Água Fria – Cold Water in “Público” newspaper
Água Fria is almost 14 minutes of reflection on being Portuguese or, at least, "on a certain way of being Portuguese". It's a film "about disappointments, about memories, about sensations". The short film was selected for Clermont-Ferrand, in France, considered the most important International Short Film Festival in the world.
It was supposed to be just a scene from a film about the Portuguese coast, which Pedro Neves is preparing. But when the director saw the images he captured, months after visiting the São Bartolomeu do Mar pilgrimage, in Esposende, he realized that it could be more than that.
Água Fria is almost 14 minutes of reflection on being Portuguese or, at least, "on a certain way of being Portuguese". It's a film "about disappointments, about memories, about sensations". The short film was selected for Clermont-Ferrand, in France, considered the most important International Short Film Festival in the world. And the international journey doesn’t stop there.
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Interview with Pedro Neves, in Público newspaper
"Pedro Neves films out of necessity, against oblivion and needs time to get to the heart of the stories he wants to tell." Text by Jorge Mourinha and photos by Adriano Miranda.
Dreams of a Revolution selected to the Filmets Competition, in Badalona
The film Dreams of a Revolution, by Pedro Neves, produced by Red Desert and co-produced by JBa production and Incomati Films was selected to the Filmets International Film Festival, in Badalona, Catalonia.
Leiria’s Film Fest – Best Documentary Short Film and Best Director
Cold Water / Água Fria won at Leiria's Film Fest! Best Documentary short film and Pedro Neves as Best Director. It was a great victory! We hope this festival not only gets to the first edition and surprise us again in 2014.
Hands Cut wins the Jury Prize at the International Film Festival of Martil
The short documentary, directed by Ricardo Leite and produced by Red Desert, won the Jury Prize at the International Film Festival of Martil, Morocco.