Primeira Idade
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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production |
| Genre | Drama film, Documentary film |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Pedro Fernandes Duarte |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | http://www.primeira-idade.pt |
Primeira Idade is an independent Portuguese film production company based in Lisbon.
It has produced the feature-length hybrid documentary The Metamorphosis of Birds, directed by Catarina Vasconcelos which was world premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, at the Encounters Section,[1] where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film at the Encounters Section.[2]
Films
- Ruby a fiction short film, directed by Mariana Gaivão,[3] winner of the Best Director Award at the Curtas Vila do Conde Festival in 2019, and screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2020.
- Look No Further, directed by André Marques. [4]
- Bad Bunny, directed by Carlos Conceição, world premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week, in May 2017.[5]
International Co-production
Primeira Idade has also co-produced internationally titles such as Snakeskin, directed by Singaporean Daniel Hui, highlighted with the Special Jury Award of the Torino Film Festival in November 2014,[6] as well as the Award of Excellency for the New Asian Currents section of the Yamagata Documentary Film Festival, and a Special Jury Mention at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.
