Searching Nafta (2017)
Shooting on 16mm film in Mozambique, director Ico Costa explores the textures of human behaviour as he follows young men who wonder what lies beyond their immediate surroundings. In the fragments of conversations captured in the Maputo market, a recording studio and on coconut trees, we find daily routines and tedium lead to chit-chat on desire, money and hope. In the interplay between performance and document, poetry emerges from fleeting everyday moments.
Director: Ico Costa
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Zacarias Covela as |
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Domingos Marengula as |
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Édio Peleve as |
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Belton Guilade as |
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King Best as |
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Mimórcia Nhantumbo as |
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Vivaldo Zandamela as |
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Helder Tinga as |
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Big John as |
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Carlos Hernandez as |
| Camera | Hugo Azevedo | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Vasco Costa | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Eduardo Williams | Editor |
| Production | Celeste Alves | Production Manager |
| Sound | Tiago Matos | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Roland Pickl | Sound |
| Sound | Puto Ƶaca | Music |
| Production | João Ribeiro | Producer |
| Production | Vasco Costa | Production Manager |
| Writing | Ico Costa | Writer |
| Production | Ico Costa | Producer |
| Directing | Ico Costa | Director |
| Editing | Ico Costa | Editor |
| Production | Leonor Noivo | Producer |
| Production | João Matos | Producer |