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MAY 2025
RELEASE
IN FILMING
PRESS
FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
FREE PARTY by Fabianny Deschamps premieres at DOXA in Vancouver
Screening on May 2, 2025 at 6 p.m. at the Cinématheque
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata at the 61st Mostra internazionale del Nuovo Cinema in Pesaro (Italy)
Date to come
APRIL 2025
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata
From April 9 in French cinemas.
DOUCHE by Charlotte Pouyaud, on a composition by Aya is being filmed
in Landes and Gironde.
LES CAHIERS DU CINEMA talks about THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata
(No. 819 - April 2025)
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE whose programmatic title suggests a constrained economy, the surfacing of the past and Caravaggesque chiaroscuro, is a cinematic enterprise whose narrative and formal demands, in its slow and silent exploration of the infra-ordinary in 16 mm, are nourished by the apparent austerity of its subject."
By Thierry MÉRANGER
FEBRUARY 2025
TRAILER
Discover the trailer for THE FLAME OF A CANDLE
by André Gil Mata
JANUARY 2025
FESTIVAL
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata at the MANNHEIM ART FESTIVAL (Germany)
Screening in January
NOVEMBER 2024
EL DIARIO DE SEVILLA talks about THE FLAME OF A CANDLE André Gil Mata
"André Gil Mata seems to be a filmmaker from another era; his works are linked to the aspirations and grandeur of cinema [...]. Thus, in his film, movement and time meet and separate, come closer and drift apart, as in this circular tracking shot around a table where he manages to travel through the past of a family story while slowly moving through the room, or in this final and moving long take; one of the unforgettable moments of this festival."
By Santiago GALLEGO
PRESS
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE André Gil Mata receives the BEST FILM AWARD AT SEVILLA FESTIVAL / New waves Competition
AWARD WINNER
OCTOBER 2024
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata at DOCLISBOA / Portuguese competition
Screenings on October 22nd and 25th
FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata at LIMA ALTERNA (Perou)
Screening during the festival from October 10 to 20
FESTIVAL
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE André Gil Mata at CINESPAÑA 2024 (Toulouse)
Screening on Wednesday, October 9th at the Cosmograph
FESTIVAL
THE LIGHT OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata INDÉPENDANCE(S) ET CRÉATION FESTIVAL (Auch)
Screening on Friday, October 4th at Ciné 32
PRESS
CAHIERS DU CINEMA TALKS ABOUT THE LIGHT OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata
"The filmmaker also sharpens the senses by staying away from a plot that would overwhelm everything, and restores the texture of moments where a feeling of solitude predominates through a relationship with objects and spaces, slowly traversed through hypnotic tracking shots."
By Olivia COOPER-HADJIA
JULY 2024
FESTIVAL
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata AT FEMA/Ici et Ailleurs selection 2024 (La Rochelle)
Screening on July 5th
JUNE 2024
PRESS
CINEUROPA TALKS ABOUT THE FLAME OF A CANDLE André Gil Mata
"The talented and impenetrable Portuguese filmmaker André Gil Mata journeys
through time to explore the space of a home and two women’s lives."
By Fabien LEMERCIER
FESTIVAL
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata at FIDMARSEILLE/Ciné+ Competition 2024
Screenings on June 28th, 29th, and 30th
IN PREPARATION
POSTER BOY by Laurence Garret at SOEURS JUMELLES FESTIVAL/Avant-Son Prize 2024 (Rochefort)
Laurence Garret, director of POSTER BOY, and Niki Demiller, composer, are selected
to present the original score.
JANUARY 2024
IN PREPARATION
LA MANCHA by Lindsey Cordero et Armando Croda at WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2024 (Trieste)
Trieste Festival's co-production forum 2024 (Trieste)
DECEMBER 2023
IN PREPARATION
OCEANE by Eva Pervolovici at Full Circle Lab 2023
Poitiers Film Festival's lab
NOVEMBER 2023
IN PREPARATION
FREE PARTY by Fabianny Deschamps at Films en cours 2023 (Belfort)
Entrevues Festival
OCTOBER 2023
IN PREPARATION
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata AT MIA/C EU SOON 2023 (Roma)
Roma Festival's market
MARCH 2022
IN PREPARATION
THE FLAME OF A CANDLE by André Gil Mata at CATAPULTA CINE 2022 (Mexico)
FICUNAM 's professional platform
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