Festival 2022
“More than a festival, MFF is a new way of looking at the role of culture in Mozambique.”
- Mia Couto, author and co-curator of MFF
Festival 2019
“MFF is a true ecosystem of creativity and innovation, we are all called to take care of it.”
- José Langa, Geography PhD., MFF research coordinator
Festival 2022
“MFF is more than a festival, but rather a movement that challenges us to break creative boundaries, to inspire new ideas, connect creatives from Maputo to the world and from the world to Maputo and turn Maputo into a culturally vibrant city.”
- Eduardo Quive, journalist, writer and coordinator of MFF publications
Festival 2019
“Art is something meant to provoke, that art that unsettles and challenges a certain 'normality' unfiltered through the 'mainstream', is the future in our eyes. Today people don't understand MFF. But that's what moves me, what is not understood today and may be understood in the future.”
- Rui Trindade, founder of MFF
Mentions
04/05/2023
“The diverse backgrounds of the various participants serve to underline that these issues have a global dimension, and that only through the establishment of transnational solidarity networks will it be possible to combat the challenges faced on a planetary scale with resilience and imagination.”
04/05/2023
“This event translates the result of the combined effort of an extensive network of partners and the collaborative work developed by multiple actors of the Mozambican cultural and creative community.”
04/05/2023
“Designers and creatives from various areas are in the Mozambican capital to showcase new ideas. The aim of the second edition of “Maputo Fast Forward” is to stimulate innovation, but also to get closer to the market. Innovation and creativity in the various visual arts are putting Maputo on the route of the technological revolution. That is why creatives and researchers from various fields gather for the second consecutive year in the capital of Mozambique with the opportunity to showcase their artistic expertise in the Digital Age.”
Sponsors & Partners 2016-2022