Agora
Official Selection - Out of Competition
2030 Competition

Amilcar

Miguel Eek
Documentaries 2025 87 min Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden, Cape Verde
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Synopsis

A beautiful and complex portrait of the poet, engineer and revolutionary Amílcar Cabral

Agronomist, poet and utopian thinker, Amílcar Cabral was the leader of the anti-colonialist movement against Portugal in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde until his assassination in 1973. Miguel Eek’s 16mm documentary about him draws on previously unseen archives and an imaginary diary inspired by Cabral’s personal writings.

Through letters, poems and archives, this rich documentary weaves a beautiful and complex portrait of the poet, engineer and revolutionary Amílcar Cabral, between utopia, diplomacy and violence. A film that also bravely explores themes of interracial love, ambition, terror and betrayal.

 

In collaboration with neimënster

Screenplay

  • Miguel Eek
  • Alba Lombardia

Cinematographer

  • João Pedro Plácido

Age classification

  • 16+

Screenings

Thursday 12 March 2026 19:00
Lieux : neimënster
Audio : Portuguese
Subtitles : English
Screening : 1st Screening

Miguel Eek

Miguel Eek
Miguel Eek

Born in Madrid in 1982, Miguel Eek studied documentary filmmaking at the ESCAC in Bacelona, with additional studies in Helsinki and participation to workshops such as Eurodoc. He is the founder of the Mosaic production company, Artistic director of the MajorDocs Festival since 2019, and member of several documentary film associations. His films, often screened at IDFA, DocEdge and other international festivals, won him a dozen awards, including Best Balearic Producer.

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Filmography

  • Amílcar (documentary) 2025
  • La carga (documentary) 2023
  • The First Woman (documentary) 2021
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