Mickey Fonseca

Mickey Fonseca, is a Mozambican filmmaker, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the 2009 short film Mahla and 2019 crime thriller film Resgate. He is the founder of film production company Mahla Filmes.

Personal life Fonseca was born and raised in Maputo, Mozambique.

In 2011, Fonseca attended 8-Week Screenwriting program at the New York Film Academy. In 2009, he made his film debut by directing the short Traidos pela traição. Then he directed the short Mahla in the same year. The film became a turning point in his career, where the film received positive critics acclaim and nominated for best short at many film competitions: AMAA (Nigeria), TARIFA (Spain), Aguilar del Campoo (Spain), Festival Du Film D'Afrique et des Iles (Reunion Island) and XXX Festival Cinema Africano. (Verona, Italy).

After that success, he later produced two more short films under the banner of Mahla Filmes: The Letter and The Dowry and directed his third short Poisoned Love, all in the 2010. In 2018, he wrote, produced and directed his maiden feature film Resgate. At the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), the film won the Best Screenplay Award and Best Production Design as well as nominated for two other awards: Best Film and Best Director. Then at the Film Fest Zell, he won the Courageous Film Award for directing the film. In the same year, he was again nominated for the Young Talent Award for Best Feature Film at the Hamburg Film Festival. In 2020, the film became the first film from Lusophone: Portuguese-speaking Africa screened on Netflix.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2006 Blood Diamond Third assistant director Film 2009 Traidos pela traição Director, producer Short film 2009 Mahla Director, producer, Writer Short film 2009 The Philanthropist Assistant production manager TV series 2010 The Letter Producer Short film 2010 The Dowry Producer Short film 2010 Poisoned Love Director, producer, Writer Short film 2010 Dina Director, producer, Writer Short film 2012 Sean Banan inuti Seanfrika Producer Film 2013 Diana Location manager Film 2019 Resgate Director, producer, Writer, Art director Film 2019 Mbuzini Memorial Producer Documentary short 2020 Dear... Production supervisor, Art director TV series documentary