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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.

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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
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Amy Hardie and Arthur Howes Kafi's Story 1989
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Ana Ramos Lisboa Amílcar Cabral 2001
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Arthur Howes Nuba Conversations 2000
Flag of France.svg  France Christian LajoumardChildren of Noma2005
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Falaba Issa Traoré Bamunan 1990
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Fernando Vendrell Light Drops2002
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Flora Gomes Mortu Nega 1988
The Blue Eyes of Yonta 1992
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal and Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Inês Gonçalves and Kiluanje Liberdade Hope The Pitanga Cherries Grow - Tales of Luanda2007
Tchiloli, Masks and Myths2009
Luanda, The Music Factory 2009
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Isabel NoronhaNgwenya, The Crocodile2007
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Jean-Michel Tchissoukou The Wrestlers1982
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa Muna Moto 1975
Le prix de la liberté 1978
Funny Stories and Funny People1983
Badiaga 1987
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Jorge António Other Moves2003
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Júlio Silvão Tavares Batuque, the Soul of a People 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Karen Boswall Marrabenta Stories 2004
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Kozoloa Yeo Petanqui 1983
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Leão Lopes The Island of Contenda 1995
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Léonce Ngabo Gito l'ingrat 1992
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Licínio Azevedo The Water War 1995
The Bridge2001
Disobedience 2002
Hands of Clay2003
The Demining Camp 2005
The Great Bazaar 2006
Night Lodgers 2007
The Island of The Spirits2010
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Luciana HeesThe Blue Salon2011
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Moustapha Alassane Women Cars Villas Money 1972
Toula ou Le génie des eaux 1973
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Oumarou Ganda Saitane1973
The Exiled1980
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Roger Gnoan M'Bala Ablakon 1986
Bouka 1988
The Dipri2009
The Niambwa People2009
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Solveig Nordlund Nélio's Story1998
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Teresa PrataTerra Sonâmbula2007

Films and Filmmakers Film distributed by Portuguese Marfilmes

DirectorFilmsYear
Alberto Seixas Santos Gentle Morals1975
Alfred Ehrhardt Portugal, A Country By The Sea1952
António da Cunha Telles Besieged1970
My Friends1974
Living On 1976
Pandora1993
Kiss Me2004
António de Macedo The Vows 1972
Sunday Afternoon1965
Carlos Vilardebó The Enchanted Islands1965
Fernando Lopes The Edge of Horizon1993
J. Ernesto de Sousa The Puppeteer1962
João Botelho Here on Earth 1993
The Northern Land2009
Joaquim Vieira The Last Communist2005
Joaquim Vieira e Fernanda Bizarro Franco e Salazar - Iberian Brothers2004
Jom Tob Azulay The Jew1995
Jorge Brum do Canto The Song of The Earth1938
Jorge Paixão da Costa The Mystery of Sintra2007
Leandro Ferreira The Ones That Came Back2002
Manuel Guimarães The Circus1951
Nazaré1952
Lifes Adrift1956
My Little Seamstress 1958
The Wheat And The Tares1965
Nicholas Oulman The man behind Amália 2009
Perdigão Queiroga The Millionaire1962
Ricardo Costa Our Football 1984
Mists2003
Rui Simões If You Can Look See, If You Can See Notice2004
Solveig Nordlund Low-Flying Aircraft 2001
Teresa Villaverde In Favour of Light2003
Vicente Jorge Silva The Unknown Islands2008

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