SARA CF DE GOUVEIA - FILMOGRAPHY
UPCOMING
WE, PEOPLE OF THE ISLANDS (Dir: Elson Santos & Lara de Sousa, 76min, In post-production, Cape Verde/Mozambique/Portugal)
Co-writer/Cinematographer/Editor
FESTIVALS:
IndieLisboa 2025 (Portugal)
ALBIE: A STRANGE ALCHEMY (90min, Documentary, In post-production, South Africa)
Director
Commissioned by The Albie Collection
ECHOES OF THE LAND (10min, video-art piece, South Africa)
Director
Created during the Bodhi Khaya Art Residency 2024
Selected for Vrystaat Arts Festival Vlieks 2025
DREAM’S DESCENT (15min, In post-production, South Africa)
Producer/Co-writer/Co-director
Supported by PESP/NFVF and IFAS
RELEASED
THE SOUND OF MASKS (South Africa/Portugal, 70min, 2018)
Director/Cinematographer
SUPPORTED BY:
National Film and Video Foundation, South Africa
IDFA Bertha Fund, Holland
Hot Docs Blue Ice Fund, Canada
RTP, Portugal
www.thesoundofmasks.com
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS:
- Winner: Plateau International Film Festival 2019
Best Feature Documentary in the International Section
- Winner: 14th South African Film and Television Awards for
Best Achievement in Cinematography in a Documentary
- Nominated: 14th South African Film and Television Awards for
Best Feature Documentary
Best Editing in a Documentary
- Winner: 7th Brazil Festival of International Cinema 2021
Best Direction
Best International Feature
- In Competition: Best South African Documentary-Durban International Film Festival 2019
FESTIVALS:
World Premiere IDFA 2018 (Holland)
Marrakesh International Film Festival 2018 (Morocco)
Hot Docs 2019 (Canada)
New York African Film Festival 2019 (U.S.A.)
MUICA 2019 (Colombia)
Mostra de Cinema Africano 2019 (Brazil)
Encounters International South African Film Festival 2019 (South Africa)
Durban International Film Festival 2019 (South Africa)
Africa in Motion 2019 (Scotland)
DocLisboa 2019 (Portugal)
AFRIFF 2019 (Nigeria)
BROADCAST ON:
RTP2 & RTP Africa, Showmax & PBS
MOTHER TO MOTHER (South Africa, 48min, 2020)
Director
Produced by The Ergo Company and Seashore Films
Funded by the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS:
-Nominated: 2021 SAFTA awards
Best Documentary
Best Cinematography
Best Sound
-Winner: Writers Guild of South Africa Muse Award
Best Documentary Script 2020
-Runner-up: Adiaha Award 2020
Best documentary film
LIKE WATER (South Africa, 14min, 2021)
Producer/Co-director/Cinematographer
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS:
SAFTA - Nominated for Best Documentary Short 2021
IN PRODUCTION & POST-PRODUCTION
RE-STITCHING DISTRICT SIX (Dir: Ayesha Mukadam, 90min, In production, South Africa)
Director of Photography
REIMAGINE FREEDOM (Desmond Tutu Foundation, Series, in production, South Africa)
Director of Photography
COMMISSIONED FILMS & OTHER WORK
HEALING TEXTILES (Documentary, 30min, Mozambique, 2024)
Producer/Director
CGTN/Storyscope
PULA E YA NA (Visual storytelling, 15min, South Africa, 2024)
Director/Cinematographer
Collaborative performance between visual artist Atang Tshikare and Teboho Mochaoa (Morena Leraba) at the
Everead Gallery, Cape Town
TIDES OF LIFE (Documentary, 30min, Zanzibar, 2024)
Producer/Director
CGTN/Storyscope
PIECES OF A PUZZLE (Documentary, 30min, South Africa, 2023)
Producer/Director
CGTN/Storyscope
YEHLA MOYA (Video Art, Dir: Buhlebezwe Siwani, South Africa, 10min, 2022)
Cinematographer/Editor
Presented at the National Arts Festival 2022
CITY OCCUPIED (Documentary, 30min, South Africa, Brazil, Colombia, 2022)
Producer/Director/Editor
Funded by UKRI, SHLC and GCRF
MILLENNIAL LOVE (Pilot episode for drama series, South Africa, 2021)
Cinematographer