CARLOS PIRES DA SILVEIRA

Short Film Director since 2014, Freelancer. Themes related to the material and immaterial cultural heritage and history of Portugal.

2024 “A Janela de Pedra (the stone window)
2023 “O Cântico da Terra” (The Song of the Earth);
2023 “Uma Noite de Luar” (A Moonlight Night);
2022 "Uma Terra de Adoção" (adoptive land);
2022 "Poíesis (uma maratona de poesia));
2021 "As ruas dos guarda-chuvas (the streets of umbrellas);
2021 "Duomo (Milan Cathedral);
2021 "O primeiro dia (the very first day);
2020 "as crianças do lago" (lake children);
2019: “Caminho de Estrelas” “la ruta estrellada” “starry path”;
2018 " A Aldeia Solitária" (the lonely village");
2018 "candle river" (rio de cera) ;
2018 “Belmonte”;
2017 "Dressed in gold" (Viana do Castelo);
2017 "El Camino" (the Way);
2017 "fortunate isles - Azores";
2017 "O maravilhoso reino da terra" (the wonderful kingdom on earth);
2016 "in the kingdom of Siam";
2016 "untamed land" (Gerês);
2016 “city of waves (Nazaré)”;
2015 "Vilar de Perdizes - a pagan festival";
2015 "Tomar" (The Festival of Trays);
2015 "the legend of the almond blossom" (A lenda das amendoeiras em flor);
2014 “Xelb Dances (Silves);
2014 “The Sea of Navigators” (Navegadores);

Last Screenings (Prémios/Seleção Oficial):
2021:
"A Aldeia Solitária" (the lonely village) 18 m. version;
- Semi-finalist of "The International Film Festival «Ambitus», Saint Petersburg, 2021;
- Official Selection of Emerald Peacock - Film Festival, Saint Petersburg, 2022; Russian Federation.
- SPECIAL JURY AWARD of "BRAZIL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL", 2021;
- Official Selection of "BRAZIL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL", 2021;
- Official Selection of "LIFT-OFF, Global Network", 2021

"as crianças do lago" (lake children), 2020 (https://vimeo.com/497340276)
- Official Selection for the Best Original Score of Emerald Peacock - Film Festival, Saint Petersburg, 2022; Russian Federation.
- Official Selection for Best Documentary of Emerald Peacock - Film Festival, Saint Petersburg, 2022; Russian Federation.
- 2.º Winner of Best Documentary Award of "3in1 Film Fest 2021", Almeirim, Portugal;
- Best Asian Short Film - "PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL", 2021;
- Official Selection of "PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL", 2021;
- Official selection of "3in1 Film Fest 2021, Almeirim, Portugal;
- Best Documentary of GENERIcamente UMANI Film Festival, 2021, Milan, Italy;
- Official selection of "FIKE - Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Évora, 2021, Évora, Portugal;
- Honorable Mention by La Zuppiera judges of GENERIcamente UMANI Film Festival, 2021, Milan, Italy; (for the social and civil issue concerning THE LIFE of thousands of children who live in the total absence of RIGHTS, forgotten by the rest of the world);
- Semi-finalist of "Revelatio Film Festival", 2021, Saint Petersburg, Russia;
- Official Selection of "Festival de Cine Amazonia del Plata, 2021", Buenos Aires, Argentina;
- Official selection of "GENERIcamente UMANI, EQUAL RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL", 2021, Milan, Italy;
- Official selection of "ECOCINE 2021– Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental e Direitos Humanos, Brazil;
- Official selection of "Lift-Off Global Network, Pinewood Studios", 2021, UK;

"CAMINHO DE ESTRELAS" (path of the stars) (https://vimeo.com/354711461)
- Honorable Mention (Winner) of "ITALY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL", 2021;
- Special Jury Award (Winner) of PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL", 2021;
- Official selection of "Italy International Film Festival", 2021;
- Official selection of "Portugal International Film Festival ", Portugal, 2021;
- Official selection of "Spain International Film Festival", Spain, 2021;
- Official selection of "Sacrae Scenae Ardesio Film Festival", Italy, 2021;

"a rapariga do cais" (A GIRL IN THE PIER) ( https://vimeo.com/506578114 )
- Seleção Official de "25th Avanca 2021, Film Festival, International Film Meetings, Television, Video and Multimedia", Avanca, Aveiro, Portugal;
- Official Selection of "El Festival de Cine Amazonía del Plata", Argentina 2022;

"The Festival of Trays", (A Festa dos Tabuleiros de Tomar) ( https://vimeo.com/523400867 )
- Seleção Official de “Sacrae Scenae, Ardesio Film Festival", Italy, 2021", Italy;
- Seleção Official de "Brazil International Film Festival, 2021", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
2022
2022 "Uma Terra de Adoção" (adoptive land);
(see 19 awards, 32 Official selections in https://vimeo.com/728667786)

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