Biography
Rita Azevedo Gomes (born c. 1952) is an award-winning Portuguese film director.
Her career dates from the early 70s and spans cinema, theatre and opera. In 2001 she presented her work in various film festivals including Venice, Montreal, and Turin. Altar (2002) won the prize for best director at the Angra do Heroísmo international film festival and premiered in Portugal in September 2002. This was followed in 2004 by A 15ª Pedra: Manoel de Oliveira e João Bénard da Costa em Conversa Filmada, which was shown at the Marseille, Procida and Doclisboa film festivals in 2005, as well in The Ancient Art Museum and Serralves Foundation. Also in 2005, she was commissioned by Faro Capital da Cultura to direct The Conquest of Faro, which was presented at the 2005 Turin Film Festival and had its national premiere in Faro in December 2005. A Colecção Invisível (The Invisible Collection, 2009) will have its premier in Lisbon at the Cinemateca Portuguesa. Her most recent film, A Portuguesa (The Portuguese), inspired in Robert Musil’s novel Die Portugiesin, is in post-production.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Fuck the Polis
Character:
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Life Lasts Two Days
Character:
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Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
Character:
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Principiantes
Character:
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What Now? Remind Me
Character: Self
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A Portuguese Film
Character: Herself
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No Tempo do Cinema
Character: Herself
MOVIE • 2006
O Construtor de Anjos
Character:
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Karl Martin
Character:
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Crew
Crew Credits
Fuck the Polis
Role: Director
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Fuck the Polis
Role: Writer
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Fuck the Polis
Role: Producer
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Fuck the Polis
Role: Director of Photography
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Fuck the Polis
Role: Editor
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The Kegelstatt Trio
Role: Editor
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The Kegelstatt Trio
Role: Writer
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The Kegelstatt Trio
Role: Director
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o Ah! das coisas. o pecado de João Palolo
Role: Director
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o Ah! das coisas. “Nos quartos das freiras não há espelhos.”
Role: Director
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o Ah! das coisas. “Um dia voltei ao quarto…”
Role: Director
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O Ah! das coisas, 21 de Abril 2020
Role: Director
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O Ah! das coisas, 6 de Abril 2020
Role: Director
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Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
Role: Producer
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The Portuguese Woman
Role: Producer
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The Portuguese Woman
Role: Director
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The Portuguese Woman
Role: Screenplay
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The Portuguese Woman
Role: Editor
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Correspondences
Role: Editor
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