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Pedro Costa (born 30 December 1958) is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood.
Mar 10, 2010 · Portuguese director Pedro Costa is the internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist behind the films Ossos, In Vanda’s Room, and Colossal Youth, available from Criterion in the special edition four-DVD box set Letters from Fontainhas: Three Films by Pedro Costa.
Pedro Costa is a key member of the 1990’s generation of filmmakers from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). A singular case in the last thirty years of...
Pedro Costa was born on 30 December 1958 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Horse Money (2014), Vitalina Varela (2019) and Colossal Youth (2006).
Jan 25, 2020 · Masterclass: Pedro Costa | IFFR 2020. International Film Festival Rotterdam. 150K subscribers. Subscribed. 990. 43K views 4 years ago. The Portuguese director of Vitalina Varela tells the...
Mar 30, 2010 · In 1997, Pedro Costa made Ossos in Fontainhas. This was a traditional production, shot in 35 mm, with tracks, floodlights, and assistants. Costa was a professional, a part of the Portuguese film industry. The shoot proceeded with everyone doing his job, following the routine of European art film.
Dec 30, 2019 · Throughout his career, Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa has moved almost exclusively along a single trajectory, creating a hermetically sealed universe inspired by the marginalised residents of Fontainhas, a now-demolished shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon.
