
Writing
Mia Couto
Born 1955-07-05 · Beira, Mozambique
Mia Couto, is among the most prominent writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa. After studying medicine and biology in Maputo, he worked as a journalist. Besides writing, he is now a biologist and teaches at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. In 2013, Mia Couto was awarded the Camões Prize for Literature 2013 and the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2014. He was among the six finalists of the Man Booker International Prize 2015 with his body of work and 2017 his novel CONFESSION OF THE LIONESS was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His books have been published in over 30 countries.
Acting credits
NRMaria Bethânia takes her poetic narrative to Mozambique for the first time. The interpreter presents excerpts of works connected by different forms of expression in the Portuguese language. With testimonies from Mia Couto, José Agualusa and several Mozambican and Angolan writers and literary critics, the documentary shows the development of literature in these countries, delving on its importance during the anti-colonial resistance, the connection with native languages, the oral traditions and the influence of Brazilian writers.
Karingana - Licença para contar
2017
7.0Documentary about the Portuguese language, and people who speak it around the world.
Língua - Vidas em Português
2003
NRA documentary overview on the life and work of the writer Mia Couto.
I Am the Author of My Name Mia Couto
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Plurais
2024
NRA digressive quest, through conversations with various people, about the need humanity has always had to tell stories about itself, about the power and enchantment of fiction.
O Fascínio das Histórias
2019
10.0A hug movie, for the biggest storyteller in Latin America.
Eduardo Galeano, Vagamundo
2018
Behind the camera
A 12-year-old boy leaves his grandmother and goes to work the land with the men. While working, they are disturbed by the voices of intruders. They send the boy to investigate, and he discovers that the old woman is summoning the spirits of the dead in the forest.
Tatana
2021
NRIn Mozambique, Izidine, a young police inspector, is called to investigate the murder of Vasto Excelêncio, the director of a nursing home built within the walls of an old colonial slave fortress. He is shocked when all the elderly residents, as well as the head nurse, Marta, confess to the murder. Each one has motive, given Excelêncio’s abusive behavior. With only a week to solve the case, the detective slowly unravels truths about the murder, Mozambique's colonial past, and himself.
The Anchorage of Time
2024
6.5In the midst of Mozambique's devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. His only companion is an elderly storyteller, and the only guide to finding his mother is a dead man's diary. This transporting drama underscores the power of imagination in surviving, and ultimately overcoming, the catastrophe of war.
Sleepwalking Land
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
As Aves
2025