The Land of the Widows of the Living won three prizes in Arché - Doclisboa
The Land of the Widows of the Living, a documentary project by Melanie Pereira, produced by Red Desert, won three prestigious awards at Arché during the 2024 Doclisboa festival.
by Bruno Simões Castanheira
Still in development, the project was honored with the School of Arts Award from the Portuguese Catholic University – Special Jury Prize for Best Arché Project in the writing or development phase.
Additionally, the film received the #LINK Encuentro Iberoamericano de Cine Documental Award for Best Portuguese Arché Project in the writing or development phase and the Impronta Award for Best Arché or Guest Country Project in the writing or development phase.
The jury for Arché included renowned figures Catarina Mourão, Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira, and Juan Pablo Bastarrachea.
Inn in the International Film Festival Camerimage
Inn / Hospedaria in the International Film Festival Camerimage, Poland, for a special documentary screening as part of Images of Sound review.
Tarrafal at SACO
The film Tarrafal, directed by Pedro Neves, will be shown at the Semana del Audiovisual Contemporáneo de Oviedo (SACO) in Asturias, Spain.
Cold Water won Europa Award at Filmets in Spain
Cold Water / Água Fria won the Europa Award in Filmets Badalona International Film Festival, in Spain. It is the third award in Spain!
Água Fria - Cold Water in "Público" newspaper
Água Fria is almost 14 minutes of reflection on being Portuguese or, at least, "on a certain way of being Portuguese". It's a film "about disappointments, about memories, about sensations". The short film was selected for Clermont-Ferrand, in France, considered the most important International Short Film Festival in the world.