Pocas Pascoal

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Pocas Pascoal
Born11 November 1963
Luanda, Angola
NationalityAngolan
Alma materConservatoire Libre du Cinema Francais (CLCF)
Occupationfilm director
Years active1998 - till present

Pocas Pascoal is an Angolan film director.

Early life and education[edit]

Maria Esperança "Pocas" Pascoal, was born on 11 November 1963[1]: 138  in Luanda, Angola, where she grew up until the age of 16 before leaving the civil war to Lisbon, Portugal with her sister.[2] Two years later, she returned to Angola and became the first camerawomen for television in Luanda.[3] In France, Pascoal studied at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinema Francais (CLCF) and graduated in film editing. In 2002, she joined a group of artists of the Cité internationale des arts and took part in several contemporary arts exhibitions.[4] Currently Pascoal lives between Paris and Lisbon, where she is working on her next feature film that will tell the love story between a South African soldier and an Angolan.

Career[edit]

In 1998, she directed her first short fiction film in India "For us" and two documentaries: Childhood Memories (2000) and There is always somebody who loves you (2004). She also directed and the short film Tomorrow will be different (2008).[4] In 2011 she directed her first feature film Over here everything is fine, a story based on her exile from Portugal. This film received the Jury Award for Best Narrative at the Los Angeles Film Independent Festival in 2012.[5][1]: 294  The film has also been produced under the name Alda and Maria which was released in January 2015.[6] Her work has been featured in over 20 festivals worldwide since she began her career as a film maker.

Filmography[edit]

  • Childhood Memory (2000)
  • There is always somebody who loves you (2003)
  • Tomorrow will be different (2009)
  • Por Aqui Tudo Bem / All Is Well (2011)
  • Girlie (2017)

Awards[edit]

  • Best Film at the International Film Festival of Los Angeles
  • Award for Best Film at FIC Luanda Angola Festival
  • Price of the European Union at FESPACO
  • Best film in the national competition at the International Festival of Independent Cinema IndieLisboa Lisbon
  • Award for Best Actress at the Documentary Film Festival of Khouribga
  • Best Actress Award at the Carthage International Festival
  • Best Portuguese feature-length at the International Independent Film Festival (rtp.pt)
  • Best Sound festival colors of Ethiopia

Bibliography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b W. Martin James (March 2018). Historical Dictionary of Angola. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538111239. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ Pascoal, Pocas. "Pocas Pascoal parle de l'exil". weloveafricanfilms. Courier International. (2013). Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ pascoal, Pocas. "Bibliography". sanosi-productions. Sanosiproductions (2014). Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Directors - Pocas Pascoal - Angola". festivalscope. Festivalscope (2010). Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Winners announced fot 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival". 24 June 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  6. ^ Gassesse, Josias. "ALDA AND MARIA: the fiction released in France". africatopsuccess. Gassesse, Josias (2014). Retrieved 8 April 2015.

External links[edit]

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