Dissemination

António Costa Valente receives honours for two films at the MA Beach Film Festival

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António Costa Valente, a researcher at CIAC, is the production curator on two films honoured at the MA Beach Film Festival in Brazil, “O Antiquário” and “A Espuma e o Leão”.

The animated film “O Antiquário”, directed by the doyen of Portuguese animation cinema, Manuel Matos Barbosa, has just won the main prize in the international competition at the MA Beach Film Festival in Brazil. In addition to the Best Film award, the director was also honoured with the Best Screenplay award. “O Antiquário” is a film adaptation of a short story by Fialho de Almeida. The film featured the voice of actor Ruy de Carvalho and music by Joaquim Pavão.

This festival also honoured Cláudio Jordão’s film “A Espuma e o Leão” with the Best Thematic Representation Award. This film about the history of Olhão, which was supported by the city council, has received more than 80 awards at festivals on five continents.

The MA Beach Film Festival took place this year in Cururupu in the state of Maranhão, extending its screenings and activities to various quilombola communities, the interior, the Guarás Forest and even the well-known Lençóis Maranhenses.

Under the slogan “Black Ancestry and Human Rights”, the festival brought together literature and cinema, honouring the careers of Lourdinha Siqueira and José Araújo as artists and human rights defenders.

Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Milena Carvalho, the festival brought together curators and an international jury from both sides of the South Atlantic, America, and Africa.

“O Antiquário” and “A Espuma e o Leão” were both curated and produced by CIAC researcher António Costa Valente and had the support of the Ministry of Culture’s ICA (Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual), as well as the participation of CIAC.

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