Marco Martins
Marco Martins | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Occupation | film director |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Marco Martins (born 1972) is a Portuguese Film and Theatre director, best known for his 2005 film Alice, which premiered at Cannes and won the Best Picture Award at the Directors' Fortnight.
Biography[edit]
In 1994 Marco Martins graduated from Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), and soon afterwards undertook an apprenticeship with Wim Wenders, Manoel de Oliveira and Bertrand Tavernier.
During this period, his short films Mergulho no Ano Novo and No Caminho Para a Escola received critical acclaim, the former winning Best Short Film Award at the International Short Films Festival of Vila do Conde, and the latter taking Best Short Film and Best Director Awards at the VII Festival Ibérico de Cinema de Badajoz as well as the Eixo Atlântico Award at the Festival de Ourense.
In 2005, his first feature film, Alice, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and received a number of international awards and made the long list for the Academy Awards Foreign Language Film prize.
A year later Marco Martins collaborates with screenwriter Tonino Guerra (a regular collaborator with Michelangelo Antonioni, Fellini, Tarkovsky or Theo Angelopoulos) in the film A Longer Year premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival in competition.
In 2007, together with the actress Beatriz Batarda, he created the theater company Arena Ensemble. A creative platform where he develops a work with a strong experimental and social component. His works, for the stage, have been presented on the main national stages and in international festivals. In 2018, his show Provisional Figures, created with the Portuguese community of Great Yarmouth, debuted at the Norwich / Norfolk International Festival. His most recent creation Perfil Perdu debuted at the Istanbul International Festival.
In 2011 the director collaborated with the artist Filipa César in the short film Insert, part of the artist's exhibition at the Centro Cultural de Belém, which would win the prestigious BES PHOTO prize and debut at the Rotterdam International Festival.
In 2013, Marco Martins collaborates with the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in the creation of the film Twenty-One-Twelve- The Day The World Didn't End premiered at the Louvre Museum and at the Rome Festival.
In 2016 directed São Jorge presented at Venice Film Festival ( Golden Lion Best actor) and portuguese contender to the oscars.
In 2022 directed Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures based on their earlier 2018 theater production. It debuted at the San Sebastian Film Festival where it was nominated for a Golden Shell prize.
Filmography[edit]
Cinema[edit]
- Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures (2022)
- Saint George (São Jorge) (2016)
- Twenty-One-Twelve: The Day the World Didn't End (2013)
- Keep Going (2011)
- Traces of a Diary (2009 / 2010) (documentário)
- Insert (2010 / 2011) (curta-metragem)
- How to Draw a Perfect Circle (Como Desenhar um Círculo Perfeito) (2009 / 2010)
- A Longer Year (Um Ano Mais Longo) (2006 / 2007) (curta-metragem)
- Alice (2005 / 2006)
- On My Way to School (No Caminho para a Escola) (1998) (curta-metragem)
- Clockwise (1996) (curta-metragem)
- Não Basta Ser Cruel (1995) (curta-metragem)
- New Year´s Dive (Mergulho no Ano Novo) (1992) (curta-metragem)
TV[edit]
- Sara (2018)
Awards and festivals[edit]
| Film | Awards | Festivals | |
| Sara (2018) | Television - Fiction | Autores Awards, Portugal | Winner |
| Best Series or TV Movie | Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards | Winner | |
| Best Series | Tropheus TV 7 Dias | Nominee | |
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Actress | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | |||
| Saint George
(São Jorge) (2016) |
Venice Horizons Award - Best Actor | Venice Film Festival | Winner |
| Venice Horizons Award - Best Film | Nominee | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards | Winner | |
| Best Director | |||
| Best Film | |||
| Best Cinematography | |||
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Art Direction | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | |||
| Best Actress | Nominee | ||
| Best Original Music | |||
| Best Sound | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | |||
| Best Make-Up | |||
| Best Editing | |||
| Portuguese Nomination | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(Oscars) |
Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Autores Awards, Portugal | Winner | |
