Marta Mateus

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Marta Mateus
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Marta Mateus at the Reina Sofía Museum in 2025
Born1984 (1984)
Estremoz, Portugal
Occupations
  • Film Director
  • Producer
Known forFire of Wind (Fogo do Vento)

Marta Mateus (born 1984) is a Portuguese film director. She is known for her first film Fogo do Vento (Fire of Wind). Her work has been compared to that of Straub-Huillet. [1] [2]

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Education and early life

Mateus grew up in the Alentejo region of Portugual, specifically in Estremoz. [3] [4] [2] She did not study cinema in school and instead studied philosophy, music, photography, and theater. [3] [4]

Career

She began her directing career with the 2017 short film Farpões Baldios [Barbs, Wastelands]. In 2018, she joined the Casa de Velázquez, Académie de France à Madrid. In 2018 she also founded the production company Clarão Companhia. [3]

This led to her directing and producing her first feature length film Fogo do Vento (Fire of Wind) released in 2024. [5] The film took four years to complete and was set in the Alentejo region where Mateus grew up. [4] [3] It premiered in the main competition at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in 2024. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fire of Wind: Marta Mateus on her moonlit vigil in Portuguese wine country". BFI. 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  2. 1 2 "A Terra! The Cinema of Marta Mateus". Harvard Film Archive. 2025-10-03. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Silva, Lurdes C. da. "Brown University to host free film screening and Q&A with Portuguese filmmaker Marta Mateus". Fall River Herald News. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Morozov, Lucía Requejo,Victor (2024-08-14). "Director Marta Mateus Wanted to Disrupt the 'Banal Image of War' Presented by Mass Media With Her Locarno Player 'Fogo do Vento'". Variety. Retrieved 2025-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Brody, Richard (2025-10-30). ""Fire of Wind" Is a Bold and Inspired Début". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-11-19.


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