THE KINGS’S BODY / O CORPO DE AFONSO
A short film by João Pedro Rodrigues
DOC – FIC / Portugal / 2013 / 32’ / HD colour
Commissioned by Guimarães European Capital of Culture 2012
SYNOPSIS
How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, subject to successive mythifications throughout Portuguese history?
CREDITS
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
Producer: João Figueiras, Blackmaria Produção Audiovisual / Fundação Cidade de Guimarães
Script: João Pedro Rodrigues
Cinematography: João Pedro Rodrigues
Editing: Mariana Gaivão
Sound: Carlos Conceição, Nuno Carvalho
Financed by: Guimarães European Capital of Culture 2012
Distribution and Sales: Agência – Portuguese Short Film Agency
FILM FESTIVALS
2018 Extra Extra Weekend – Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 Filmadrid – Festival Internacional de Cinema, Spain
2017 João Pedro Rodrigues – Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil
2017 Institute of Modern Art – Australia, Australia
2016 The Short Film Day – Barcelona, Spain
2016 João Pedro Rodrigues at the Centre Pompidou, France
2016 Mix Brasil Festival Culture of Diversity, Brazil
2016 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel
2015 Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
2015 Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan
2015 Mostra Internacional Audiovisual Curta o Gênero, Brazil
2015 Harvard University – Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, USA 2015 Pink Life Queer Fest, Turkey
2014 Cinedays Film Festival, República da Macedónia
2014 Curtocircuito Santiago de Compostela – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes, Spain
2014 Mostra – Porto Post Doc: Film & Media Festival, Portugal
2014 FIRE!! Mostra Internacional de Cinema Gay e Lésbico, Spain
2014 Rencontres Internationales Berlin, France
2014 In&Out – Festival du Film Gay & Lesbien de Nice, France
2014 CINEPORT – Festival de Cinema de Países de Língua Portuguesa, Brazil
2014 NexT International Film Festival, Romania
2014 Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, Argentina
2014 FICUNAM International Film Festival, Mexico
2014 Les Rencontres Internationales Paris, France
2013 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania
2013 Ciclo de Cinema Português – Galiza, Spain
2013 Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), USA
2013 Ciclo de Cinema Português – Valencia, Spain
2013 Sevilla Festival de Cine – Cine Europeo y Contemporáneo, Spain
2013 PinkScreens festival – Genres d’à côté, Belgium
2013 DocLisboa – Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival, Korea
2013 Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil
2013 BUSAN International Film Festival, Korea
2013 New York Film Festival, USA 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada
2013 Festival Internaziomale del Film Locarno, Switzerland
2013 Curtas Vila do Conde Festival Internacional de Cinema, Portugal
2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2019 Primavera Literária, Portugal
2019 International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen – 20 anos Agência, Germany
2019 Identidade Nacional (Princípe Real), Portugal
2018 Extra Extra Weekend – Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 João Pedro Rodrigues – Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brazil
2016 The Short Film Day – Barcelona, Spain
2016 João Pedro Rodrigues at the Centre Pompidou Paris, France
2016 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Israel
2014 Les Rencontres Internationales Paris 11.2013Ciclo de Cinema Português – Galiza, Spain
2013 Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), UC Berkeley Art Museum, USA
2013 Ciclo de Cinema Português – Valencia, Spain