| Best Film | |||
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Movie | Golden Globes, Portugal | Winner | |
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Nominee | ||
| Portuguese Nomination | Goya Awards | Nominee | |
| Sydney Film Festival | |||
| Chicago International Film Festival | |||
| Best Director | International Film Festival & Awards Macau | Winner | |
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Movie | Nominee | ||
| Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo | |||
| Buenos Aires Film Festival | |||
| Dubai International Film Festival | |||
| Thessaloniki International Film Festival | |||
| Performance in a Leading Role | Screen Actors GDA Foundation | Winner | |
| Prix Sauvage - Best Feature Film | Festival of European Films in Paris | Nominee | |
| Prague Febiofest | |||
| Hong Kong European FF | |||
| International Film Festival of Panama | |||
| Barcelona International Auteur Film Festival | |||
| Krakow Off Camera | |||
| Film Festival Munich | |||
| Tbilissi Film Festival | |||
| Goa Film Festival | |||
| Copenhagen CPH PIX | |||
| Venice in Napoles Film Festival | |||
| 20 Semaine du Cinema Lusophone | |||
| Don Quijote Award | Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português | Winner | |
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | |||
| Top Ten of the Year (National Competition) | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner | |
| Audience Award - Top Ten of the Year | |||
| Best Film (National Competition) | |||
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Screenplay (National Competition) | Nominee | ||
| Best Director (National Competition) | |||
| Best Trailer (National Competition) | |||
| Best Poster (National Competition) | |||
| Best Special Effects (National Competition) | |||
| Best Make-Up (National Competition) | |||
| Best Art Direction (National Competition) | |||
| Best Original Music (National Competition) | |||
| Best Cinematography (National Competition) | |||
| Best Editing (National Competition) | |||
| Best Ensemble (National Competition) | |||
| Best Supporting Actress (National Competition) | |||
| Best Supporting Actor (National Competition) | |||
| Jury Award - Best Film | Áquila Awards | Nominee | |
| Jury Award - Best Director | |||
| Jury Award - Best Actor | |||
| Jury Award - Best Supporting Actor | |||
| Twenty One Twelve:
The Day the World Didn’t End (2013) |
Official Competition | Festival de Roma | |
| Official Competition | DocLisboa | ||
| Louvre Museum | |||
| Insert (2010 / 2011)
(co-directed Filipa César) |
International Film Festival Rotterdam | ||
| Best Director | IndieLisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema | Winner | |
| Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro | |||
| Femina – International Women’s Film Festival | |||
| Rencontres Audiovisuelles Lille International
Short Film Festival |
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| Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival | |||
| EUNIC Stockholm Kulturhuset | |||
| BES Photo 2010 Award | BES Photo 2010 | Winner | |
| Bienal de São Paulo | |||
| Keep Going (2011)
Documentary |
DocLisboa | ||
| Traces of a Diary
(2009 / 2010) |
Jury International Award - Honorable Mention | Documenta Madrid | Winner |
| Goteborg Film Festival | |||
| Experimental Film Competition | Traverse City Film Festival | ||
| Bradford International Film Festival | |||
| 5ª Mostra do Documentário Português
Panorama |
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| Transilvania International Film Festival | |||
| National Competition | IndieLisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema | ||
| Art International Competition | Era New Horizons | ||
| Rio de Janeiro International Festival | |||
| Mountain Film Festival | |||
| Kaliningrad European Union Film Festival | |||
| 32nd Noorderlijk Film Festival | |||
| Mostra Foto Cine Rio de Janeiro | |||
| How to Draw a
Perfect Circle (Como Desenhar um Círculo Perfeito) (2009 / 2010) |
Andorinha Trophy - Best Music | CinePort – Portuguese Speaking
Countries’ Film Festival |
Winner |
| Andorinha Trophy - Best Actress | Nominee | ||
| Best Director (National Competition) | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner | |
| Best Film | Golden Globes, Portugal | Nominee | |
| Best Actor | |||
| IndieLisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema | |||
| Kaliningrad European Union Film Festival | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português | Winner | |
| Best Art Direction | |||
| Best Original Score | |||
| Best Film | Nominee | ||
| European Union Film Festival | |||
