Edila Gaitonde, born in the Azores, was the first Portuguese woman to marry a Goan of Indian origin during the Salazar dictatorship. Her husband was Pundalik Gaitonde, a freedom fighter who fought for Goa’s independence from Portugal.
Edila was a fighter, piano teacher, radio presenter, documentary maker. She left us in 2021 at the age of 100, but it is through her that we will learn stories about an unknown Goa and a forgotten Portugal based on her accounts, photographs and dozens of previously unseen super 8mm films.
Cold Water in South Korea
Our short film Cold Water / Água Fria, was selected to the international competition of Seoul Extreme Short Image & Film Festival.
Inn won the award for Best Documentary at the 9th International Film Festival Prvi Kadar
The Inn / Hospedaria has won another international award. This time, it was at the International Film Festival Prvi Kadar in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, as the winner of the GRAND PRIX "Tombstone Prince Pavle" for the best documentary film in the international selection "In Focus".
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.
Cold Water wins a Special Mention of the Jury at the Martil Film Festival in Morocco
The short documentary Cold Water / Água Fria, directed by Pedro Neves and produced by the Red Desert won Special Mention of the Jury at Festival de Cine de Martil, in Morocco. Cold Water was selected for the Documentary Competition.