is a Portuguese film director.
José Paulo Santos
...beyond the waiting room
2013
Circumstances
2017
Observer
2017
Participations in festivals
"...beyond the waiting room"
The film is part of the list of the National Cinema Plan in Portugal and can be studied in all secondary schools in the country
Selected for 16 international film festivals
-Rios - International Documentary and Transmedia Film Festival (Vila Real - Portugal 2015) -ART & TUR - International Tourism Film Festival (Porto-Portugal 2015) - 中美 電影 節 Chinese American Film Festival - West Covina - USA 2015) -Xtreme Worldwide Studio, The Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne - Australia 2015) -Festival Caminhos Cinema Português (Portugal - Coimbra 2015) -4th Delhi International Film Festival (New Delhi - India 2015) Wiper Festival (New York - USA 2015) -Blackbird Film Festival 2015 (New York - USA 2015) -Ozark Shorts - Monthly Film Screening Series. (Lamar Missouri USA - 2016) -CreActive International Open Film Festival - IOFF (Dhaka - Bangladesh 2016) -TrueDoc Documentary Festival (Ukraine 2016) -IndieWise FREE Virtual Festival (Miami - USA 2017) - Film Festival "À Raia" III Iberian Cinema Show in Chaves (Portugal - May 2017) -Cardiff International Film Festival (Wales - October 2017) -Cefalù film festival (Italy - Palermo - May 2018) -MoitaMostra - Meeting of Arts in Rural Environment; Castro Daire (Portugal - July 2018)
"Circumstances"
Selected for 6 International Film Festivals:
- Film Festival "À Raia" III Iberian Cinema Show in Chaves - Portugal (May 2017)
-Avanca Film Festival 2017 in Panorama section of Portuguese cinema (July 2017)
-Cardiff International Film Festival - Wales (October 2017)
-Cefalù film festival - Italy - Palermo (May 2018)
-Madeira Film Festival Portugal - Funchal (May 2018)
-Pilón Film Fest - Cuba (August 2018)
"Observer"
Selected for 7 International Film Festivals:
-Mister Vorky International Festival -- Ruma City - Serbia (June 4, 2017)
-Les Films de la Toile - Saint Denis - Paris - France 2017
-Cardiff International Film Festival (Wales - October 2017)
-Cefalù film festival (Italy - Palermo - May 2018)
-60 Second Intl. Film Festival (Pakistan - March 2018)
-Ocean Coast Film Festival (Portugal - Matosinhos - September 2018)
-Tuzla Film Festival - (Bosnia and Herzegovina - Tuzla October 2018)
Filmography
"...beyond the waiting room" 2013 | 28:30 | Documentary film
"Circumstances" 2017 | 7:30 | Film Fiction
"Observer" 2017 | 1:00 | Film Fiction
Awards
- Honorable Mention in the category of Human Life at ART & TUR - International Tourism Film Festival in Porto - For the realization and production. 2015
- Certificate of Excellence at the 4th Delhi International Film Festival in India - For the realization and production. 2015
Filmography
"I was not expecting to find a movie that had a space where it was so present, an unexpectedly absent space and a space that so divinely transformed throughout the film "
António Costa Valente
Director of the Avanca Film Festival
criticizes"...beyond the waiting room"
"It is noted that he thought much of the plans and decided at each moment what was best for each sequence"
María Lara is a film editor and lecturer at the University of Complutense in Madrid
criticizes "... beyond the waiting room"
"The intensity of the depth of creating a product that is not just the foam of your experience, but tries to explore personality dimensions of subjectivity "
Humberto Martins Social and visual anthropologist
criticizes"... beyond the waiting room"