Marco Martins

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 collaborated 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 Film Awards Festivals Sara (2018)Television - FictionAutores Awards, PortugalWinnerBest Series or TV MoviePortuguese Film Academy Sophia AwardsWinnerBest SeriesTropheus TV 7 DiasNomineeBest ActorBest ActressBest Supporting ActressSaint George

(São Jorge) (2016)Venice Horizons Award - Best ActorVenice Film FestivalWinnerVenice Horizons Award - Best FilmNomineeBest Original ScreenplayPortuguese Film Academy Sophia AwardsWinnerBest DirectorBest FilmBest CinematographyBest ActorBest Art DirectionBest Supporting ActorBest ActressNomineeBest Original MusicBest SoundBest Supporting ActressBest Supporting ActorBest Make-UpBest EditingPortuguese NominationAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

(Oscars)NomineeBest ScreenplayAutores Awards, PortugalWinnerBest FilmBest ActorBest MovieGolden Globes, PortugalWinnerBest ActorBest Supporting ActorNomineePortuguese NominationGoya AwardsNomineeSydney Film FestivalChicago International Film FestivalBest DirectorInternational Film Festival & Awards MacauWinnerBest ActorBest MovieNomineeMostra de Cinema de São PauloBuenos Aires Film FestivalDubai International Film FestivalThessaloniki International Film FestivalPerformance in a Leading RoleScreen Actors GDA FoundationWinnerPrix Sauvage - Best Feature FilmFestival of European Films in ParisNomineePrague FebiofestHong Kong European FFInternational Film Festival of PanamaBarcelona International Auteur Film FestivalKrakow Off CameraFilm Festival MunichTbilissi Film FestivalGoa Film FestivalCopenhagen CPH PIXVenice in Napoles Film Festival20 Semaine du Cinema LusophoneDon Quijote AwardCoimbra Caminhos do Cinema PortuguêsWinnerBest ActorBest Supporting ActorTop Ten of the Year (National Competition)CinEuphoria AwardsWinnerAudience Award - Top Ten of the Year Best Film (National Competition)Best ActorBest Screenplay (National Competition)NomineeBest 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 FilmÁquila AwardsNomineeJury Award - Best DirectorJury Award - Best ActorJury Award - Best Supporting ActorTwenty One Twelve:

The Day the World

Didn’t End (2013)Official CompetitionFestival de RomaOfficial CompetitionDocLisboaLouvre MuseumInsert (2010 / 2011)

(co-directed

Filipa César)International Film Festival RotterdamBest DirectorIndieLisboa Festival Internacional de CinemaWinnerFestival de Cinema Luso-BrasileiroFemina – International Women’s Film FestivalRencontres Audiovisuelles Lille International

Short Film FestivalVila do Conde International Short Film FestivalEUNIC Stockholm KulturhusetBES Photo 2010 AwardBES Photo 2010WinnerBienal de São PauloKeep Going (2011)

DocumentaryDocLisboaTraces of a Diary

(2009 / 2010)Jury International Award - Honorable MentionDocumenta MadridWinnerGoteborg Film FestivalExperimental Film CompetitionTraverse City Film FestivalBradford International Film Festival5ª Mostra do Documentário Português

PanoramaTransilvania International Film FestivalNational CompetitionIndieLisboa Festival Internacional de CinemaArt International CompetitionEra New Horizons Rio de Janeiro International FestivalMountain Film FestivalKaliningrad European Union Film Festival32nd Noorderlijk Film FestivalMostra Foto Cine Rio de JaneiroHow to Draw a

Perfect Circle

(Como Desenhar

um Círculo Perfeito)

(2009 / 2010)Andorinha Trophy - Best MusicCinePort – Portuguese Speaking

Countries’ Film FestivalWinnerAndorinha Trophy - Best ActressNomineeBest Director (National Competition)CinEuphoria AwardsWinnerBest FilmGolden Globes, PortugalNomineeBest ActorIndieLisboa Festival Internacional de CinemaKaliningrad European Union Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressCoimbra Caminhos do Cinema PortuguêsWinnerBest Art DirectionBest Original ScoreBest FilmNomineeEuropean Union Film FestivalSpecial Jury Prize - Ensemble ActingRio de Janeiro International Film FestivalWinnerShooting Star AwardEstoril Film FestivalWinnerPuchon International Film FestivalMuestra de Cine PortuguêsA Longer Year

(Um Ano Mais Longo)

(2006 / 2007)Official CompetitionVenice Film FestivalLisbon Village FestivalToulouse Latin American Film FestivalAlice (2005 / 2006)Prix Regards Jeune - Best Feature FilmCannes Film FestivalWinnerC.I.C.A.E.NomineeGolden CameraBest DirectorMar del Plata Film FestivalWinnerFIPRESCIADF Cinematography AwardBest Film (International Competition)NomineeEuropean Discovery – Fassbinder AwardEuropean Film AwardsNomineeBest DirectorLondon Raindance Film FestivalWinnerBest ActorBerlin International Film Festival

Shooting starsEuropean Union Film Festival, ChinaKaliningrad European Union Film FestivalIFFI GoaTop Films of the Decade (National Competition)CinEuphoria AwardsWinnerBest Latin-American FilmAriel Awards, MéxicoNomineeBest New DirectorLas Palmas Film FestivalWinnerBest Foreign FilmThe OscarsNomineeBest movieGolden Globes, PortugalWinnerBest ActorBest ActressNomineeBest FilmCoimbra Caminhos do Cinema PortuguêsWinnerBest DirectorCinePort – Portuguese Speaking

Countries’ Film FestivalWinnerBest EditingBest CinematographyBest SoundtrackBest CinematographyFestival de Cinema MediterrâneoWinnerCandidato PortuguêsLuís Buñuel AwardFebiofest1000.000 RetinasJeonju International Film FestivalBest DirectorFestival de Cinema Luso BrasileiroWinnerBest ActorOfficial CompetitionLubliana Film FestivalOfficial CompetitionTaiwan Film FestivalDanish Film InstituteTaipei Golden Horse Film FestivalHaifa International Film FestivalOfficial CompetitionFestival do Rio de JaneiroOfficial CompetitionProvincetown Film FestivalOfficial CompetitionNew York Tribeca Film FestivalBFI – London Psychology Film FestivalHavana Internacional Film FestivalMK2 Paris Festival

Mostra de Novo Cinema PortuguêsOn My Way to School

(No Caminho

para a Escola)

(1998)Eixo Atlântico Award

Best FilmOurense Independent Film FestivalWinnerBest FilmIberia Film FestivalWinnerBest DirectorNew Year’s Dive

(Mergulho no Ano

Novo) (1992)Best Film (National Competition)Vila do Conde International Short Film FestivalWinnerTel-Aviv International Film FestivalValencia FilmFestival Cinema Juve’95Toulouse Film Festival