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Carlos Pereira

Unruhe

Experimental film | 16mm | color | 11:50 | Portugal, Germany | 2024

"There’s been a strange epidemic lately Going amongst the folk, So that many in their madness Began dancing. Which they kept up day and night, Without interruption, Until they fell unconscious. Many have died of it."

Carlos Pereira, born in Lisbon, is studying Film Directing at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB). His films have been screened at festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastián and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. His film Slimane (2023) won the German Film Critics Award for Best Short Film. His first feature film, Remote Islands, written during a residency at The Bergman Estate on Fårö, is currently in pre-production.