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."
Lucefece won the Cinema Falado Competition at Porto Post Doc
We are very happy to announce that Lucefece - where there is no vision, the people will perish, by Ricardo Leite and produced by Red Desert, was the Best Film in the Cinema Falado Competition at the Porto Post Doc 2023 Festival.
Tarrafal in "Público" newspaper, by Jorge Mourinha
Jorge Mourinha, film critic from Público newspaper, writes about the World Premiere of the filme Tarrafal, by Pedro Neves and produced by Red Desert
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.
Inn won the Best Documentary in Extremadoc
Our short film Inn / Hospedaria, directed by Pedro Neves, won the Best Documentary award in the "Transfrontera" category at the International Documentary Film Festival Extremadoc in Caceres, Spain.