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.
The Forgotten, by Pedro Neves, in "Expresso" newspaper
A documentary that portrays the forgotten poverty of Porto, by journalist and Expresso collaborator Pedro Neves, is one of the productions selected for the national competition at DocLisboa 2009. "Os Esquecidos" will be shown next Monday, 19th, at the Cinema Londres, and on Saturday, 24th, at Culturgest, in Lisbon.
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.
As Maçãs Azuis at Caminhos do Cinema Português
As Maçãs Azuis, by Ricardo Leite was selected for the Caminhos do Cinema Português 2022 Competition. The film is produced by Red Desert.
Home: The Country of Illusion selected to Festival Internacional de Cartagena
The new documentary directed by Josephine Landertinger, co-produced by Global Eyes Production and Red Desert, was selected to Festival Internacional de Cartagena, Colombia.