João Canijo (born 1957) is a
Portuguese
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film director
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. His film ''
Get a Life'' was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films ...
section at the
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001 in film, 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italy, Italian film ''The Son's Room'' by Nanni Moretti.
The fe ...
.
His 2011 film ''
Blood of My Blood
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Bran Stark and Meera Reed are re ...
'' was selected as the Portuguese entry for the
Best Foreign Language Oscar at the
85th Academy Awards
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, but it did not make the final shortlist.
His 2023 film ''
Bad Living'' won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the
73rd Berlin International Film Festival
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Before his directorial debut, Canijo worked as assistant director for
Wim Wenders
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in
''The State of Things'' (1982) and for Werner Schroeter in ''
Der Rosenkönig'' (1986).
Filmography
* Três Menos Eu (1988)
* Lovely Child/ Filha da Mãe (1989
* Alentejo Sem Lei (1990)
* Black Shoes/ Sapatos Pretos (1998)
*
Get a Life/ Ganhar a Vida (2001)
*
In the Darkness of the Night/ Noite Escura (2004)
* Misbegotten/ Mal Nascida (2008)
* Lusitanian Illusion (2010)
*
Blood of My Blood
"Blood of My Blood" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'', and the 56th overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Jack Bender.
Bran Stark and Meera Reed are re ...
/Sangue do Meu Sangue (2011)
* ''
É o Amor (Obrigação)''
* ''
Bad Living'' (2023)
* ''
Living Bad'' (2023)
See also
*
Jorge Ferreira Chaves
Jorge Ferreira Chaves (22 February 1920 – 22 August 1981) was a Portuguese architect.
Some authors may refer to him as "Jorge Chaves" or simply "Chaves".
He was one of the architects responsible, in the latter part of the 1940s, for the estab ...
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
Portuguese film directors
People from Porto
Portuguese people of Spanish descent
Portuguese people of Brazilian descent
People from Lisbon
University of Porto alumni
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