Edgar Pêra
Still: Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the RealFilmography
(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)
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Edgar Pêra at IFFR
The Baron
A Dracula-esque nobleman reigns with terror over his fiefdom's commoners. Horror meets musical comedy. Disquieting political allegory.
94'
Portugal
IFFR 2011
O espectador espantado
70'
Portugal
IFFR 2016
Delírio em Las Vedras
83'
Portugal
IFFR 2017
25 de Abril – Uma aventura para a demokracya
What has happened to the Carnation Revolution’s dreams and aspirations? Does cinema have the answer – and will we like it?
16'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Arquitectura de peso
On the absurdities of a country riddled with economic crisis trying to look powerful and important by way of architectural grand-standing.
23'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
The Baron
A Dracula-esque nobleman reigns with terror over his fiefdom's commoners. Horror meets musical comedy. Disquieting political allegory.
91'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Caminhos magnétykos
Father cracks when daughter marries some shady entrepreneur. A grimly funny, audio-visually dazzling science fiction romp about 'kontemporary' fascism.
87'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
A cidade de Cassiano
A noir documentary about architect Cassiano Branco; or: Where has the promise of Modernism gone, and what could have happened to Lisbon?
26'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
As desventuras du homem-kâmara – Epizohdyus 111, 113 & 115
Let images and sounds like those of Dziga Vertov and Terry Gilliam and Walerian Borowczyk cross-pollinate and grow wondrous AV-flowers.
2'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Guerra ou paz? (2019 ROTTERDAM MIX)
What happens when the testimonies of maimed Colonial War veterans meet the visual universe of Marvel comics?
17'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
O homem-pykante – Diálogos com Pimenta
A multifaceted tribute to polymath Alberto Pimenta: poet, translator (Thomas Bernhard, among others), performer/performance artist, provocateur, porn proselytiser, political dissenter.
75'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Impending Doom
Two funerals, one soundtrack: suddenly, Ioannes Paul PP.II unexpectedly had a lot in common with Communist politician Álvaro Cunhal.
8'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
A janela (Maryalva mix)
One Don Juan – six actors; and his six lovers – one actress. Lots of strange things are happening along the Bica funicular.
87'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
KINORAMA − Cinema Fora de Órbita
What will cinema become in the future – and where will it happen? In this mad mix of research/enquiry/essay, Pêra offers a plethora of answers.
70'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Lisboa-boa 345 D.T. (Remix 2019)
Will Lissabon be a Garden of Earthly Delights 81 years from now? This revised version of Pêra’s animation classic provides unexpected (in)sights.
9'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Lisbon Revisited
A 3D fantasy about Lisbon, set to Fernando Pessoa: I sleep fitfully and live in the fitful dream-state / of a fitful sleeper, half dreaming.
66'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Lovecraftland – Cine-Koncerto 3D
An 'ekstatic' celebration of Lovecraftian visions, darkly improvised with live music by Randolph Carter and wild VJing of Pêra-visions by Claudio Vasques.
55'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Manual de evasão LX 94 (2019 MIX)
A part expressionist, part surrealist comedy in which Portuguese stock comedy characters loftily discuss the relativity of time and space. Mind-expanding!
50'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Mar Portuguez
Portugal’s latest entry in the international sub-genre of fishing documentaries is set to Fernando Pessoa’s eponymous poem. Screens before Lisbon Revisited.
9'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Reproduta interdita
When nurse Penelope Kruxis meets a nameless, teleporting mutant in the ruins of burnt-down Chiado, outrageous things are destined to happen.
8'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Stadium (phantas-mix)
Why does Braga’s Estádio Municipal evoke thoughts of Roman circuses and Estado Novo hubris? Is FIFA the Quinto Império realised?
7'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
SWK4
A portrayal of Futurist writer Almada Negreiros without any cultural reservations. Provocative, in defense of lust, debauchery, frenetic daily experience.
33'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
O trabalho liberta?
Since the Nazis infamously proclaimed at Auschwitz I that 'Labour Liberates', work has lost all positive values and notions. What now?
25'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Os túneis da realidade
After the works of artist João Queiroz met the musings of neuro-philosopher Robert Anton Wilson, life will never look the same.
6'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Virados do avesso
What happens when a gay writer wakes up straight, his groove gone? The film nobody expected of Pêra: a deliciously ordinary burlesque!
96'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Zombietown 23 (2019 Remix)
A movie trance driven by Terrence McKenna’s incantations, Aleister Crowley’s calls for the Crowned and Conquering Child, plus some Pessoa, of course.
19'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
És a nossa fé
Only a true football fan like Pêra could make a film so in awe of the supporter’s spectacle – and so mystified by it.
41'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Não Sou Nada – The Nothingness Club
Edgar Pêra’s psychological thriller explores the demonically kaleidoscopic world of Portuguese modernist poet, Fernando Pessoa.
92'
Portugal
IFFR 2023
Kinorama – Beyond the Walls of the Real
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
62'
Portugal
P&I Selection 2022