Pedro Costa

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Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. While studying history at University of Lisbon, Costa switched to film courses at Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema) where he was a student of António Reis, Paulo Rocha and Alberto Seixas Santos. After working as an assistant director to several directors such as Jorge Silva Melo, Vítor Gonçalves and João Botelho, he made a first feature film O Sangue (The Blood) in 1989. He collected the France Culture Award (Foreign Cineaste of the Year) at 2002 Cannes Film Festival for directing the film In Vanda's Room. Colossal Youth was selected for the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and earned the Independent/Experimental prize (Los Angeles Film Critics Association) in 2008. He is considered to be part of "The School of Reis" film family. António Reis, Portuguese director, was his teacher at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called Pedro Costa "the Samuel Beckett of cinema". He is acclaimed for using his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations. Many of his films are set in a district of Lisbon inhabited by socially disadvantaged and shot in a natural and low-key way in documentary format: some are docufictions.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1958-12-30
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Directing
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  • info Birth Place Lisbon, Portugal
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Blood

1989-12-07

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Colossal Youth

2006-05-26

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Colossal Youth

2006-05-26

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Colossal Youth

2006-05-26

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Ossos

1997-11-14

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The Daughters of Fire

2023-05-22

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Change Nothing

2009-11-19

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Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

2003-01-15

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In Vanda's Room

2001-03-02

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Casa de Lava

1995-02-10

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Memories

2007-01-01

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Memories

2007-01-01

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Our Man

2010-02-05

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Our Man

2010-02-05

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Historic Centre

2012-11-10

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The State of the World

2007-06-16

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Historic Centre

2012-11-10

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6 Bagatelas

2001-09-05

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Agosto

1988-05-05

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Atlântida: Do Outro Lado do Espelho

1994-07-14

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Horse Money

2014-08-13

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The End of a Love Affair

2003-01-01

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Sweet Exorcist

2012-11-01

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Sweet Exorcist

2012-11-01

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The Rabbit Hunters

2007-06-01

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Tarrafal

2007-05-24

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In Vanda's Room

2001-03-02

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A Girl in Summer

1986-12-11

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Minino macho, Minino fêmea

2006-02-14

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Horse Money

2014-08-13

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Change Nothing

2005-10-21

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Hovering Over the Water

1993-02-24

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¡Qué vienen los Beatles!

1995-07-04

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¡Qué vienen los Beatles!

1995-07-04

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Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes

2001-07-11

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Blood

1989-12-07

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Ossos

1997-11-14

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Vitalina Varela

2019-10-07

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Historic Centre

2012-11-10

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Casa de Lava

1995-02-10

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Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

2003-01-15

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How I Fell in Love with Eva Ras

2016-10-22

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The Daughters of Fire

2023-05-22

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Fire of Wind

2024-08-13

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Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes

2001-07-11

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Vitalina Varela

2019-10-07

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In Vanda's Room

2001-03-02

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The End of a Love Affair

2003-01-01

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É Tudo Invenção Nossa

1984-01-01

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Change Nothing

2009-11-19

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A Portuguese Farewell

1986-04-16