Rodrigo Areias
Rodrigo AREIAS (1978, Portugal) is a director, producer and screenwriter with a degree in Sound and Image from the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University. Throughout his career he has made music videos and fiction and documentary works. His directorial debut Tebas (2007) and short Corrente (2008) were presented at international film festivals, winning several awards. In 2012, he was in charge of curating the provision of films for Gumarães 2012 European Capital of Culture among which were works by Jean-Luc Godard, Aki Kaurismaki and Peter Greenaway.
Filmography
Encados (2001, short), Nicolinas (2002, short doc), Tempo Suspenso (Explosão Introspectiva #7) (2003, short), En Galére (2005, short), Blue Moon Baby (2006, short), Honey You’re Too Much (2006, short), Masquerade (Dressin’ Up) (2006, short doc), Portes (2007, short), Tebas (2007), D. Afonso Henriques (2007, short doc), Corrente/Flow (2008, short), Golias (2010, short doc), Domesticada/Tamed (2011, short), Estrada de Palha (2012), 1960 (2013, doc), O Guardador/The Keeper (2015, short), Ornamento e Crime (2015), Pixel Frio/Cold Pixel (2018, short), Hálito Azul (2018, doc), Surdina (2019), Vencidos da Vida/Down by Life (2020), Arte da Memória (2021, doc), O Prior Homem de Londres/The Worst Man in London (2024)
Rodrigo Areias op IFFR
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Flyby Kathy
Pedro Bastos | 11' | Portugal | World premiere
An adaptation of The Rialto Report’s podcast on Kathy Harcourt’s fate, using images from Paul Vatelli’s Lips. -
Não Sou Nada – The Nothingness Club
Edgar Pêra | 92' | Portugal | World premiere
Edgar Pêra’s psychological thriller explores the demonically kaleidoscopic world of Portuguese modernist poet, Fernando Pessoa. -
The Worst Man in London
Rodrigo Areias | 127' | Portugal | World premiere
Art lover. Rogue. Blackmailer. A fascinating portrait of Victorian art dealer Charles Augustus Howell. -
Ao Lobo da Madragoa
Pedro Bastos | 8' | Portugal | International premiere
An effervescent painterly film tribute – replete with driving organ soundtrack – to 18th-century poet and satirist António Lobo de Carvalho, otherwise -
Luís
João Lopes | 23' | Portugal | International premiere
A ghostly meeting with Luís de Camões, the one-eyed adventurer, widely considered Portugal’s greatest poet. -
Zwazo
Gabriel Abrantes | 17' | Portugal | None
Hinting at Pasolini, under the watchful presence of a vulture and an eagle, transposing ancient Greece to Haiti and asking enough questions in between -
Centro histórico
Aki Kaurismäki, Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice, Manoel de Oliveira | 90' | Portugal | None
A layered omnibus film on the historic town of Guimarães in Northern Portugal, with contributions from maestros Costa, Erice and (local residen -
Arquitectura de peso
Edgar Pêra | 23' | Portugal | International premiere
On the absurdities of a country riddled with economic crisis trying to look powerful and important by way of architectural grand-standing. -
O homem-pykante – Diálogos com Pimenta
Edgar Pêra | 75' | Portugal | None
A multifaceted tribute to polymath Alberto Pimenta: poet, translator (Thomas Bernhard, among others), performer/performance artist, provocateur, porn -
KINORAMA − Cinema Fora de Órbita
Edgar Pêra | 70' | Portugal | World premiere
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 ans