Fradique

Born in Luanda in 1986, Fradique is one of the most exciting and talented voices in Angolan Cinema. He attended the New York Film Academy and received his bachelor degree in Fine Arts (Directing) at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2009, he made a short film called Alambamento, which won Best Short Film at the Luanda International Film Festival and was officially selected in international film festivals such as the Vancouver International Film Festival and Tenerife International Film Festival. In 2010, with Jorge Cohen and Tchiloia Lara, he founded the production company Geração 80 in Angola. In 2011, he attended the Berlinale Talent Campus. From 2010 to 2015 he worked on his first feature-length documentary, Independência, about Angola's liberation struggle. The film was released theatrically in Angola in 2015 and won the Angola's National Culture Prize for Cinema. It was recognised as a remarkable step towards recovering Angola's collective memory. Independência also won best documentary at Cameron International Film Festival and was in the Official Selection at Durban International Film Festival, Luxor African Film Festival and the Pan African Film Festival. Fradique is currently writing his first feature film, The Kingdom of Casuarinas, based on a novel by the Angolan writer José Luís Mendonça.