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Rita Azevedo Gomes

Rita Azevedo Gomes (born c. 1952) is an award-winning Portuguese film director. Her career dates from the early 70s and spans cinema, theatre and opera. In 2001 she presented her work in various film festivals including Venice, Montreal, and Turin. Altar (2002) won the prize for best director at the Angra do Heroísmo international film festival and premiered in Portugal in September 2002. This was followed in 2004 by A 15ª Pedra: Manoel de Oliveira e João Bénard da Costa em Conversa Filmada, which was shown at the Marseille, Procida and Doclisboa film festivals in 2005, as well in The Ancient Art Museum and Serralves Foundation. Also in 2005, she was commissioned by Faro Capital da Cultura to direct The Conquest of Faro, which was presented at the 2005 Turin Film Festival and had its national premiere in Faro in December 2005. A Colecção Invisível (The Invisible Collection, 2009) will have its premier in Lisbon at the Cinemateca Portuguesa. Her most recent film, A Portuguesa (The Portuguese), inspired in Robert Musil’s novel Die Portugiesin, is in post-production.


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Born:
Jan 1, 1952 In Lisbon, Portugal
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Karl Martin 1974-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Life Lasts Two Days 2022-07-08
Known For
Poster of Life Lasts Two Days
Poster of Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
Poster of O Construtor de Anjos
Poster of Karl Martin
Filmography
Movie Life Lasts Two Days 2022-07-08
Movie Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies 2019-07-12
Movie Principiantes 2018-06-20
Movie What Now? Remind Me Self 2014-08-08
Movie A Portuguese Film Herself 2011-10-28
Movie No Tempo do Cinema Herself 2006-05-21
Movie O Construtor de Anjos 1978-01-01
Movie Karl Martin 1974-01-01