Porto/Post/Doc presents the "Working Class Heroes" project, in partnership with Filmaporto - Film Commission and CaixaForum+ of Fundación “la Caixa” with the collaboration of BPI, looking to support film production about the city of Porto, based on the stories of those who have built it over time.

This grant of €75,000 will be implemented by inviting filmmakers with a line of work that corresponds with the philosophy of Porto/Post/Doc. This grant is an invitation to listen to the anti-heroes who have made Porto a city where the multiple faces of the working class are reflected. The project aims, on the one hand, to promote the production of new films and, on the other, for these films to create a set of films that bring the voices of different filmmakers closer to the local territory and our community.

In each edition of Porto/Post/Doc, three filmmakers are invited to pitch to an international jury and the selected project will be produced during a two-year residency. The final film (of any genre) will have its world premiere at Porto/Post/Doc.

In 2024, the invited filmmakers are:

SALOMÉ JASHI (Georgia)
Salomé Jashi is a filmmaker and co-founder of Sakdoc Film. Her Taming the Garden (2021) premiered at Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Documentary Competition and Berlinale Forum and was nominated for the European Film Awards. The Dazzling Light of Sunset (2016) was awarded at Visions du Réel and Bakhmaro (2011) was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. She is a recipient of Berlin Art Prize (2024) and KAIROS Prize (2024).

She will be presenting the project "The Working Class Heroes Museum"

FILIPA CÉSAR (Portugal)
Filipa César is an artist, filmmaker, educator and community organizer. She is interested in the fluid borders between cinema and its reception, the politics and poetics of the moving image and archival practices. Since 2011, César has been collectively researching the militant cinema practice of the African Liberation Movement in Guinea Bissau. Her films were selected at festivals like Berlinale, IFFR, Oberhausen, DocLisboa, Cinéma du Réel, among manny others.

She will be presenting the project "Mí Nearby"

ALEXANDRA GUIMARÃES and GONÇALO L. ALMEIDA (Portugal)
Alexandra Guimarães and Gonçalo L. Almeida are film directors and producers. They studied Cinema at ESAP - Porto and co-directed their final academic project, "Moss" (2021), which premiered in Curtas Vila do Conde and was shown in several film festivals including Porto/Post/Doc. Since then, they have been working in a logic of co-creation. Among the various themes they intend to explore in their work, the tensions generated by the appropriation of the symbolic by technology and the relationship between aesthetics and politics stand out.

They will be presenting the project "The City and The Maps"

The project's PUBLIC PRESENTATION will occur on November 26th, 18h00, at Cinema Batalha - High Life Bar.

Since this grant is cumulative with other national or international funds, this can be an opportunity for filmmakers, producers, and other industry agents to meet.

Contacts:
Sérgio Gomes | Executive Director & Head of Industry
sergio@portopostdoc.com

Liliana S. Lasprilla | Industry Coordinator
liliana@portopostdoc.com