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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Edgar Pêra

Edgar PÊRA (1960, Portugal) graduated in the early 1980s from the Film Academy in Lisbon and is now an established name in his country as an experimental filmmaker. Pêra has made countless documentaries, short films and features while also focusing on creating Internet productions, live shows and exhibitions. In 2019, IFFR honoured Pêra with a career-spanning retrospective at the festival. Pêra’s latest film Não Sou Nada will have its world premiere at IFFR 2023. 

Filmography

(selection) Reproduta Interdita (1990, short), A Cidade de Cassiano (1991, short), Guerra ou Paz? (1992, short), SWK4 (1993, short), O Trabalho Liberta? (1993, short), Manual de Evasão/Manual of Evasion LX94 (1994), Os Túneis da Realidade (1996, short), Who Is the Master Who Makes the Grass Green? (1996, short), Zombietown 23 (1998, short), As Dezaventuras do Homem-Kâmara – Epizohdyus 111, 113 &115 (1998, short), 25 of April: An Adventure For Democracy (2000, doc), A Janela (Maryalva Mix) (2001), O Homem-Teatro/The Man-Theatre (2002), 88/Eight Eight (2001, TV), Guitarra (Com Gente Lá Dentro) (2003), És a Nossa Fé (2006, short), Impending Doom (2006, short), Movimentos Perpétuos: Cine-Tributo a Carlos Paredes (2007, short), Rio Turvo (2008), Crime Abismo Azul Remorso Físico (2009, short), Punk is not Daddy (2011), O Barão/The Baron (2011), Visões De Madredeus (2012), One Way or Another, Reflections of a Psycho Killer (2012, short), CineSapiens (2013, short), Lisbon Revisited (2014, doc), Virados do Avesso (2014), A Caverna (2015, short), Virados do Avesso (2015, TV Series), O Espectador Espantado/The Amazed Spectator (2016), Delírio em Las Vedras/Delirium in Las Vedras (2017), Mar Portuguez (2018, short), O Homem-Pykante – Diálogos com Pimenta (2018), Caminhos Magnétykos (2018), Lovecraftland – Cine-Koncerto 3D (2019), Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real (2021), Não Sou Nada/The Nothingness Club (2023)

More info: Edgar Pêra

Edgar Pêra at IFFR