The Prophet + Short (Jali Film Weekender)

<div><b>Screening as part of the&nbsp;</b><font color="#0000ee"><b><u><a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/jali-film-weekender">Jali Film Weekender 2026</a></u></b></font><b>.</b><i></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Scottish Premiere</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>In the village of Manjacaze, Mozambique, Pastor Hélder struggles with a fading faith. His small congregation dwindles, his sermons fail to inspire, and his wife Helena’s prayers for a child go unanswered.</div><div><br></div><div>Desperate for meaning and success, Hélder turns to a Sangoma, a traditional healer who connects him to spirits promising power and miracles. At first, things seem to work, Hélder’s congregation grows and people hail him as a prophet. But his newfound powers come with a darker cost: the spirits begin to demand human sacrifices.</div><div><br></div><div>Haunted by guilt and trapped by his own choices, Hélder must confront his inner demons and the limits of faith, redemption and truth. Told through the voice of Ernesto, a dead man turned ancestor, <i>The Prophet</i> (<i>O Profeta</i>), is a haunting and poetic meditation on belief, guilt and spiritual transformation.</div><div><br></div><div>The feature will be screened alongside short film:</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>New World&nbsp;</i></b>(dir.&nbsp;Darryl Daley, France/UK, 2026, 5 mins, English) (Scottish Premiere)</div><div><br></div><div>Through the circular dynamics of departure and arrival, arrival and departure, the ethnographic moving image observes the Black body in a circular state of transition, foregrounding its historical and metaphysical relation to the transatlantic through spirit, rhythm and loop.</div><div><br></div>DramaPT1H39MN/C 182026-10-31ZApt
Hélder Admiro De Laura Mumguambe
Nora Matavel
Alexandre Masnado Coana
Venâncio Jaime Langa
Armando José Macave
Yara Bonga
Óracio Bernando Vilanculos
Cristina Salomão
Marta Manhique
Dioclesio Chaguala
Ique Langa (<i>The Prophet</i>); Darryl Daley (<i>New World</i>)
Sousa Domingos
The Prophet + Short (Jali Film Weekender)"The Prophet + Short (Jali Film Weekender)"

Showtimes

October 31, 1:00 pm

Filmhouse Cinema