PORTUGAL'S NEW GENERATION

For the most relevant Portuguese ‘veterans’, please check my other list ‘THE PORTUGUESE MASTERS’.

This is essentially a list of newcomers (in no particular order) whose work is pushing Portuguese cinema in a new direction.

JOAO NICOLAU is the author of three very original shorts and a disappointing first feature. Of the shorts, Rapace, in particular, shows unpaired audacity in form and style.

Nicknamed golden boy of Portuguese cinema, JOAO SALAVIZA has been awarded both the palme d’or and the golden bear. His several short films deal with the reality of very poor people in the suburbs and...