NYO VWETA NAFTA

Synopsis

Inhambane. Mozambique. King-Best. Samsung Galaxy. Versace. Babes. White rooster. There are no toothpicks in Norway. Coconut trees. Baobab fruits. Superfruits. Vitamine C. Passiflorine. Alpha-linolenic acid. SMS in Chinese. Megabytes. Hotel Cardoso. Coffee is a white man’s addiction. Ngadzango. My woman. Nafta.

Director Biography

Ico Costa was born in Lisbon in 1983. He studied at the Portuguese National Film School (ESTC), in Lisbon, and at the Universidad del Cine (FUC), in Buenos Aires. In 2011 he was admitted at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, in France, which he finished with Distinction. He directed Libhaketi (2012), Quatro Horas Descalço (2012), Corrente (2013) and Antero (2014). His work was shown at several film festivals, such as the Critics’ Week of Cannes IFF, Locarno IFF, Rome IFF, IndieLisboa IFF, Bradford IFF, Durban IFF, Curtas de Vila do Conde ISFF, among others.