Angular Phoenix
Screenings
Reanimating a Baron and the Black Princess, this speculative film summons figures from the past through bodies of the present, in a visceral call for reconciliation.
Directors Spotlight
Welket Bungué
Director
Welket Bungué was born in 1988 in Guinea-Bissau and lives in Berlin. He is co-founder of the production company KUSSA, has a degree in Theater in the field of Actors (ESTC/Lisbon) and a postgraduate degree in Performance (UniRio/RJ). In 2021, he became a member of the European Film Academy. His films have been circulated internationally at numerous film festivals such as Berlinale, ABFF (USA) and Africlap (France). In 2020, Welket is the protagonist of ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’ (Berlinale 2020), directed by Burhan Qurbani, in which his performance earned him a nomination as “Best Leading Actor” at the LOLA awards of the German Academy of Cinema (Deutscher Filmpreis), and also the “Aluminum Horse” award for “Best Actor” at the Stockholm International Film Festival.
- Runtime 15 minutes
- Country São Tomé & Príncipe, Guiné-Bissau, Portugal
- Language Portuguese
- Director Welket Bungué
- Cast Raquel Lima, Ângelo Torres, Nayrama Fernandes, Cheila Luís Trindade, Fábio Rodrigues, Welket Bungué
- Cinematographer Dário Pequeno Paraíso
- Editor Leonardo Mouramateus
- Executive Producer Enerlid Franca
- Producer Enerlid Franca Welket Bungué
- Screenwriter Welket Bungué
- Sound Design Acácia Lima
- Premiere North America
