Private Project

Linen revealed

LINHO REDESCOBERTO is a documentary in search of the future of flax in the Portuguese Azores. We meet artisans who share with us their vision for beautiful clothes and textiles in this traditional, local fiber, allied to new, low -tech ways of making their craft economic in the 21st century.

  • Alexander K. Doyle
    Director
  • Alexander K. Doyle
    Writer
  • ROSALINA GABRIEL
    Producer
  • ANA MOURA ARROZ
    Producer
  • MÁRCIA C. M. COELHO
    Key Cast
  • ALICE BERNARDO
    Key Cast
  • GUIDA FONSECA
    Key Cast
  • ROSA POMAR
    Key Cast
  • ROSALINA GABRIEL
    Key Cast
  • ANA MOURA ARROZ
    Key Cast
  • ISABEL AMORIM DO ROSÁRIO
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Linho redescoberto
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 4, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alexander K. Doyle

ALEXANDER K. DOYLE, based in Brussels, is a Franco-British anthropologist, photographer and filmmaker, born in 1988. While filming, he explores ways to transcend literary boundaries, by presenting a novel aesthetic approach to his themes. In 2013, he began his journey in documentary filmmaking by directing the unpublished film in French 'DISPOSITIF STIBIEN', rethinking Foucault’s Panopticon idea that observation creates social control, as adapted to the transport security system in Brussels. In 2017, he worked on 'CURANDEROS', a film trip through Peru in search of the hallucinogenic brew 'Ayahuasca', directed by Egor Indiani. Having been active as an academic researcher, consultant for various NGOs worldwide, music/film festival and developing his passion for analogue film photography, he is currently working for the Parisian photographic agency, Graphix Images, specialized in corporate communication.

Add Director Biography
Director Statement

LINHO REDESCOBERTO is a documentary in search of the future of flax in the Azores. Director Alexander K. Doyle evokes the current anthropological context around the cultivation and working of flax in Portugal. He gives voice in this film to the artisans, artists and scientists dedicating themselves to revealing, for a new generation, the authentic beauty of a noble and traditional plant. They aim to preserve the local traditions, while they create intermediate technical means, such that their work becomes again economic in the 21st century. They want to excite us with their vision of a future in which the beauty and artistry of the clothes we wear - here of linen - reflect the growing, world-wide movement to re-identify with natural materials and the human-scale techniques of artisans.