Edgar Pêra
Overview of films
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25 de Abril – Uma aventura para a demokracya
Edgar Pêra | 16' | Portugal |
What has happened to the Carnation Revolution’s dreams and aspirations? Does cinema have the answer – and will we like it? -
Where the Masses Chant
From the stadium to the streets, from fandom to citizenship: a programme celebrating all the meaningful things we do together – and their perils. -
Arquitectura de peso
Edgar Pêra | 23' | Portugal | International premiere
On the absurdities of a country riddled with economic crisis trying to look powerful and important by way of architectural grand-standing. -
The Baron
Edgar Pêra | 91' | Portugal |
A Dracula-esque nobleman reigns with terror over his fiefdom’s commoners. Horror meets musical comedy. Disquieting political allegory. -
Visions in Concrete and Stone
A programme dedicated to Portuguese architecture, exploring ruins of the future, visions of the past and current disasters. -
Early Works
Explore a selection of Edgar Pêra’s first shorts – and discover therein the mission statement(s) behind his cinema. -
Caminhos magnétykos
Edgar Pêra | 87' | Brazil | International premiere
Father cracks when daughter marries some shady entrepreneur. A grimly funny, audio-visually dazzling science fiction romp about ‘kontemporary’ fascism -
A cidade de Cassiano
Edgar Pêra | 26' | Portugal |
A noir documentary about architect Cassiano Branco; or: Where has the promise of Modernism gone, and what could have happened to Lisbon? -
As desventuras du homem-kâmara – Epizohdyus 111, 113 & 115
Edgar Pêra | 2' | Portugal |
Let images and sounds like those of Dziga Vertov and Terry Gilliam and Walerian Borowczyk cross-pollinate and grow wondrous AV-flowers. -
És a nossa fé
Edgar Pêra | 41' | Portugal |
Only a true football fan like Pêra could make a film so in awe of the supporter’s spectacle – and so mystified by it. -
Guerra ou paz? (2019 ROTTERDAM MIX)
Edgar Pêra | 17' | Portugal |
What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics? -
O homem-pykante – Diálogos com Pimenta
Edgar Pêra | 75' | Portugal |
A multifaceted tribute to polymath Alberto Pimenta: poet, translator (Thomas Bernhard, among others), performer/performance artist, provocateur, porn