Miguel Gomes was born in Lisbon in 1972. He studied at the Lisbon Film and Theatre School and worked as a film critic for the Portuguese press between 1996 and 2000.
He directed several short films awarded in festivals such as Oberhausen, Belfort and Vila do Conde, and screened at Locarno, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Vienna. THE FACE YOU DESERVE (2004) was his first feature film. In 2008, he presented his film, OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Festival, which was subsequently selected in more than forty international festivals where he won over a dozen prizes.The Viennale (Austria, 2008), Bafici (Argentina, 2009) and the Centro de Artes e Imaxes da Corunha (Spain, 2009) included retrospectives of his films. He is about to release a new feature film called TABU
KALKITOS
Synopsis
A 20 year old young man asks some kids if he can play football with them. They think it’s weird and ask him how old is he. When he answers «I’m ten» he is laughed at. But he is going to find another group of kids who are different, just like him…
Director's Bio-filmography
TABU [2012] • OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST [2008] • CANTICLE OF ALL CREATURES [2006] • THE FACE YOU DESERVE [2004] • PRE-EVOLUTION SOCCER’S ONE MINUTE AFTER A GOLDEN GOAL IN THE MASTER LEAGUE [2003] • KALKITOS [2002] • THIRTY-ONE MEANS TROUBLE [2002] • A CHRISTMAS INVENTORY [2000] • MEANWHILE [1999]
Theatrical release
PORTUGUESE RELEASE AS PART OF DINAMITEM A TERRA DO NUNCA (COMPOSED BY THE SHORTS KALKITOS, CORPO E MEIO, 31, REMAINS) ON JULY THE 4TH 2003
Festivals
Cinematexas International Film Festival [USA, 2002]
Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno [Switzerland, 2002]
Images
Cast
André Delphim • Patrícia Portela • Ricardo Gross • Hugo Faustino • João Navarro
Crew
directed and written by Miguel Gomes • cinematography João Nicolau • sound director João Nicolau, Miguel Gomes • editing João Nicolau, Miguel Gomes • producers Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
35MM | 1:1.16 | 19’
© O SOM E A FÚRIA 2002
