Luanda 2026: The Awards
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VERDICT: Awards at the Luanda International Film Festival in Angola culminated in a national competition win for the true-life story 'Life of a Street Vendor'.
After winning the Best Actor prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, Rafiki Fariala’s Congo Boy won further recognition at FIC Luanda (the Luanda International Film Festival), topping the International Competition.
Amilcar, Miguel Eek’s documentary on the African leader Amilcar Cabral, an IDFA winner last year, took the International Competition award for documentaries. On the homefront, the “Coca-Cola of Angolan cinema”, as director Henrique Costa Junior calls himself, took home the Fiction Feature Film award for A Vida de uma Zungueira (Life of a Street Vendor), which is based on a true life story.
National Competition
Fiction Feature Film
A Vida de uma Zungueira (Life of a Street Vendor)
dir: Henrique Costa Junior
A Vida de uma Zungueira (Life of a Street Vendor)
dir: Henrique Costa Junior
Documentary:
Artes ao Vivo – desde 2004 (Live Arts – Since 2004)
dir: Hélder Filipe
Artes ao Vivo – desde 2004 (Live Arts – Since 2004)
dir: Hélder Filipe
Short Film:
Sabes Quem Sou Eu? (Do You Know Who I Am?)
dir: Paulo Idalécio
Sabes Quem Sou Eu? (Do You Know Who I Am?)
dir: Paulo Idalécio
Honourable Mention, National Short Film:
As Aventuras de Angosat (The Adventures of Angosat)
dir: Resem Verkron and Marc Serena
As Aventuras de Angosat (The Adventures of Angosat)
dir: Resem Verkron and Marc Serena
International Competition
International Feature Film:
Congo Boy
dir: Rafiki Fariala
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congo Boy
dir: Rafiki Fariala
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Documentary:
Amílcar
Amílcar
dir: Miguel Eek
Spain
Spain
Short Film:
A Última Colheita (The Last Harvest)
A Última Colheita (The Last Harvest)
dir: Nuno Miranda
Cape Verde/Portugal
Cape Verde/Portugal
Honourable Mention, International Feature Film:
One Woman, One Bra
One Woman, One Bra
dir: Vincho Nchogu
Honourable Mention, International Documentary:
Rumo ao Oeste em Zapata! (Heading West in Zapata!)
Rumo ao Oeste em Zapata! (Heading West in Zapata!)
dir: David Beltrán i Marí
Cuba
Cuba