2025 | Portugal | Documentary

Balane 3

  • Portuguese, Xitsua, Tonga English 97 mins
  • Director | Ico Costa
  • Writer | Ico Costa
  • Producer | João Matos, Jérôme Blesson, Ico Costa, Julia Alves

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

Set in the Balane 3 neighborhood of Inhambane, Mozambique, this observational documentary unfolds through fixed 16 mm-camera vignettes. We witness daily life—fishermen, car washers, family gatherings, music, dance, intimate moments and candid conversations from politics to sex. A community portrait alive with color, rhythm and everyday vibrancy, anchored in a refrain painted on a wall: “So far, surviving has prevented us from living.”

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