have been dissolved.
Bilateral relations exist between Australia and East Timor. Both countries are near neighbors with close political and trade ties. East Timor, the youngest and one of the poorest countries in Asia, lies about 610 kilometres northwest of the Australian city of Darwin and Australia has played a prominent role in the young republic's history.
East Timor and Indonesia established diplomatic relations in 2002. Both share the island of Timor. Indonesia invaded the former Portuguese colony in 1975 and annexed East Timor in 1976, maintaining East Timor as its 27th province until a United Nations-sponsored referendum in 1999, in which the people of East Timor chose independence. Following a United Nations interim administration, East Timor gained independence in 2002. Indonesia already had a consulate in Dili during the Portuguese colonial period, though Indonesia formalized their relations by establishing an embassy in Dili. Since October 2002, East Timor has an embassy in Jakarta and consulates in Denpasar and Kupang. Relations between the two countries are generally considered highly positive, despite various problems. Numerous agreements regulate cooperation in different areas. East Timorese are visa-free in Indonesia.
Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno is an East Timorese politician and diplomat, and a member of the Fretilin political party.
Dionísio da Costa Babo Soares is an East Timorese politician, and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT). From June 2018 to May 2020, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, under the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor; he had earlier served as Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice, Minister of State Administration, and Minister of Justice.
Ema Nudar Umanu is a 2018 East Timorese experimental fantasy film written and directed by Thomas Henning, an Australian filmmaker, and Jonas Rusumalay Diaz, who is also its producer. It is the first feature film of the film collective Malkriadu Cinema, and is among the first feature films to be produced by East Timor, after Beatriz's War and Abdul & José. The film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 16 August 2018.
José Maria dos Reis Costa is an East Timorese politician, and a member of the Fretilin political party.
Nívea Elisabeth C. dos Reis, known professionally as Bety Reis, is an East Timorese actress, director and film producer.
Anarchism in East Timor has its roots in the country's history as a penal colony, when many anarchists were deported there. The movement eventually evolved into an anti-colonial struggle against succeeding occupying powers: first the Portuguese Empire, then the Japanese Empire and the Indonesian New Order, before the country finally achieved independence in 2002.
José Agostinho Sequeira, also known by his nom de guerreSomotxo Matar Mimiraka, is an East Timorese politician and former guerilla, and a member of the Fretilin political party. In 2006–2007, he was Vice Minister of Interior, and in 2017–2018 he was Minister for Defence and Security. Since 2018, he has been a Member of the National Parliament.
The CPLP Bridge is a pair of two-lane road bridges in the suco of Comoro, a western suburb of Dili, capital city of East Timor.
The Timor-Leste national badminton team represents East Timor in international badminton competitions. While badminton is not a popular sport in East Timor, the nation has competed in tournaments such as the Asian Games and the BWF World Junior Championships.
The Democratic Republic of East Timor, was a Fretilin ruled state that was unilaterally proclaimed on the territory of present-day East Timor on 28 November 1975 prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor nine days later on 7 December 1975.