According to The Portugal News, the awards for the 35th edition of the Marseille International Film Festival (FIDMarseille), announced today, have awarded Ico Costa's feature film the Prix Européen des Lycéens Fondation Vacances Bleues (Blue Holidays Foundation), aimed at new talent and the discovery of new cinematographies, and an honourable mention in the Prix de L'École de la 2e Chance, also known as the Prix de la Hope, supported by the Marseille Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts.
The juries for the Marseille Festival awards are made up, respectively, of secondary school students, this year involving students from schools in Greece, Spain, and Germany, and the region's vocational education system.
"O Ouro e o Mundo" is Ico Costa's second feature film and was shot in Mozambique, where the director has been working in recent years. The film made its international premiere at the Festival in Marseille, a few weeks after being awarded Best Portuguese Feature Film at the IndieLisboa festival.
Regarding the production of “O Ouro e o Mundo”, a French co-production, Ico Costa explained that the film was postponed several times due to the pandemic, and the circumstances on the ground ended up dictating that it be made with “a small team and minimal equipment”.
In addition to "O Ouro e o Mundo", the Portuguese presence in the Marseille competition also included "Sob a chama da candeia", by André Gil Mata, co-produced by Portugal and France. The film has slow shots and little dialogue, and is the director's most recent feature film, after "The Tree", from 2018, and the short film "O Patio do Carrasco", from 2023.
The Doc Alliance programme, from a documentary festival platform of which FIDMarseille is a part, included "As melusinas à beira do rio", by Melanie Pereira, and "Like the glitch of a Ghost", by Paula Albuquerque, in addition to the Portuguese minority co-production 'shorts' "I stumble every time I hear from Kiyv" and "Smoke of the fire", both by Ukrainian filmmaker Daryna Mamaisur, who settled in Portugal.
The festival featured a retrospective of the films of Brazilian director Adirley Queirós and Portuguese director Joana Pimenta.
The juries for the Marseille Festival awards are made up, respectively, of secondary school students, this year involving students from schools in Greece, Spain, and Germany, and the region's vocational education system.
"O Ouro e o Mundo" is Ico Costa's second feature film and was shot in Mozambique, where the director has been working in recent years. The film made its international premiere at the Festival in Marseille, a few weeks after being awarded Best Portuguese Feature Film at the IndieLisboa festival.
Regarding the production of “O Ouro e o Mundo”, a French co-production, Ico Costa explained that the film was postponed several times due to the pandemic, and the circumstances on the ground ended up dictating that it be made with “a small team and minimal equipment”.
In addition to "O Ouro e o Mundo", the Portuguese presence in the Marseille competition also included "Sob a chama da candeia", by André Gil Mata, co-produced by Portugal and France. The film has slow shots and little dialogue, and is the director's most recent feature film, after "The Tree", from 2018, and the short film "O Patio do Carrasco", from 2023.
The Doc Alliance programme, from a documentary festival platform of which FIDMarseille is a part, included "As melusinas à beira do rio", by Melanie Pereira, and "Like the glitch of a Ghost", by Paula Albuquerque, in addition to the Portuguese minority co-production 'shorts' "I stumble every time I hear from Kiyv" and "Smoke of the fire", both by Ukrainian filmmaker Daryna Mamaisur, who settled in Portugal.
The festival featured a retrospective of the films of Brazilian director Adirley Queirós and Portuguese director Joana Pimenta.
