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.
Have You Been Living on the Moon? selected for SACO en casa
The festival in Oviedo, Spain, invited the Portuguese director Pedro Neves to create a filmed postcard from his home during the State of Emergency in Portugal.
Dreams of a Revolution selected in Djarfogo, Cape Verde
The film Dreams of a Revolution, by Pedro Neves, was selected for the Djarfogo International Festival, in Cape Verde.
Cold Water in South Korea
Our short film Cold Water / Água Fria, was selected to the international competition of Seoul Extreme Short Image & Film Festival.
Three documentaries from Red Desert at Porto Post Doc this year
The films As Melusinas à Margem do Rio, by Melanie Pereira, Lucefece - Where there is no vision, the people will perish, by Ricardo Leite and Time Takes a Cigarette, by Aya Koretzky, all produced by Red Desert, will be at Porto Post Doc 2023. Aya Koretzky's new film, which will have its world premiere, will be the festival's closing film.