Marfilmes is a Portuguese distributor specialized in Portuguese-speaking cinema from classics to moderns, dealing particularly with Portuguese-African speaking films. The company collaborated with the African Film Library and increased the scope of its titles to classical African films of different origins and languages.

Marfilmes has a large experience within Portuguese cinema, contributing to that the years of exclusive collaboration with Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), the state Portuguese television.

African films distributed by Marfilmes

CountryDirectorFilmsYear
United KingdomAmy Hardie and Arthur HowesKafi's Story1989
Cape VerdeAna Ramos LisboaAmílcar Cabral2001
United KingdomArthur HowesNuba Conversations2000
FranceChristian LajoumardChildren of Noma2005
MaliFalaba Issa TraoréBamunan1990
PortugalFernando VendrellLight Drops2002
Guinea-BissauFlora GomesMortu Nega1988
The Blue Eyes of Yonta1992
Portugal and AngolaInês Gonçalves and Kiluanje LiberdadeHope The Pitanga Cherries Grow - Tales of Luanda2007
Tchiloli, Masks and Myths2009
Luanda, The Music Factory2009
MozambiqueIsabel NoronhaNgwenya, The Crocodile2007
Republic of the CongoJean-Michel TchissoukouThe Wrestlers1982
CameroonJean-Pierre Dikongué PipaMuna Moto1975
Le prix de la liberté1978
Funny Stories and Funny People1983
Badiaga1987
PortugalJorge AntónioOther Moves2003
Cape VerdeJúlio Silvão TavaresBatuque, the Soul of a People2007
United KingdomKaren BoswallMarrabenta Stories2004
Ivory CoastKozoloa YeoPetanqui1983
Cape VerdeLeão LopesThe Island of Contenda1995
BurundiLéonce NgaboGito l'ingrat1992
MozambiqueLicínio AzevedoThe Water War1995
The Bridge2001
Disobedience2002
Hands of Clay2003
The Demining Camp2005
The Great Bazaar2006
Night Lodgers2007
The Island of The Spirits2010
BrazilLuciana HeesThe Blue Salon2011
NigerMoustapha AlassaneWomen Cars Villas Money1972
Toula ou Le génie des eaux1973
NigerOumarou GandaSaitane1973
The Exiled1980
Ivory CoastRoger Gnoan M'BalaAblakon1986
Bouka1988
The Dipri2009
The Niambwa People2009
SwedenSolveig NordlundNélio's Story1998
PortugalTeresa PrataTerra Sonâmbula2007

Films and Filmmakers Film distributed by Portuguese Marfilmes

DirectorFilmsYear
Alberto Seixas SantosGentle Morals1975
Alfred EhrhardtPortugal, A Country By The Sea1952
António da Cunha TellesBesieged1970
My Friends1974
Living On1976
Pandora1993
Kiss Me2004
António de MacedoThe Vows1972
Sunday Afternoon1965
Carlos VilardebóThe Enchanted Islands1965
Fernando LopesThe Edge of Horizon1993
J. Ernesto de SousaThe Puppeteer1962
João BotelhoHere on Earth1993
The Northern Land2009
Joaquim VieiraThe Last Communist2005
Joaquim Vieira e Fernanda BizarroFranco e Salazar - Iberian Brothers2004
Jom Tob AzulayThe Jew1995
Jorge Brum do CantoThe Song of The Earth1938
Jorge Paixão da CostaThe Mystery of Sintra2007
Leandro FerreiraThe Ones That Came Back2002
Manuel GuimarãesThe Circus1951
Nazaré1952
Lifes Adrift1956
My Little Seamstress1958
The Wheat And The Tares1965
Nicholas OulmanThe man behind Amália2009
Perdigão QueirogaThe Millionaire1962
Ricardo CostaOur Football1984
Mists2003
Rui SimõesIf You Can Look See, If You Can See Notice2004
Solveig NordlundLow-Flying Aircraft2001
Teresa VillaverdeIn Favour of Light2003
Vicente Jorge SilvaThe Unknown Islands2008

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