Marco Martins

{{short description|Portuguese Film and Theatre director (born 1972)}}

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| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| occupation = film director

| years_active = 1994–present

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Marco Martins (born 1972) is a Portuguese Film and Theatre director, best known for his 2005 film Alice, which premiered at Cannes and won the Best Picture Award at the Directors' Fortnight.

Biography

In 1994 Marco Martins graduated from Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), and soon afterwards undertook an apprenticeship with Wim Wenders, Manoel de Oliveira and Bertrand Tavernier.

During this period, his short films Mergulho no Ano Novo and No Caminho Para a Escola received critical acclaim, the former winning Best Short Film Award at the International Short Films Festival of Vila do Conde, and the latter taking Best Short Film and Best Director Awards at the VII Festival Ibérico de Cinema de Badajoz as well as the Eixo Atlântico Award at the Festival de Ourense.

In 2005, his first feature film, Alice, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and received a number of international awards and made the long list for the Academy Awards Foreign Language Film prize.

A year later Marco Martins collaborates with screenwriter Tonino Guerra (a regular collaborator with Michelangelo Antonioni, Fellini, Tarkovsky or Theo Angelopoulos) in the film A Longer Year premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival in competition.

In 2007, together with the actress Beatriz Batarda, he created the theater company Arena Ensemble. A creative platform where he develops a work with a strong experimental and social component. His works, for the stage, have been presented on the main national stages and in international festivals. In 2018, his show Provisional Figures, created with the Portuguese community of Great Yarmouth, debuted at the Norwich / Norfolk International Festival. His most recent creation Perfil Perdu debuted at the Istanbul International Festival.

In 2011 the director collaborated with the artist Filipa César in the short film Insert, part of the artist's exhibition at the Centro Cultural de Belém, which would win the prestigious BES PHOTO prize and debut at the Rotterdam International Festival.

In 2013, Marco Martins collaborates with the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in the creation of the film Twenty-One-Twelve- The Day The World Didn't End premiered at the Louvre Museum and at the Rome Festival.

In 2016 directed São Jorge presented at Venice Film Festival ( Golden Lion Best actor) and portuguese contender to the oscars.

In 2022 directed Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures based on their earlier 2018 theater production. It debuted at the San Sebastian Film Festival where it was nominated for a Golden Shell prize.

Filmography

= Cinema =

  • Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures (2022)
  • Saint George (São Jorge) (2016)
  • Twenty-One-Twelve: The Day the World Didn't End (2013)
  • Keep Going (2011)
  • Traces of a Diary (2009 / 2010) (documentário)
  • Insert (2010 / 2011) (curta-metragem)
  • How to Draw a Perfect Circle (Como Desenhar um Círculo Perfeito) (2009 / 2010)
  • A Longer Year (Um Ano Mais Longo) (2006 / 2007) (curta-metragem)
  • Alice (2005 / 2006)
  • On My Way to School (No Caminho para a Escola) (1998) (curta-metragem)
  • Clockwise (1996) (curta-metragem)
  • Não Basta Ser Cruel (1995) (curta-metragem)
  • New Year´s Dive (Mergulho no Ano Novo) (1992) (curta-metragem)

= TV =

  • Sara (2018)

Awards and festivals

class="wikitable"

! Film

! Awards

! Festivals

|

rowspan="6" |Sara (2018)

|Television - Fiction

|Autores Awards, Portugal

|Winner

Best Series or TV Movie

|Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards

|Winner

Best Series

| rowspan="4" |Tropheus TV 7 Dias

| rowspan="4" |Nominee

Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
rowspan="70" |Saint George

(São Jorge) (2016)

|Venice Horizons Award - Best Actor

| rowspan="2" |Venice Film Festival

|Winner

Venice Horizons Award - Best Film

|Nominee

Best Original Screenplay

| rowspan="14" |Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards

| rowspan="7" |Winner

Best Director
Best Film
Best Cinematography
Best Actor
Best Art Direction
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actress

