As Melusinas à Margem do Rio won three prizes at Doclisboa, included the Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
As Melusinas à Margem do Rio, directed by Melanie Pereira and produced by Red Desert, won three awards at DocLisboa: The Fernando Lopes Award for Best Portuguese First Film, the School Award for Best Film, and the HBO Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film.
HBO Max Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film.
Fernando Lopes Award.
Schools Award.
In the Portuguese Competition, the HBO Max Award for Best Film went to As Melusinas à Margem do Rio, by Melanie Pereira, “for creating a form to reimagine a legend though the experience of working people, gender and national identity”.
Born in Luxembourg to immigrant families, five women reflect on countries, identities, fragments, and mermaids. While searching among mountains and rivers for Melusina, the mutant and legendary mermaid of the city of Luxembourg, the director talks to four women about their uncertain identities : what it is like to be an immigrant without being one, and to be Luxembourgish without being one. A journey through memories in rainy times. A search for ever-fragmented identities. An uncertain attempt at reconciliations.
Dreams of a Revolution selected in Djarfogo, Cape Verde
The film Dreams of a Revolution, by Pedro Neves, was selected for the Djarfogo International Festival, in Cape Verde.
As Melusinas à Margem do Rio was selected for the Doc Alliance Feature Film Award
As Melusinas à Margem do Rio was selected for the Doc Alliance Feature Film Award, which will be officially announced at the Marché du Film du Festival de Cannes in May and will then have its international premier at DocuDays in Ukraine in June.
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.
Cold Water wins the Special Mention of the Jury in Documenta Madrid 2012
Cold Water / Água Fria wins the Special Mention of the Júri in Documenta Madrid - Festival Internacional de Documentales de Madrid, the Spanish most important Documentary Film Festival. Cold Water was selected for the Oficial Competition.