André Gil Mata

André GIL MATA (São João da Madeira, Portugal) is a director, screenwriter, actor and cinematographer. His most recent feature film Drvo – A Árvore had its world premiere at the Berlinale Forum 2018. The film was awarded in Lima, Lisbon and Coimbra, was commercially released in Portugal (2018) and in France (May 2021) and was considered one of the 10 best films premiered in France in 2021 by Fernando Ganzo in Cahiers du Cinéma. Captivity (2012), his first feature received the DocAlliance Award in Cannes (2013) and was awarded at DocLisboa, Olhar do Cinema Curitiba and Cáceres. Kako sam se Zaljubio u Evu Ras (2016), his second feature received the Jury’s Special Mention at the FIDMarseille international competition in 2016.
André Gil Mata’s films have been shown at festivals and are shown all over the world. His debut film Arca d’Água (2009) received several awards and was selected for international festivals. House (2010) his second short, premiered at IndieLisboa’01. The short The Gravedigger (2012) received the Melliers l’Argent Award and the Best Film Awards at MotelX and Best Animation at FIKE and Caminhos de Cinema Português. In 2017, he directed the short film Num Globo de Neve (Tree of Life Award at IndieLisboa). He has a PhD in Direction at film.factory, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016), studied mathematics, photography and theater. In 2008, founded the photography and cinema lab Átomo47 and the film production company Bando à Parte. In 2010 he was selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus.

Filmografie

Arca d’água (2009, short), Casa (2010, short), Cativeiro (2012, doc), O coveiro (2012, short), Como Me Apaixonei por Eva Ras/How I Fell in Love with Eva Ras (2016), Patio do Carrasco/The Damned Yard (2023, short)