Balane 3

Ico Costa

Documentary / 98' / 16mm / Portugal, France / 2025

BALANE 3 is a neighborhood in Inhambane, a city in the south of Mozambique. In 2019 I filmed bits of the lives of its inhabitants. Like any people in the world, the characters in this film work as fishermen, butchers or car washers, they go to school, hospitals, hair salons and markets, they drink and dance at night, they talk about politics, illnesses, friendships, love and sex. They talk a lot about sex.
director ICO COSTA cinematographer HUGO AZEVEDO aip camera assistant VICTORIA PEREDA sound directors ANDREAS SCHEIBENREIF, ROLAND PICKL and LUÍS DUZENTA production JULIA ALVES, LUÍS DUZENTA and LOPES NHAMPOSSA editor RAUL DOMINGUES sound editor RAFAEL CARDOSO sound mixer SIMON APOSTOLOU e MIGUEL MARTINS colour grading GONÇALO FERREIRA producers JOÃO MATOS, JÉRÔME BLESSON, ICO COSTA and JULIA ALVES a co-production by TERRATREME FILMES, LA BELLE AFFAIRE PRODUCTIONS and OUBLAUM FILMES financial support ICA, CNAP, MECAS – CINE CASI HECHO

World premiere: CPH:DOX 2025

Festivals: CPH:DOX 2025, Cinéma du Réel 2025