Filipa Reis

Country: Portugal

Born: 1977

EP 2017

About

Filipa Reis is a producer and a filmmaker. In 2008, she started her own production company for which she creates, develops and directs projects for television under the Vende-se Filmes label and film projects under the Uma Pedra no Sapato label. She produced Balada de um atráquio by Leonor Teles which won the Golden Bear for the Best Short Film at the Berlinale 2016.

finished projects

Batrachian's Ballad (documentary) - Leonor Teles 11 min Portugal 2016 Producer Like the Gypsies, ceramic frogs don't go unnoticed to a careful observer. Batrachian's Ballad comes about in a context of ambiguity.

On the Side (documentary) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 35 min Portugal 2015 Producer, Co-director A possible portrait of Portugal in 2015. A time when there is no longer work for some and no leisure time for others

The End of the World (fiction) - Pedro Pinho 63 min Portugal 2013 Producer A day at the beach, just before the summer holidays. A recently arrived girl who causes some curiosity. A whisper.

The Case of J. (fiction) - José Filipe Costa 20 min Portugal 2017 Producer A courtroom is a theatre and a death may be staged. Two policemen are accused in a court of law of the unlawful murder of J.

Djon Africa (fiction) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 110 min Portugal, Brazil, Cape Vert 2018 Co-director Djon África, learns that genetics can be cruel when his physiognomy denounce him as his father’s son.

Ashore (documentary) - Leonor Teles 90 min Portugal 2018 Producer Ashore portrays the life of a singular fisherman in an ancient riverfront community near Lisbon.

A Pleasure, Comrades! (documentary) - José Filipe Costa 90 min Portugal 2019 Producer In 1975, they were young and came from all over Europe to work in the cooperatives of a Portugal in the throes of revolution.

Dogs barking at birds (fiction) - Leonor Teles 20 min Portugal 2019 Producer School is over and there's a hustle in the air.

Party Day (fiction) - Sofia Bost 17 min Portugal 2019 Producer Mena lives alone with her daughter Clara. Today is Clara’s seventh birthday. Despite her limited financial resources, Mena organises a birthday party.

The Indispensible Practice of Vagueness (documentary) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 45 min Portugal 2014 Director, Producer Ar.Co embodies each person’s geography, it escapes normalisation. Each individual’s experience is his own.

Fragments of a Participant Observation (documentary) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 32 min Portugal 2013 Director, Producer While observing others, Paula is also, herself, observed.

Bela Vista (documentary) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 30 min Portugal 2012 Director, Producer BELA (Beautiful) VISTA (Sight) BELA VISTA. Neighborhood, city of Setúbal, Setúbal district, Portugal.

Cat's Cradle (documentary) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 57 min Portugal 2012 Director, Producer There’s a children’s game that, in Portugal, goes by the name cat’s cradle.

Nada Fazi (documentary) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 20 Portugal 2011 Director, Producer Three PhD Students do a thesis research on “10 years of Social Reinsertion at Casal da Boba neighborhood”.

Generation Orchestra (documentary) - Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra 63 min Portugal 2011 Director, Producer Generation Orchestra is a portrait of the impact of an initiative by the same name on students from a school in Amadora.

Li Ké Terra (documentary) - Filipa Reis e João Miller Guerra 65 min Portugal 2010 Director, Producer Li Ké Terra (Our Home) tells the story of two Cape Verdean immigrant descendants who live in Portugal with no legal docs.

Personal Questionaire

Favourite song: M.I.A.: Paper Planes

Favourite Book: Manhã by Adilia Lopes

Animal: An Orixá – Iansan
Artist: Ana Mendieta
Approach to Filmmaking: A stone in the shoe will make you come to.
One Word: Share
Combination of 2 Colours: Yellow and Red
Object: Spoon
Dream: Using the same team in a film after film, it was possible to establish a relationship with the characters and places which allowed us to arrive at a fascinating intimacy that becomes the most important value to be preserved. It is this intimacy, along with the memory of a grandeur that exists and shall always exist within human nature, that reveals itself in a surprising way and that we share in the film.

Admired Films:
Ela Volta na Quinta / André Novais / 2015
Liverpool / Lisandro Alonso / 2008
Shara / Naomi Kawase / 2003
En construcción / José Luis Guerín / 2001
No Quatro da Vanda / Pedro Costa / 2000
Os Mutantes / Teresa Villaverde / 1998
O Último Mergulho / Joao Cesar Monteiro / 1992
A nous amour / Maurice Pialat / 1983
Touki Bouki / Djibril Diop Mambéty / 1973

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