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
A CHRISTMAS INVENTORY
Synopsis
25th December in the middle eighties. The Family get together in the grandparents’house.
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
RELEASED WITH THE SHORT RESPIRAR (DEBAIXO DE ÁGUA) BY ANTÓNIO FERREIRA ON DECEMBER THE 15TH 2000
Festivals
Tampere International Short Film Festival [Finlande,2002]
Fantasporto [Portugal, 2002]
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Crew
Directed and written by Miguel Gomes • Cinematography Rui Poças • Sound Director Luís bBotelho • Editing Manuel Mozos • Producer João Figueiras, Sandro Aguilar
35mm| 1:1,66 | 23’ | COLOUR | PT
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