André Gil Mata
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Place of Birth: São João da Madeira, Portugal
Biography: André Gil Mata was born in 1978. Having studied mathematics, he has worked mostly in photography, theatre and film and is one of the founders of the Portuguese photography and cinema laboratory Átomo 47. In 2009, his debut short-film WATER ARK won several awards having been shown in several international festivals, as well as his second short-film HOUSE. GRAVEDIGGER, his third short-film, won the Mèlies d'Argent and CAPTIVITY, his first feature-length documentary won the DocAlliance Award at Cannes, in 2013. Gil Mata obtained his master degree in film direction in 2012, at Lisbon Theatre and Film School and finished his PhD at Film. Factory (Sarajevo) in 2016.
Movies
The Damned Yard
In an ominous Lisbon courtyard where the last executioner of the kingdom once lived, an accident is ...
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Ubu
Ubu, instigated by his wife, murders King Venceslau and usurps the throne of Poland. Intoxicated by ...
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Tanganhom
Melgaço, Parada do Monte. The memory of a chance encounter on the border between the real and the im...
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Beard
Caught in time, a trio of prehistoric characters lives around a dolmen. One of them, who is hyperact...
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Labirinto
Director Júlio Bessa, who suffers from "stage fright" will make an introduction to his latest film a...
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The Gravedigger
Inspired by popular cult, O COVEIRO is part light part darkness, a bedtime story and almost a nightm...
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Calhau
Three men wash ashore in a forgotten cove, where time seems to have stood still. Surrounded by volca...
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