Farewell Amor (2020)

Not a Monarch Kaleidoscope Production

Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.

Format

Narrative Feature Film 2020

Credits

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Ekwa Msangi
PRODUCERS: Huriyyah Muhammad, Josh Penn, Sam Bisbee, Bobby Allen, Joe Plummer, & Ekwa Msangi
CO-PRODUCER: Emily McCann Lesser
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Bruce Francis Cole
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Virginia Hastings & Lance David Mitchell
COSTUME DESIGNER: Evren Catlin
EDITOR: Jeanne Applegate & Justin Chan

Status

Distributed by IFC, MUBI, & Netflix Africa

Cast

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Nana Mensah, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner

Awards

Sundance: Huriyyah Muhammad Wins Producers Award for Narrative Feature
Cordillera: Best Narrative Feature Film

Variety: ‘Farewell Amor’: Film Review
The Hollywood Reporter: 'Farewell Amor': Film Review
Screen Daily: ‘Farewell Amor’: Cannes Market Review Indiewire: To Become an American Filmmaker, Ekwa Msangi Found Her African Voice
Deadline: Film Constellation & Endeavor Content Team For Sales Rights To Sundance Film ‘Farewell Amor’