Leonor Noivo
Leonor NOIVO (1976) studied Architecture and Photography before joining the Lisbon Theatre and Film School in 1997, where she specialised in Editing and Directing. In 2006 she attended the Documentary Filmmaking course of Ateliers Varan at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Since then she works as script-supervisor, scriptwriter and assistant director on documentaries and fiction films and often collaborates with other directors. She has also worked with various makers in the performance area, creating content and video installations, as well as film project workshops for the Cinema departments of ArCo, ESMAD and ESAD. In 2008, she co-founded the cinema production company Terratreme Films. Her films have been screened at various international festivals such as Locarno, IFFR, Vienalle, FidMarseille, and have won several awards and mentions. Her short film Madrugada/Dawn (2021), won Best Film in the National Competition at Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival.
Filmography
(selection, all short) Aside Macao (2001, doc), Mould (2005), InsideOut (2005, doc), Assembly (2006, doc), Airport (2006, instal), Excursion (2007, doc), Later Day Saints (2009, doc), Basic School 26 (2009, doc, TV), Other Letters or the Invented Love (2012, doc), A cidade e o sol/The City and the Sun (2012), Capeia (2015, instal), Setembro/September (2016), Tudo o que imagino/All I Imagine (2017, doc), Raposa/Reynard (2019, doc), Madrugada/Dawn (2021)
Leonor Noivo op IFFR
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Setembro
Leonor Noivo | 33' | Portugal | None
A lot has to be re-adjusted when mother and son return home after years spent abroad. A gentle observation of family ties in transition. -
Tudo o que imagino
Leonor Noivo | 30' | Portugal | International premiere
Inspired by a documentary, a kind, meticulous portrait of an adolescent boy from the area of Alcoitão. A youthful summer on screen. -
The Nothing Factory
Pedro Pinho | 177' | Portugal | None
Portuguese workers react to the threatened closure of their factory by occupying the building. In their blue overalls, they drink wine in the sun, pla -
Dawn
28' | Portugal | -
This mother-daughter portrait uses some subtle fantasy elements to examine what it means to truly feel free.