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 the Official Competition of Short Shorts in Mexico
Cold Water / Água Fria was selected for the Official Competition of the Short Shorts Film Festival in Mexico. It is the second Mexican festival to Cold Water, after the Guadalajara Film Festival.
Have You Been Living on the Moon? selected for SACO en casa
The festival in Oviedo, Spain, invited the Portuguese director Pedro Neves to create a filmed postcard from his home during the State of Emergency in Portugal.
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.
Inn won the Ciudad de Martil award for Best Documentary
We are happy to inform you that our film Inn / Hospedaria, directed by Pedro Neves, won the Ciudad de Martil award for Best Documentary at the Martil Film Festival in Morocco.