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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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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Pedro Costa
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Dialogues clandestins 2001
2001-01-01
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Finding the Criminal
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All Blossoms Again: Pedro Costa, Director
2006-07-10
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Sacavém: The Films of Pedro Costa
2019-05-07
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Wiara
2018-01-14
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Uncertain Path
2021-10-26
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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