Experiencing Interruptions?

SILÊNCIO

When Elisinha prepares to assume culturally adequate social roles for adults, her childhood and adolescence are thrown out the window. The absence of speech between her and her mother marked the boundaries of the family union and her humility is based on a strong sense of family and a vow of silence that prevents her from revealing to the world all the atrocities committed by her father over several years. For fear of judgment and fear of consequences resulting from a possible complaint on his part, he seeks to find an escape route from the disaster that has been his life. How is it that after being raped she will continue to live under the same roof as her abuser, living under constant abuse? How can she enjoy life and strike a balance between day-to-day activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience?

  • GIGLIOLA ZACARA
    Director
  • OSVALDO MAUZE
    Director
  • GIGLIOLA ZACARA
    Writer
  • GIGLIOLA ZACARA
    Producer
  • OSVALDO MAUZE
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    SILÊNCIO
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 8, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Mozambique
  • Country of Filming:
    Mozambique
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No

  • South Africa
    November 18, 2022
    Best Director, at the Africa Human Rigths Film Festival, in South Africa (2022)
    Best Director, at the Africa Human Rigths Film Festival, in South Africa (2022)

  • Best Director, at the Africa Human Rigths Film Festival, in South Africa (2022)
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Distribution Information
  • CENTRO DE RECRIAÇÃO ARTÍSTICA
    Distributor
    Country: Mozambique
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - GIGLIOLA ZACARA, OSVALDO MAUZE

Gigliola Zacara was born in Maputo, from an early age revealed to be a multifaceted person, she is a director, producer, screenwriter, researcher, actress, human rights activist, among other professional skills. She started working in the film industry in 2005, the year she made her debut as an actress, after several participations as an actress, she debuts her first project as a director in 2019 with the institutional documentary called "Isolition and lockout", the following year, in 2020 , made three films as part of an awareness campaign to protect against contamination against Covid 19, called "Stop covod 19 – Together we are stronger", "Stay at home" and "Wear the mask - Protect yourself and others", still in the same year, she made the films "Xicalimidade", which portrays the life of the elderly in a contemporary society, "Nkwama", which addresses issues of the environment and sustainable education based on plastic waste. With exhibitions at Kugoma and CENA – Exhibition of films directed by women, in Cape Verde. In 2021, she releases her last film "Silêncio", a collaboration with her husband Osvaldo Mauze, it is a portrait of the cognitive or emotional quality of life of a teenager with the trauma of sexual violence.

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Osvaldo Mauze was born in Maputo, is a cultural producer, event promoter, sound technician, among other professional skills. As a producer, he collaborates in the fields of cinema, theater, dance and music. His curiosity sparked his interest in cinema when he was working for the first time behind the scenes of the production of the film Blood Diamond shot in Mozambique in 2006 and it was at Mahla Filmes where he started taking his first steps towards film production in 2014 and since there, there are many projects that had his collaboration with the production, including TV spots, video clips, documentaries, short films and feature films. Among them, the films Dina, Nandos is Piripiri, Resgate, Nkwama, Xicalimidade and Silêncio stand out, it is in the latter that, in addition to being a producer, he makes his debut as a film director.