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.
Tarrafal in "Expresso" newspaper
"Pedro makes the remains the narrative material. Where there were houses, schools, grocery stores, cafes, corners that each had as their own, all that was left was the wind moving through the abandoned land". (Valdemar Cruz)
Our Short Doc The Beach selected to the Doclisboa International Film Festival
In today's society we are daily invaded by images of beautiful and young bodies. Older bodies are hidden and forgotten as if they were steeped in negativity.
Lucefece won the Cinema Falado Competition at Porto Post Doc
We are very happy to announce that Lucefece - where there is no vision, the people will perish, by Ricardo Leite and produced by Red Desert, was the Best Film in the Cinema Falado Competition at the Porto Post Doc 2023 Festival.
Dreams of a Revolution in Micar, Porto
Dreams of a Revolution, by Pedro Neves co-produced by Red Desert (PT), JBA Production (FR) and Incomati Films (MZ) will be in Cinema Batalha.