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."
Geni will be in Avanca Film Festival
Geni, the most recent film directed by Luis Vieira Campos, will be screened at the Avanca Film Festival today, July 25th, at 18h30, in Dolce Vita Ovar.
Set Hares Running selected for the international competition at Docluanda
Set Hares Running, directed by Rui Pinheiro and produced by Red Desert, was selected for the international competition at the 2023 edition of Docluanda in Angola.
Hands Cut wins the Jury Prize at the International Film Festival of Martil
The short documentary, directed by Ricardo Leite and produced by Red Desert, won the Jury Prize at the International Film Festival of Martil, Morocco.
As Maçãs Azuis by Ricardo Leite was selected for MDOC 2022
As Maçãs Azuis, by Ricardo Leite, was selected for MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival 2022, in Melgaço.