Reframing Portuguese Cinema in the 21st Century

Two decades after the beginning of the 21st century, Portuguese cinema presents itself as a cinema of great international appeal, with regular activity, close to a small industry of a country of reduced socio-economical dimensions. In recent years, always with the economic fluctuations of a world market in cycles and contra cycles, Portuguese cinema has consolidated some tendencies at the level of modes of production and its aesthetic and artistic aspects.

In the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Portuguese Short Film Agency, "Reframing Portuguese Cinema in the 21st Century" is a work that analyses trends, transformations and filmmakers in Portuguese cinema of the last two decades.

Directors surveyed include Carlos Conceição, Filipa César, Gabriel Abrantes, João Pedro Rodriques e João Guerra da Mata, João Salaviza, Leonor Noivo, Pedro Costa, Regina Pessoa, Salomé Lamas, Sandro Aguilar, Susana Sousa Dias, Teresa Villaverde, amongst others.

Editors Daniel Ribas, Paulo Cunha
Project coordination “Agência’s 20 Years” Nuno Rodrigues, Salette Ramalho
Texts Adrian Martin, Adrián Encinas Salamanca, Angela Prys-thon, Carmen Gray, Carolina López Caballero, Cíntia Gil, Haden Guest, Iván Villarmea Álvarez, Leo Goldsmith, Martin Pawley, Olivier Cotte, Pascale Cassagnau, Roger Koza e Tiago Baptista
Translation Jorge Mourinha, Luís Lima, Justin Jaeckle, Martin Dale
Graphic Design Drop, João Faria
Photography Matilde Ramos
1º Edition 2020
ISBN 978-972-98574-8-5

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