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.
Dreams of a Revolution in Festival Internacional de Cinema da Fronteira
It will be the Brazilian premiere of the film directed by Pedro Neves.
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.
Tarrafal in “Expresso” newspaper
"Pedro makes the remains the narrative material. Where there were houses, schools, grocery stores, cafes, corners that each had as their own, all that was left was the wind moving through the abandoned land". (Valdemar Cruz)
Dreams of a Revolution awarded in Djarfogo IFF!
The short film Dreams of a Revolution won the Award for Best Documentary Short in Djarfogo Film Festival.