Orlando Fortunato de Oliveira was born on March 20th, 1946 in Benguel. He is considered to be one one of the pioneers of Angolan cinema. He got a degree in science and geophysics by Catholic University of America and in cinema by London International Film School. His films portray the era of colonialism. He is author of several documentaries, such as Um Caso Nosso (1978, Our Case), Memória de um Dia (1982, Memory Of One Day), which tells the story of the Icolo and Bengo massacre, or Agostino Neto (2000). It took more than fifteen years for his first feature film, Comboio da Cañhoca (The Train of Cañhoca, 1989) to be shown due to political reasons. In 2010, he completed Batepá, about the massacre in São Tomé. 

A Minha Banda e Eu (2011, doc. Inês Gonçalves/Kiluanje Liberdade, Angola/Portugal, Filmes do Tejo II) trailer  sinopsis 

João Viana was born in Angola in 1966. In 1994, he got a degree in law by the University of Coimbra and studied cinema in Porto. He works in production, sound, story-board, directing and, finally, screenwriting. In 2007, he wrote Red Eyes for Paulo Rocha. In the meantime, he worked with the filmmakers José Alvaro, Rob Rombout, Filipe Rocha, Sagueneil, Seixas Santos, Cesar Monteiro, Grilo, Biette, Manoel de Oliveira, Schroeter and, in 2004, he started to direct his own films. With Iana Ferreira, he directed The Swimming Pool (Venice Festival). In 2013 his first feature film The Battle of Tabatô had its premiere. The film, which action takes place in Guinea-Bissau, got Honorable Mention in Berlinale 2013 in the category Best First Film of Festival. In 2009 Viana founded film production company Papavernoir .