André Gil Mata

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After studying mathematics, André Gil Mata dedicated himself to photography and theater. Filmmaker and actor, he initiated the creation of an independent laboratory focused on analog film and has been a festival programmer (Luso-Brazilian Film Festival of Santa Maria da Feira and Doclisboa). He joined the Film Factory in Sarajevo, a school founded by Bela Tarr, and graduated in directing in 2016. His first short film, ARCA D'ÁGUA (2009), which was selected for major Portuguese festivals (IndieLisboa, Vila do Conde, Fantasporto). He quickly gained international recognition and joined the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2010. His other films have been screened in Hungary, Turkey, Ukraine, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, as well as in Korea, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. In 2020, he co-founded the production company Rua Escura with three other directors.

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THE DAMNED YARD

Fiction, 16 mm, 44 min, 2022, Portugal

IFF Rotterdam, 2023

IndieLisboa, 2024

 

THE TREE

Fiction, 16mm, 105 min, 2017, Portugal/Bosnia

Berlinale/Forum, 2018

Best movie at IFF Lima, 2018

Best director at IndieLisboa, 2018

Best cinematography for João Ribeiro at Caminhos do Cinema Português, 2018 

Release Portugal : 2018/09/27

Release France : 2021/05/19  (ED DISTRIBUTION)

DVD Edition : https://www.eddistribution.com/dvd/larbre-drvo/ 

 

HOW I FELL IN LOVE WITH EVA RAS

Doc, 74 min, 2016, Bosnia/Portugal

Special mention from the jury at FIDMarseille, 2016 

 

CAPTIVITY

Doc, B&W, 63 min, 2012, Portugal

Visions du réel, 2013

Doc Alliance award for best movie, 2014

DocLisboa, 2012

Prix CPLP for Best Portuguese-language Feature Film

Release Portugal : 2023/02/11