In 1955, Grande Hotel was inau­gu­ra­ted in the pro­vince of Beira in Mozam­bi­que. An impo­sing and luxu­ri­ous struc­ture that aspi­red to be the lar­gest hotel in Africa.

33 nati­ons, 33 cul­tu­res, 33 lan­gua­ges and in com­mon: Cre­ole.
The musi­cal group Cobi­ana Jazz used Cre­ole for poli­ti­cal and social rea­sons and with the aim of mobi­li­zing soci­ety to sup­port the strug­gle for freedom.

Guer­rilla Gran­nies tells the story of three guer­rilla women that paved the way to the eman­ci­pa­tion of Mozam­bi­can women.

In this film, the fif­ti­eth anni­ver­sary of the inde­pen­dence of Mali beco­mes the basis on which ones ques­ti­ons the role of a story­tel­ler, the one that nar­ra­tes and ine­vi­ta­bly builds and invents the story.

Three direc­tors, three trips and three views. The film­ma­kers ven­ture up in an unk­nown coun­try in search of ins­pi­ring characters.

Richard Pakleppa takes his camera onto the stre­ets of Angola and gather sto­ries of all sec­tors of soci­ety, dis­co­ve­ring how the coun­try has evol­ved since the end of the civil war.