Primeira Idade
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production |
| Genre | Drama film, Documentary film |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Pedro Fernandes Duarte |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | http://www.primeira-idade.pt |
Primeira Idade is an independent Portuguese film production company based in Lisbon.
Awards[edit]
It has produced the feature-length hybrid documentary The Metamorphosis of Birds, directed by Catarina Vasconcelos which was world premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, at the Encounters Section,[1] where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film at the Encounters Section.[2]
Films[edit]
- Ruby a fiction short film, directed by Mariana Gaivão,[3] winner of the Best Director Award at the Curtas Vila do Conde Festival in 2019, and screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2020.
- Look No Further, directed by André Marques. [4]
- Bad Bunny, directed by Carlos Conceição, world premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week, in May 2017.[5]
International Co-production[edit]
Primeira Idade has also co-produced internationally titles such as Snakeskin, directed by Singaporean Daniel Hui, highlighted with the Special Jury Award of the Torino Film Festival in November 2014,[6] as well as the Award of Excellency for the New Asian Currents section of the Yamagata Documentary Film Festival, and a Special Jury Mention at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.
Filmography[edit]
- 2020 - The Metamorphosis of Birds, directed by Catarina Vasconcelos
- 2019 - Ghosts: Long Way Home, directed by Tiago Siopa
- 2019 - Bird's Nest, directed by Miguel de Jesus
- 2019 - Ruby, directed by Mariana Gaivão
- 2019 - Look No Further, directed by André Marques, in co-production with Offshore Films in France
- 2016 - Bad Bunny, directed by Carlos Conceição, in co-production with Epicentre Films in France
- 2016 - Fado, directed by Jonas Rothlaender, in co-production with StickUp Filmproduktion in Germany
- 2015 - Wake Up, Leviathan, directed by Carlos Conceição, in co-production with Mirabilis Produções in Angola
- 2014 - Snakeskin, directed by Daniel Hui, in co-production with 13 Little Pictures in Singapore
References[edit]
- ^ "A metamorfose dos pássaros | the Metamorphosis of Birds".
- ^ "Berlin: 'Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings)' Wins Teddy Award as Best Queer Film". The Hollywood Reporter. March 2020.
- ^ "Ruby".
- ^ "Não Procures Mais Além".
- ^ "About Coelho Mau (Bad Bunny) | la Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes".
- ^ "Awards of the 2014 Torino Film Festival". torinofilmfest.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
External links[edit]
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