Grandpa and
Director André Marques
The Drunk,
André Marquesâ debut feature film, is now in post-production. Over the years, Marques has directed more than a dozen short films, and for the director, this format is a âcomplete art form in its own right; it has its own identity. Cinema is cinema. But, for me, that was always a way to get to feature films. I never hid that.â
Marques started working on
The Drunk in 2011, and the project was developed with the support of the Venice Film Festivalâs Biennale College Cinema programme in 2014 and the Plot Script Lab in 2015. Marques states, âOver these past ten years, Iâve worked on so many different things. This project grew, and so did I, as a director. With that diverse set of projects and experiences, I tried to figure out what kind of director I can (and want to) be. And now I know that the kind of cinema I want to make in terms of feature films is different from the one I make with shorts. I th
André Marques The Drunk in post-production
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André Marques The Drunk in post-production
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We talked to
João Paulo Abreu, managing director of Films4You, about the special features of the Portuguese market and the current tendencies in the field of independent distribution. In the midst of a second pandemic wave, cinemas all over the country had to reduce their operations, while distributors decided to pull out most of their releases before Christmas, struggling to keep afloat with their already diminished resources.
Cineuropa: How would you describe the editorial policy of your company and your set-up?
João Paulo Abreu: Films4You focuses on the distribution of European films, from French comedies to German and Italian productions, including animated features. We also distribute commercial titles originally produced in the US, as well as some arthouse films. Just to give you an idea, in 2020 we released the documentaries