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.
"It all started when Pedro Neves, the journalist, realized that, in the Porto district alone, around half a million people live in poverty. "I called my friend José António Pinto, who is a social worker at the Campanhã Parish Council, and asked him if he wanted to work on this documentary with me. His presence helped to open doors that are usually always closed."
"In this film", says the director, "I went to places where collective hope has died, where there are people alive on the verge of social death. They are faces that see life as a punishment, social actors stripped of any material success. They are tired looks of so much bad luck, because you can't talk about bad luck when you've never understood the meaning of the word... They're women and men, forgotten."
Dreams of a Revolution at Docluanda, in Angola.
This is the international premiere in Angola.
Geni by Luís Vieira Campos will world premiere at Porto Post Doc
Geni, directed by Luís Vieira Campos, will be screened on November 24th, at 19h0 in Passos Manuel, as part of the Cinema Falado section.
Tarrafal will have International premiere in CPH:DOX
Decades of conflict, gang dominance and violent clashes with the police have taken their toll on bodies, faces and buildings in S. João de Deus – a neighbourhood on the wrong side of the train tracks in the part of Porto where tourists never go.
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.