User:Kambai Akau/The Ship and the Sea (2019 film)

The Ship and the Sea (Portuguese: O Navio e o Mar) is a 2019 documentary film written by Lara Sousa, directed by Lara Sousa and Everlane Moraes and produced by Lara Sousa and Matheus Mello.

Production
The creative documentary film was shot and produced in Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal and Spain by the production companies: La Selva, Mosic, Laranjeira Filmes and Kinotop Filmes. The film output format is in Color, Digital/Digital 5.1, Dolby Stereo format. The production is still being developed.

Plot/Synopsis
A decision was reached by Everlane and Lara from Brazil and Mozambique, respectively, who are both black filmmakers, to mirror by travelling to each other's country in a criss-cross manner and then, looking at each other's films inquisitively to pick out the missing traits of their black identities on both sides in order to fill in the missing trait gaps.

Reception
The film was selected at the 11th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF 2020) held between September 10 to 20, online, alongside about 30 other films as one of the Finance Forum Projects.

Awards
The film also won at the 2020 Durban FilmMart, the ''International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) Award of The Netherlands.