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Teresa Villaverde

Ever since Teresa VILLAVERDE (1966, Portugal) had a supporting role in João César Monteiro’s A flor do mar (1986), she has regularly worked on Portuguese film productions, for instance as editing assistant with José Alvaro Morais and Rosa Coutinho Cabral and as scriptwriter with Morais and João Canijo. She preferred this self-taught way into the film world to a stint at film school. She made her debut as a director with the much-lauded A idade mai or (1991). Villaverde’s film Os mutantes was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmografie

A idade maior (1991), Três irmãos (1994), O amor não me engana (1996, short doc), Os mutantes (1998), Agua e sal/Water and Salt (2001), A favor da claridade/In Favour of Clarity (2003 doc), Cold Wat(e)r – Visions of Europe (2004, short), Transe/Trance (2006), Cisne (2011), Bridges of Sarajevo (2014, segment Sara e a Sua Mãe), Colo (2017), O termómetro de Galileu (2018, doc), Oú en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde? (2019, short doc)

More info: Wikipedia, Teresa Villaverde

Teresa Villaverde op IFFR

  • Transe

    Teresa Villaverde | 126' | France | None

    One of the masterpieces of the past year is about the nightmare of the young Russian Sonia, who seeks her fortune in the affluent West…
  • Script Stage: Teresa Villaverde

    Scenario presentation. Teresa Villaverde is a filmmaker who puts an outspoken personal stamp on her films, as is evident in the quality of her screenp
  • Oú en êtes-vous, Teresa Villaverde?

    Teresa Villaverde | 17' | Portugal | International premiere

    Carnival excitement and political resistance merge after a left-wing politician’s murder in this documentary report from Rio’s Sambadrome.
  • Os mutantes

    Teresa Villaverde | 115' | Portugal | -

  • Two Brothers, My Sister

    Teresa Villaverde | 108' | Portugal | -

    Beautiful and ideal rôle by Maria de Medeiros. Maria lives with two brothers and her invalid and drunken father. A film like an opera with…
  • A idade maior

    Teresa Villaverde | 118' | Portugal | -

    A idade maior, a sensitive, poetic and personal film, makes tangible a concealed episode from recent Portuguese history in a special and very visual way.…
  • O termómetro de Galileu

    Teresa Villaverde | 105' | Portugal | World premiere

    The great Portuguese filmmaker Villaverde spent a summer in the company of her Italian cult colleague Tonino De Bernardi. Her documentary is a loving,