Sol de Carvalho

In Mozambique, Izidine, a young police inspector, is called to investigate the murder of Vasto Excelêncio, the director of a nursing home built within the walls of an old colonial slave fortress. He is shocked when all the elderly residents, as well as the head nurse, Marta, confess to the murder. Each one has motive, given Excelêncio’s abusive behavior. With only a week to solve the case, the detective slowly unravels truths about the murder, Mozambique's colonial past, and himself.

Alima wants to go to school, but her husband is against it. This film follows Alima as she finds a way to live, selling candies on the streets of Maputo and attempts to continue going to school.

Kutchinga is a feature-length documentary that addresses the ritual of widows who are forced to have sex with a relative or someone hired in order to purify themselves and be able to return to normal life. Filmed in two suburban neighborhoods of the city of Inhambane, the feature film was constructed from personal accounts of four women and two men who participated in the kutchinga ceremony.