| rowspan="7" |Nominee

Best Original Music
Best Sound
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Make-Up
Best Editing
Portuguese Nomination

|Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

(Oscars)

|Nominee

Best Screenplay

| rowspan="3" |Autores Awards, Portugal

| rowspan="3" |Winner

Best Film
Best Actor
Best Movie

| rowspan="3" |Golden Globes, Portugal

| rowspan="2" |Winner

Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor

|Nominee

Portuguese Nomination

|Goya Awards

|Nominee

|Sydney Film Festival

|

|Chicago International Film Festival

|

Best Director

| rowspan="3" |International Film Festival & Awards Macau

| rowspan="2" |Winner

Best Actor
Best Movie

|Nominee

|Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo

|

|Buenos Aires Film Festival

|

|Dubai International Film Festival

|

|Thessaloniki International Film Festival

|

Performance in a Leading Role

|Screen Actors GDA Foundation

|Winner

Prix Sauvage - Best Feature Film

|Festival of European Films in Paris

|Nominee

|Prague Febiofest

|

|Hong Kong European FF

|

|International Film Festival of Panama

|

|Barcelona International Auteur Film Festival

|

|Krakow Off Camera

|

|Film Festival Munich

|

|Tbilissi Film Festival

|

|Goa Film Festival

|

|Copenhagen CPH PIX

|

|Venice in Napoles Film Festival

|

|20 Semaine du Cinema Lusophone

|

Don Quijote Award

| rowspan="3" |Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português

| rowspan="3" |Winner

Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Top Ten of the Year (National Competition)

| rowspan="17" |CinEuphoria Awards

| rowspan="4" |Winner

Audience Award - Top Ten of the Year
Best Film (National Competition)
Best Actor
Best Screenplay (National Competition)

| rowspan="13" |Nominee

Best Director (National Competition)
Best Trailer (National Competition)
Best Poster (National Competition)
Best Special Effects (National Competition)
Best Make-Up (National Competition)
Best Art Direction (National Competition)
Best Original Music (National Competition)
Best Cinematography (National Competition)
Best Editing (National Competition)
Best Ensemble (National Competition)
Best Supporting Actress (National Competition)
Best Supporting Actor (National Competition)
Jury Award - Best Film

| rowspan="4" |Áquila Awards

| rowspan="4" |Nominee

Jury Award - Best Director
Jury Award - Best Actor
Jury Award - Best Supporting Actor
rowspan="3" |Twenty One Twelve:

The Day the World

Didn’t End (2013)

|Official Competition

|Festival de Roma

|

Official Competition

|DocLisboa

|

|Louvre Museum

|

rowspan="9" |Insert (2010 / 2011)

(co-directed

Filipa César)

|

|International Film Festival Rotterdam

|

Best Director

|IndieLisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema

|Winner

|Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro

|

|Femina – International Women’s Film Festival

|

|Rencontres Audiovisuelles Lille International

Short Film Festival

|

|Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival

|

|EUNIC Stockholm Kulturhuset

|

BES Photo 2010 Award

|BES Photo 2010

|Winner

|Bienal de São Paulo

|

Keep Going (2011)

Documentary

|

|DocLisboa

|

rowspan="13" |Traces of a Diary

(2009 / 2010)

|Jury International Award - Honorable Mention

|Documenta Madrid

|Winner

|Goteborg Film Festival

|

Experimental Film Competition

|Traverse City Film Festival

|

|Bradford International Film Festival

|

|5ª Mostra do Documentário Português

Panorama

|

|Transilvania International Film Festival

|

National Competition

|IndieLisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema

|

Art International Competition

|Era New Horizons

|

|Rio de Janeiro International Festival

|

|Mountain Film Festival

|

|Kaliningrad European Union Film Festival

|

|32nd Noorderlijk Film Festival

|

|Mostra Foto Cine Rio de Janeiro

|

rowspan="16" |How to Draw a

Perfect Circle

(Como Desenhar

um Círculo Perfeito)

