REVIEWS
“Filmmaker Teresa Prata creates an affecting portrait of life during wartime. Ms. Prata, a skilled storyteller with a clear, unsentimental eye, neatly balances large-scale horror with a small-scale point of view charged with simple, direct feeling.” –
The New York Times
“The unquantifiable toll of Mozambique's long civil war suffuses 'Sleepwalking Land', an emotionally affecting tale-within-a-tale helmed and scripted by Brazilian-born Teresa Prata. Originating with the wanderings of a young boy and an older man before spinning into a story that adds layers of resonance, this long-gestating pic works as a parable for a society struggling to cope with its evisceration.” –
Variety
“'Sleepwalking Land' is one of the most interesting and realistic films on Africa. If you accept magical realism as a tool to narrate a realistic socio-political scenario in Africa, both Mia Couto and Teresa Prata have much to offer and delight your senses.” –
Dear Cinema
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2008
FIPRESCI Prize; Best Film, KERALA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Director, PUNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection, FJAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Prémio Da Lusofina, FAMAFEST
Signis Award, AFRICAN ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL OF MILAN
Audience Award, INDIE LISBOA
Official Selection, BURSA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CINES DEL SUR – FESTIVAL DE GRANADA
ZANZIBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ZIMBABWE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2007
RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
