Mário Bastos (born 1986), often known by the stage name Fradique, is an
Angolan
filmmaker. He is notable as the director of the films ''Alambamento'', ''Independência'' and ''Ar Condicionado''. Apart from directing, he is also a writer, producer, assistant director and editor.
Personal life
He was born in 1986 in Luanda, Angola.
Career
In 2008, Fradique attended the
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, t ...
and obtained his bachelor's degree in fine arts (directing) at the
Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
In 2009, he made his first short film, ''Alambamento''. The film won the award for the Best Short Film at the Luanda International Film Festival and was an Official Selection in the Vancouver International Film Festival and Tenerife International Film Festival.
In 2010, Fradique formed the production company Geração 80 with
Jorge Cohen and Tchiloia Lara. In 2011, he attended the Berlinale Talent Campus for further studies. From 2010 to 2015, he worked on his first full-length documentary, ''Independência''. The film focuses on Angola's liberation struggle and later won Angola's Culture National Prize for Cinema. The film also won the award for the Best Documentary at the Cameron International Film Festival and was an Official Selection at the
Durban International Film Festival,
Luxor African Film Festival and the
Pan African Film Festival.
He also directed art-house music videos for Angolan artists such as
Nástio Mosquito and
Aline Frazão. In 2020, he made his first fiction film, ''Ar Condicionado'', which had its premier at the
Rotterdam International Film Festival.
It was the official selection for Uganda at the
Fribourg International Film Festival in 2020.
Influences
Bastos participated in the 2022 edition of the ''
Sight & Sound'' film polls, which are held every 10 years to commemorate the greatest films of all time and rank them in order. Directors and critics both give their 10 favorite films of all time for the poll; Bastos picked ''
Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance'' (1983), ''
Roma
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* Roma, Queensland, a town
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'' (2018), ''
Touki Bouki
''Touki Bouki'' (, Wolof for ''The Journey of the Hyena'') is a 1973 Senegalese drama film, directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty. It was shown at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.
The film was restored ...
'' (1973), ''
Paris, Texas'' (1984), ''
Happy Together'' (1997), ''
Do the Right Thing
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'' (1989), ''
Lost in Translation '' (2003), ''
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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'' (2004), ''
Lazzaro felice'' (2018), and ''
The City of God '' (2002).
[https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/fradique-bastos]
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Angolan film directors
1986 births