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Angolan wins award at international film festival

The Angolan Henrique Sungo won the "Short Documentary" category at the 2020 London Arthouse Film Festival (LAHFF) - an international film festival designed to recognize the talent of independent filmmakers.

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Henrique Sungo won the award with the film "Unexpected Virus". The short film was produced in partnership with the santome Felipe Anjos and portrays the impact of covid-19 on the PALOP community in the UK.

The documentary is composed by several testimonials collected in residences, universities, schools and workplaces from Angolans, Cape Verdeans, Mozambicans, Guineans and São-Tomans.

In statements to the Jornal de Angola and quoted by Angop, the Angolan said that it was difficult to find people to enter the short film, since "there was almost no one on the streets" and few were available to record interviews. However, he was happy with this award.

Henrique Sungo also revealed that he hoped to win the award: "My partner and I did a very good job. We were always sure that it would create a great impact and that's why we believe the result would be positive," he said.

The film was initially nominated for the "Global Pandemic Short Film Documentary" category, but at the last moment the jury decided to include it in another, more comprehensive category - where there were more than ten films competing - for recognizing the importance of the theme and the quality of the final work.

The winners of the ten festival categories were announced last Sunday and, according to the organization, the award given to the film "Unexpected Virus" was a special choice of the jury.

On January 23, the LAHFF organization will hold an online meeting, via Zoom, with all the winners. However, the certificates will be sent by e-mail next Friday the 15th.

This virtual meeting aims to replace the usual award gala, which was postponed twice last year (17 and 27 December) because of covid-19.

LAHFF aims to recognize independent cinema and thus give filmmakers around the world the opportunity to show their films.

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