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Welket Bungué is originally from the Balanta tribe, was born in Xitole (Guinea-Bissau) on February 7th, 1988. He is a Portuguese-Guinean actor and film director. Welket began his artistic training in 2005. He belongs to the theater companies Rastilho (Lisbon) and Homlet (Beja) where he is also a co-founder. He holds a degree in theater from the Actors branch (ESTC / Lisbon) and a postgraduate degree in Performance (UniRio / Brazil). He is a Permanent Member of the Portuguese Academy of Cinema since 2015. In 2012, he was awarded as "Best Actor" for his performance in 'Mütter'. In 2019 he produced more than six short films such as 'Jah Intervention', 'It's Good To Meet You' or 'Run If You Can, Dance If You Dare' and its films have been screened on several international film festivals such as Africlap (France), Zanzibar Intl. Film Fest., Afrikamera (Berlin), IndieLisboa, DocLisboa, Rio de Janeiro Intl. Film Fest. or Stockholm Dansfilmfestival. He also directed the short films 'I Am Not Pilatus'(2019), 'Arriaga'(2019) and 'Bastien'(2016) in which he was distinguished with the “Best Actor Award” and “Best First Film Award” by Shortcutz Awards 2017 in Ovar and Viseu (both in Portugal). In 2019 he was awarded with an “Angela Award - On The Road” at the Subtitle Festival in Kilkenny, Ireland by Richard Cook. Welket Bungué starred the cast of 'Joaquim', by Marcelo Gomes (Intl. Competition Berlinale 2017), 'Body Electric' (IFFR 2017), 'Kaminey', by Vishaal Bahardwaj, 'Letters From War' (Intl. Competition Berlinale 2016), by Ivo M. Ferreira and stars Francis/Franz Biberkopf in 'Berlin Alexanderplatz', the new film by the Afghan-German director Burhan Qurbani ('We Are You, We Are Strong'). Since 2016 he has been working regularly with the Mala Voadora theater company (Portugal). He is a co-founder of Kussa Productions, also a speaker for international brands, he develops Dramatic Writing, Scriptwriting, Performances and Theater. He currently based in Berlin.
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Calling Cabral (2022)
'International Short Competition Special Mention' at SheffieldDocFest 2022
12 July 2022
The jury, Zeynep Güzel, Cherish Oteka and Saskia Wilson said "First of all we would like to give a special mention to a film which is a beautiful, playful and rare poetic journey through the anti-colonial past and present of Guinea-Bissau. The film brings together the land, people and spirit with stunning imagery and powerful visual storytelling which stay in the imagination long after the film. Congratulations to director Welket Bungué for your amazing film Calling Cabral."
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