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Pedro Pinho

Pedro Pinho

Biography

Pedro Pinho has lived in and studied cinema in Lisbon, Paris, Barcelona, Maputo and Mindelo. His first documentary, Bab Sebta (co-directed with Frederico Lobo), debuted at FID Marseille, 2008, where it won the Marseille Espérance Award. Bab Sebta also won prizes for Best Documentary Film at DocLisboa (Portugal) and at ForumDoc BH (Brazil). Um Fim Do Mundo/The End of the World, a medium-length fiction film, debuted at the Berlin Festival in 2013, having won awards at the Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português, and was nominated for the Portuguese Golden Globe awards. The documentary, As Cidades e as Trocas/Trading Cities (co-directed with Luisa Homem) debuted in 2014 at FID Marseille, and was shown at the Art of The Real in the Lincoln Center, NY and at DocLisboa. In 2017, he debuted A Fábrica de Nada/The Nothing Factory, his first feature-length fiction film, at the Cannes Festival Directors’ Fortnight where he won the FIPRESCI International Critics award. Since then, A Fábrica de Nada has received around 20 awards at festivals all over the world. Not only was it chosen by the critics as the best film at Cannes in 2017, it was also considered the best film of the year by the Público newspaper, and the best film without commercial distribution in the USA by the American magazine, Film Comment. The German newspaper, Die Zeit considered it to be “one of the most important films of today”. A Fábrica de Nada was commercially distributed in Portugal, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Italy, China, Belgium, the former Yugoslavia and Argentina. His films have been shown at festivals, showings and retrospectives in places such as: MoMA, the Lincoln Center, the Berlinale, BFI, the MALBA, the MACBA, Serralves, FIDMarseille, Toronto IFF, Rotterdam FF, CPH DOX, the Rio Festival, Mar del Plata, Festival de Popoli, Busan FF, FICUNAM, ND/NF, Cine Europeu de Sevilha. L’Alternativa de Barcelona, Festival de Munique, Festival de Taipé, Janela, Carbonia, Lussas, FIC Valdivia, Karlovy Vary, FoR, among others. In 2009, with five fellow filmmakers, he founded Terratreme, a collective that in recent years has come to the forefront as one of the most active producers of Portuguese cinema. At Terratreme, he has had the chance to collaborate with other directors such as Luisa Homem, Leonor Noivo, Tiago Hespanha, Susana Nobre, João Salaviza, Filipa Reis and Miller Guerra, and Basil da Cunha.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-01-01

Place of Birth

Lisbon, Portugal

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Cast


    Crew

    The End Of The World

    The End Of The World

    20135.3 / 10

    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    20126.2 / 10

    Fragmentos de Uma Observação Participativa

    Fragmentos de Uma Observação Participativa

    20133.0 / 10

    Tommy Guns

    Tommy Guns

    20232.5 / 10

    Trading Cities

    Trading Cities

    20145.0 / 10

    Ave Rara

    Ave Rara

    20190.0 / 10

    Reynard

    Reynard

    20190.0 / 10

    Nameless Heitor

    Nameless Heitor

    20220.0 / 10

    Destiny Deluxe

    Destiny Deluxe

    20197.0 / 10

    The Nothing Factory

    The Nothing Factory

    20176.2 / 10

    Shimmering Bodies

    Shimmering Bodies

    20230.0 / 10

    High Cities of Bone

    High Cities of Bone

    20176.3 / 10

    I Only Rest in the Storm

    I Only Rest in the Storm

    20250.0 / 10

    Ama-San

    Ama-San

    20167.1 / 10

    Astrakan 79

    Astrakan 79

    20240.0 / 10

    La chambre jaune

    La chambre jaune

    20123.6 / 10

    Idle Road

    Idle Road

    20143.7 / 10

    Djon Africa

    Djon Africa

    20186.7 / 10

    6 Minutos

    6 Minutos

    20020.0 / 10

    A Imitação

    A Imitação

    20030.0 / 10

    Black Sun

    Black Sun

    20190.0 / 10

    The Door of Ceuta

    The Door of Ceuta

    20085.0 / 10

    Suzanne Daveau

    Suzanne Daveau

    20190.0 / 10

    Cidade

    Cidade

    20170.0 / 10

    Tudo o Que Imagino

    Tudo o Que Imagino

    20179.0 / 10

    Outside the Oranges Are Blooming

    Outside the Oranges Are Blooming

    20190.0 / 10

    Lisbon Beat

    Lisbon Beat

    20190.0 / 10

    Lisbon-Province

    Lisbon-Province

    20105.0 / 10

    Clandestina

    Clandestina

    20240.0 / 10

    When the Land Runs Away

    When the Land Runs Away

    20240.0 / 10