Licínio Silveira Azevedo (Licínio de Azevedo, Licínio Azevedo, Novo Hamburgo, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1951) is a Brazilian–Mozambican journalist, film producer, screenwriter, and film director of award-winning documentaries and feature films.
Biography Born in Porto Alegre in 1951, journalist Azevedo left Brazil during the military dictatorship there for post-revolutionary Portugal in 1976, continuing to Guinea-Bissau where he trained journalists. He interviewed members of the liberation movement PAIGC on their struggle against Portugal and published the results with Da Paz Rodrigues in their book Diário da libertação : a Guiné-Bissau da nova África (Liberation diary: the Guinea-Bissau of the new Africa, 1977). Living in Mozambique since the 1970s, he reported on Frelimo's struggle in Relatos do povo armado (Stories from the armed people, 1983).
At the Maputo Instituto Nacional de Cinema de Moçambique (INC, National Cinema Institute of Mozambique, now Instituto Nacional de Audiovisual e Cinema de Moçambique INAC), Azevedo worked with film directors Ruy Guerra (born in Maputo, 1931) and Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022). Azevedo became one of the founders of the Mozambican film production company Ébano Multimédia, and director and producer of various feature films and documentaries. His first medium-length fiction film The Great Bazaar (O Grande Bazar) and other films were presented at many film festivals, such as the Fribourg International Film Festival. His documentaries and drama feature films obtained seven prizes and three award nominations at film festivals.
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Filmography Azevedo's films include: Year Film Genre Role Duration (min) 1985 O Tempo dos LeopardosFilm adaptation of the book (The Time of the Leopards, Vreme leoparda)by Zdravko Velimirovic War drama feature Co-writer 95 m 1988 A Colheita Do Diabo (The Devil's Harvest) Feature Director with Brigitte Bagnol 54 m 1990 Marracuene (location)(Two Banks of a Mozambican River) Documentary Director 43 m 1992 Adeus RDA (Farewell GDR) Docufiction Director 26 m 1994 A Árvore dos Antepassados(The Tree of Ancestors) Drama feature Director 50 m 1996 The Water War (A Guerra da Água) Documentary Director, co-writer 73 m 1997 Tchuma Tchato Documentary Director 56 m 1998 Massassane (Afela Kwatine) Documentary Director 46 m 1999 A Última Prostituta (The Last Prostitute) Drama fiction Director 48 m 2000 Histórias Comunitárias (Community Stories) Documentary series Director and screenwriterwith Orlando Mesquita 6 x 26 m 2001 A Ponte (The Bridge) Documentary Director 52 m 2002 Eclipse Short drama documentary Producer 25 m 2003 Disobedience (Desobediência) Drama feature Director, screenwriter 92 m 2003 Mãos de Barro (Hands of Clay) Documentary Screenwriter 50 m 2005 The Demining Camp(Acampamento de Desminagem) Documentary Director, screenwriter, coproducer 60 m 2006 The Great Bazaar (O Grande Bazar) Drama feature Director, screenwriter 56 m 2007 Night Lodgers (Hóspedes da Noite) Documentary Director, screenwriter, producer 52 or 53 m 2010 A Ilha dos Espíritos(L'Île des Esprits / Island of the Spirits) Documentary Director, screenwriter 90 m 2011 Crônicas de Moçambiqueby Margarida Cardoso(Licinio de Azevedo, chroniques du Mozambique) Documentary portrait Interviewee 88 m 2012 Virgin Margarida (Virgem Margarida) Drama feature Director, co-writer 90 m 2016 The Train of Salt and Sugar(Comboio de Sal e Açúcar,Le Train de Sel et de Sucre)Film adaptation of Drama feature Director, screenwriter, producer 93 m 2021 Nhinguitimo (Vent du Sud) Short, drama Director 23 m
Awards Azevedo's films obtained seven prizes and three nominations, including: Film Festival Award Desobediência(Disobedience, 2003) Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming 2003 Silver FIPA Fiction Acampamento de Desminagem(The Demining Camp) CinePortFormer Lusophone film festival called Festival de Cinema de Países de Língua Portuguesa, pt. 2005 Andorinha Digital Award Best Documentary Hóspedes da Noite(Night Lodgers, 2007) Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming 2008 Golden FIPA Reports and Social Issues Virgem Margarida(Virgin Margarida, 2012) Amiens International Film Festival 2012 Audience Award Best Film,2012 SIGNIS Award – Special Mention Comboio de Sal e Açúcar(The Train of Salt and Sugar, 2016) Cairo International Film Festival 2016 Silver Pyramid Best Director Comboio de Sal e Açúcar Carthage Film Festival 2017 Tanit d'or Narrative Feature Film
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External links Videos
. Video duration 1m 48s, trailer for Virgin Margarida. Uploader KINA TV, 2013. . Video duration 1m 59s, trailer for The Train of Salt and Sugar. Uploader Joburg Film Festival, 2016. . Video duration 1h 28m 15s, complete movie The Train of Salt and Sugar. Uploader Contas Que Contam Historias, 2021. . Video duration 56m 25s, the complete The Great Bazaar recorded out of focus at a screening with subtitles in Portuguese. Uploader José Rivair Macedo, 2020. . Video duration 21m 49s. Uploader Gloom Channel, Official, 2020. Interview with filmmaker Licínio Azevedo. In Portuguese.