(2009 / 2010)

|Andorinha Trophy - Best Music

| rowspan="2" |CinePort – Portuguese Speaking

Countries’ Film Festival

|Winner

Andorinha Trophy - Best Actress

|Nominee

Best Director (National Competition)

|CinEuphoria Awards

|Winner

Best Film

| rowspan="2" |Golden Globes, Portugal

| rowspan="2" |Nominee

Best Actor
|IndieLisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema

|

|Kaliningrad European Union Film Festival

|

Best Supporting Actress

| rowspan="4" |Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português

| rowspan="3" |Winner

Best Art Direction
Best Original Score
Best Film

|Nominee

|European Union Film Festival

|

Special Jury Prize - Ensemble Acting

|Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

|Winner

Shooting Star Award

|Estoril Film Festival

|Winner

|Puchon International Film Festival

|

|Muestra de Cine Português

|

rowspan="3" |A Longer Year

(Um Ano Mais Longo)

(2006 / 2007)

|Official Competition

|Venice Film Festival

|

|Lisbon Village Festival

|

|Toulouse Latin American Film Festival

|

rowspan="43" |Alice (2005 / 2006)

|Prix Regards Jeune - Best Feature Film

| rowspan="3" |Cannes Film Festival

|Winner

C.I.C.A.E.

| rowspan="2" |Nominee

Golden Camera
Best Director

| rowspan="4" |Mar del Plata Film Festival

| rowspan="3" |Winner

FIPRESCI
ADF Cinematography Award
Best Film (International Competition)

|Nominee

European Discovery – Fassbinder Award

|European Film Awards

|Nominee

Best Director

|London Raindance Film Festival

|Winner

Best Actor

|Berlin International Film Festival

Shooting stars

|

|European Union Film Festival, China

|

|Kaliningrad European Union Film Festival

|

|IFFI Goa

|

Top Films of the Decade (National Competition)

|CinEuphoria Awards

|Winner

Best Latin-American Film

|Ariel Awards, México

|Nominee

Best New Director

|Las Palmas Film Festival

|Winner

Best Foreign Film

|The Oscars

|Nominee

Best movie

| rowspan="3" |Golden Globes, Portugal

| rowspan="2" |Winner

Best Actor
Best Actress

|Nominee

Best Film

|Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português

|Winner

Best Director

| rowspan="4" |CinePort – Portuguese Speaking

Countries’ Film Festival

| rowspan="4" |Winner

Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Best Soundtrack
Best Cinematography

|Festival de Cinema Mediterrâneo

|Winner

Candidato Português

|Luís Buñuel Award

|

|Febiofest

|

|1000.000 Retinas

|

|Jeonju International Film Festival

|

Best Director

| rowspan="2" |Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro

| rowspan="2" |Winner

Best Actor
Official Competition

|Lubliana Film Festival

|

Official Competition

|Taiwan Film Festival

|

|Danish Film Institute

|

|Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

|

|Haifa International Film Festival

|

Official Competition

|Festival do Rio de Janeiro

|

Official Competition

|Provincetown Film Festival

|

Official Competition

|New York Tribeca Film Festival

|

|BFI – London Psychology Film Festival

|

|Havana Internacional Film Festival

|

|MK2 Paris Festival

Mostra de Novo Cinema Português

|

rowspan="3" |On My Way to School

(No Caminho

para a Escola)

(1998)

|Eixo Atlântico Award

Best Film

|Ourense Independent Film Festival

|Winner

Best Film

| rowspan="2" |Iberia Film Festival

| rowspan="2" |Winner

Best Director
rowspan="5" |New Year’s Dive

(Mergulho no Ano

Novo) (1992)

|Best Film (National Competition)

|Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival

|Winner

|Tel-Aviv International Film Festival

|

|Valencia Film

|

|Festival Cinema Juve’95

|

|Toulouse Film Festival

|

References

  • Por Outro Lado, interview with Ana Sousa Dias, Marco Martins and Nuno Lopes for RTP.
  • Alice DVD Special Edition, Lusomundo, Portugal