Sol de Carvalho is a Mozambican director and journalist, born in 1953. He grew up in Inhambane province and studied journalism in Portugal in the early 70´s. After the 25th of April, he returned to Mozambique where he joined the liberation movement FRELIMO. At the time, he was the head of the National Service of Radio Mozambique and later on joined Mia Couto and Albino Magaia in the magazine Tempo. He was one of the founders of the project Kuxakanema and, in 1984, worked as a production assistant in the first Mozambican film in co-production between Mozambique and Yugoslavia. From 1986 onwards, he works exclusively with cinema. Was one of the founding members (along with Pedro Pimenta and Licínio de Azevedo) of the production company Ébano Multimedia and later on he founded the production company Promarte. His work is essentially based on social themes such as HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. His filmography has more than 20 films. Some of his films are: O Jardim do Outro Homem (The other man´s garden), A Janela (The window), O Búzio (The Whelk), As Teias da Aranha (The Spiderwebs).
