Domingos and Neusia are a young couple in a small town in Mozambique. She goes to school, he has an underpaid job at a car wash. Yearning for a better life, Domingos sets off on a journey through the country heading to the gold mines in the north and finally to the capital. In the meantime, Neusia waits at home. Soon she has news...

Gold Songs is a sensitive, documentary-like portrait. Created in close collaboration with the protagonists, who play themselves, the film follows their everyday lives and their struggle for a dignified livelihood and a future together closely and with great tenderness.



Winner of the Max Award for best Portuguese feature film at the IndieLisboa film festival as well as 2 prizes at FID Marseille.
Jury- Statement: "For the gentle perspective of portraits of social bonds in a community facing exodus as a way to survive. For using a simple and straightforward grammar. With no need for camera gymnastics, being faithful to characters and their lives…”

A beautiful yet heartbreaking, symphonic piece: a filmic representation of the state of the (and their) world. - Cineuropa

Ico Costa undertakes a sensual, patient rewriting of reality, dissecting the heart of an exploitative system based around gold mining and the resulting way of life. – FID Marseille