Adelaide Film Festival 2005 | A Biennial Film Festival held in Adelaide, Australia | Films Hollow City

Australian Premiere

Maria João Ganga, Angola/Portugal 2004  

Orphaned by the civil war in Angola, 12 year-old N'dala is bought to the capital by a nun, but he escapes to explore the city Luanda. Wandering through the battered streets he meets a number of characters, including Joka, a delinquent who tries to convince him to help in a robbery. As the harsh realities of survival strip away his naivety and enthusiasm for the city, N'dala yearns for home.

Reviews

“A hauntingly powerful sketch of the forgotten casualties of Angola's political landscape. It offers a clear, unsentimental look at survival in the relative haven of Luanda.”

Cape Town World Cinema Festival

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When

10:00 PM Friday, 25 February
Buy Tickets Online
Greater Union - Cinema 2

Ticket Price

Full price $14
Industry $12
SPU Concession $10

As Part Of

General Features

About Hollow City

90 minutes
35mm
In Portuguese with English subtitles

Print Source

Wide Management

Agathe Valentin
wide@widemanagement.com

Awards

Special Jury Award, Paris Film Festival2004
Newcomer Award, Cape Town Film Festival 2004

Festivals

Pusan 2004
Rio de Janeiro 2004
Rotterdam 2004

About the Director

Maria João Ganga

Maria João Ganga was born in Huambo, Angola in 1964. She studied filmmaking in Paris at the film school of the ESEC. She has written and directed for the theatre, as well as worked as assistant director on numerous documentary films, notably Abderrahmane Sissako's Roystoy-Luanda (1998). Hollow City is her feature directorial debut.