Januário Afonso | |
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Born | 30 September 1963
São Marçal, São Tomé
[1] |
Nationality | Santomean |
Citizenship | Santomean |
Occupation | film director |
Known for | Imprudência, Fogo do Apagar da Vida, 2001 and O Vosso Amor, o Meu Sorriso, 2006 |
Januário Afonso is a filmmaker from São Tomé and Príncipe born in 1963. [1] [2] His first experience in cinema was working with Austrian filmmaker Herbert Brödl on Brödl's movie Little Fruit from the Equator (1998) which was shot in São Tomé. [3] Afonso graduated in documentary film studies in Portugal (2006) and Scotland (2007), and obtained a law degree at São Tomé in 2016. He made feature films and documentaries on current social themes such as AIDS and domestic violence. [4] [5] Afonso collaborated with Angolan film director Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira on Fortunato's drama movie Batepá (2010). [3]
Afonso's films include: [1] [2]
Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration |
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2001 | Imprudência, Fogo do Apagar da Vida (translated title: Recklessness, life quenching fire) |
Drama, tragedy about AIDS | Director | 75 min. |
2006 | O Vosso Amor, o Meu Sorriso
[4]
[5] (translated title: Your love, my smile) |
Drama on domestic violence against women | Director | 55 min. |
2007 | Os que têm sida são iguais aos que não têm (translated title: Those who have AIDS are the same as those who don't) |
Six-episode miniseries about AIDS | Director | |
2008 | Transportador de sonhos (translated title: Conveyor of dreams) |
Documentary | Director | 27 min. |
2012
[2], 2013 [3] |
O Avesso do Vida (translated title: The wrong side of life) |
Drama on the social exclusion of elderly people [3] | Director | 46 min. |
In 2015 Afonso won the Unesco Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) Audiovisual competition in the television fiction (FICTV) category with his adaptation project for the story Rosa do Riboque ( Riboque Rose) by Santomean writer Albertino Bragança. [1] [2]
Januário Afonso nasceu a 30 de setembro de 1963, em São Marçal, S.Tomé, natural de Fátima, Distrito de Mé-Zochi.
Depois de abordar a Aids, o cineasta Januário Afonso quer promover em São Tomé e Príncipe uma discussão sobre a violência doméstica. (Translation: After addressing AIDS, filmmaker Januário Afonso wants to promote a discussion on domestic violence in São Tomé and Príncipe.)
Januário Afonso | |
---|---|
Born | 30 September 1963
São Marçal, São Tomé
[1] |
Nationality | Santomean |
Citizenship | Santomean |
Occupation | film director |
Known for | Imprudência, Fogo do Apagar da Vida, 2001 and O Vosso Amor, o Meu Sorriso, 2006 |
Januário Afonso is a filmmaker from São Tomé and Príncipe born in 1963. [1] [2] His first experience in cinema was working with Austrian filmmaker Herbert Brödl on Brödl's movie Little Fruit from the Equator (1998) which was shot in São Tomé. [3] Afonso graduated in documentary film studies in Portugal (2006) and Scotland (2007), and obtained a law degree at São Tomé in 2016. He made feature films and documentaries on current social themes such as AIDS and domestic violence. [4] [5] Afonso collaborated with Angolan film director Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira on Fortunato's drama movie Batepá (2010). [3]
Afonso's films include: [1] [2]
Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Imprudência, Fogo do Apagar da Vida (translated title: Recklessness, life quenching fire) |
Drama, tragedy about AIDS | Director | 75 min. |
2006 | O Vosso Amor, o Meu Sorriso
[4]
[5] (translated title: Your love, my smile) |
Drama on domestic violence against women | Director | 55 min. |
2007 | Os que têm sida são iguais aos que não têm (translated title: Those who have AIDS are the same as those who don't) |
Six-episode miniseries about AIDS | Director | |
2008 | Transportador de sonhos (translated title: Conveyor of dreams) |
Documentary | Director | 27 min. |
2012
[2], 2013 [3] |
O Avesso do Vida (translated title: The wrong side of life) |
Drama on the social exclusion of elderly people [3] | Director | 46 min. |
In 2015 Afonso won the Unesco Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) Audiovisual competition in the television fiction (FICTV) category with his adaptation project for the story Rosa do Riboque ( Riboque Rose) by Santomean writer Albertino Bragança. [1] [2]
Januário Afonso nasceu a 30 de setembro de 1963, em São Marçal, S.Tomé, natural de Fátima, Distrito de Mé-Zochi.
Depois de abordar a Aids, o cineasta Januário Afonso quer promover em São Tomé e Príncipe uma discussão sobre a violência doméstica. (Translation: After addressing AIDS, filmmaker Januário Afonso wants to promote a discussion on domestic violence in São Tomé and Príncipe.)