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Sílvio Nascimento presents 'made in Angola' cinema at the Berlin Film Festival

Sílvio Nascimento will represent Angola in the 'Berlinale', the name by which the Berlin Film Festival is known, in Germany. The 71st edition of the event takes place between the 3rd and 5th of March.

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The Angolan actor will be present at the festival to present his project "Tellas", the first streaming platform in Lusophone Africa. This is a service similar to Netflix or HBO, which has a variety of original content obtained exclusively for the platform. Subscribers are offered films, series, podcasts, short films, documentaries, stand-up-comedy, etc.

Created five years ago and in operation for three years, the Angolan's bet on digital has already reached 30 thousand subscribers. The subscription price is around 1000 kwanzas or three dollars a month.

Speaking to Angop from Lisbon, where he lives, the actor stated that the 'Berlinale' is an event that allows showing the cinema made in each country to the world. He stated that the expectation is "great", assuming as a mission to present data on what is done in audiovisual in the country and ways to invest in Angolan cinema.

"From the moment we start promoting our films in the big world market, we can get people interested in making this a current business. The expectation is high to be able to show what is done in Angola, to prove the quality of our product for that can be distributed and commercialized all over the world ", he affirmed.

Sílvio Nascimento will be able to count on the company of other professional colleagues from Portuguese-speaking Africa such as Samira Cruz and Lata Sousa, in moderation by Coréon Dú. For the actor, who said that this is the first time that the event has opened up to these countries, Angola's participation signifies the possibility of attracting investment to the national cinema market.

The 2021 edition of the Berlin Film Festival takes place in two phases, due to the covid-19 pandemic, and is scheduled for the days from 1 to 5 March and 9 to 20 June.

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