Cardoso (born in 1963.) is a Portuguese director and screenwriter. She studied film and lived in Mozambique during the colonial war (fight for independence from Portugal) from 1964 to 1976. This experience had a huge impact on Cardoso’s work and her only feature film, A Costa dos Murmúrios (2004). She also directed several short films Dois Dragőes (Two Dragons, 1996), Entre Nós (Among Us, 1999), Do Outro Lado (1999) and documentaries Natal 71 (1999), Com Quase Nada (With Almost Nothing, 2000), Kuxa Kanema - O Nascimento do Cinema (2003).