Marta Mateus
Portuguese director born 1984
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Marta Mateus (born 1984) is a Portuguese film director. She is known for her first film Fogo do Vento (Fire of Wind). Her work has been compared to that of Straub-Huillet.[1][2]
Education and early life
Career
She began her directing career with the 2017 short film Farpões Baldios [Barbs, Wastelands]. In 2018, she joined the Casa de Velázquez, Académie de France à Madrid. In 2018 she also founded the production company Clarão Companhia.[3]
This led to her directing and producing her first feature length film Fogo do Vento (Fire of Wind) released in 2024.[5] The film took four years to complete and was set in the Alentejo region where Mateus grew up.[4][3] It premiered in the main competition at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in 2024.[4]