| Special Jury Prize - Ensemble Acting | Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival | Winner | |
| Shooting Star Award | Estoril Film Festival | Winner | |
| Puchon International Film Festival | |||
| Muestra de Cine Português | |||
| A Longer Year
(Um Ano Mais Longo) (2006 / 2007) |
Official Competition | Venice Film Festival | |
| Lisbon Village Festival | |||
| Toulouse Latin American Film Festival | |||
| Alice (2005 / 2006) | Prix Regards Jeune - Best Feature Film | Cannes Film Festival | Winner |
| C.I.C.A.E. | Nominee | ||
| Golden Camera | |||
| Best Director | Mar del Plata Film Festival | Winner | |
| FIPRESCI | |||
| ADF Cinematography Award | |||
| Best Film (International Competition) | Nominee | ||
| European Discovery – Fassbinder Award | European Film Awards | Nominee | |
| Best Director | London Raindance Film Festival | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Berlin International Film Festival
Shooting stars |
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| European Union Film Festival, China | |||
| Kaliningrad European Union Film Festival | |||
| IFFI Goa | |||
| Top Films of the Decade (National Competition) | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner | |
| Best Latin-American Film | Ariel Awards, México | Nominee | |
| Best New Director | Las Palmas Film Festival | Winner | |
| Best Foreign Film | The Oscars | Nominee | |
| Best movie | Golden Globes, Portugal | Winner | |
| Best Actor | |||
| Best Actress | Nominee | ||
| Best Film | Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português | Winner | |
| Best Director | CinePort – Portuguese Speaking
Countries’ Film Festival |
Winner | |
| Best Editing | |||
| Best Cinematography | |||
| Best Soundtrack | |||
| Best Cinematography | Festival de Cinema Mediterrâneo | Winner | |
| Candidato Português | Luís Buñuel Award | ||
| Febiofest | |||
| 1000.000 Retinas | |||
| Jeonju International Film Festival | |||
| Best Director | Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro | Winner | |
| Best Actor | |||
| Official Competition | Lubliana Film Festival | ||
| Official Competition | Taiwan Film Festival | ||
| Danish Film Institute | |||
| Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | |||
| Haifa International Film Festival | |||
| Official Competition | Festival do Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Official Competition | Provincetown Film Festival | ||
| Official Competition | New York Tribeca Film Festival | ||
| BFI – London Psychology Film Festival | |||
| Havana Internacional Film Festival | |||
| MK2 Paris Festival
Mostra de Novo Cinema Português |
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| On My Way to School
(No Caminho para a Escola) (1998) |
Eixo Atlântico Award
Best Film |
Ourense Independent Film Festival | Winner |
| Best Film | Iberia Film Festival | Winner | |
| Best Director | |||
| New Year’s Dive
(Mergulho no Ano Novo) (1992) |
Best Film (National Competition) | Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival | Winner |
| Tel-Aviv International Film Festival | |||
| Valencia Film | |||
| Festival Cinema Juve’95 | |||
| Toulouse Film Festival |
References[edit]
- Por Outro Lado, interview with Ana Sousa Dias, Marco Martins and Nuno Lopes for RTP.
- Alice DVD Special Edition, Lusomundo, Portugal
External links[edit]
- Marco Martins at IMDb
- https://vimeo.com/marcomartins
- Site oficial de Alice
- https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/alice-3-1200525802/
- https://www.screendaily.com/alice/4023383.article
- https://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2005/05/18/alice-absence-aigue_520205
- https://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2008/01/11/alice_998494_3238.html
- https://www.publico.pt/2005/10/06/culturaipsilon/critica/a-imagem-vazia-1653260
- https://www.snpcultura.org/amar_as_diferencas.html
- https://www.publico.pt/2013/05/17/culturaipsilon/noticia/filme-do-realizador-marco-martins-tem-estreia-mundial-no-louvre-1594641
- https://www.publico.pt/2017/03/16/culturaipsilon/critica/sao-jorge-1765263
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/saint-george-sao-jorge-924958
- https://expresso.pt/cultura/2017-03-09-Sao-Jorge-a-crise-financeira-derrotou-nos-fisicamente
- https://www.leparisien.fr/festival-de-cannes/saint-georges-nous-met-ko-17-05-2017-6955704.php
- https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2017/05/17/03002-20170517ARTFIG00204--saint-georges-boxer-savie.php
- https://www.publico.pt/2018/12/21/culturaipsilon/noticia/marco-martins-lancou-achas-fogueira-1855152
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