Primeira Idade
Primeira Idade is an independent Portuguese film production company based in Lisbon.
Privately held company | |
Industry | Film production |
Genre | Drama film, Documentary film |
Founded | 2014 |
Founder | Pedro Fernandes Duarte |
Headquarters | , |
Website | http://www.primeira-idade.pt |
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].
The company has produced as well the fiction short films Ruby, 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; as well as Look No Further, directed by André Marques[4] and finally Bad Bunny, directed by Carlos Conceição, world premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week, in May 2017[5].
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
- 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
- https://www.berlinale.de/en/programme/programme/detail.html?film_id=202006770
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/futur-drei-no-hard-feelings-wins-teddy-award-as-best-queer-film-berlin-1281986
- https://agencia.curtas.pt/films/show/497
- https://agencia.curtas.pt/filmes/show/494
- https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/articles/about-coelho-mau-bad-bunny
- "Awards of the 2014 Torino Film Festival". torinofilmfest.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
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