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Edgar Pêra

Pêra in Lisbon

Born19 November 1960 (age 65)
OccupationFilm director

Recorded on 23 October 2023

Edgar Henrique Clemente Pêra (born 19 November 1960) is a Portuguese filmmaker. Pêra is also a fine artist and a graphic comics artist.[1][2] and writes fiction and cinema essays (PhD). Edgar Pêra studied Psychology, but switched to Film at the Portuguese National Conservatory, presently Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema).[3] Aka Mr. Ego (scripts), Man-Kamera (image), Artur Cyanetto (sound).[4] Edgar Pêra has auto-financed and produced many his own movies, or directed "auteur films" for cultural institutions.

  • Reproduta Interdita (1990)
  • A Cidade de Cassiano/The City of Cassiano (1991)
  • Matadouro/Slaughterhouse (1991)
  • Guerra ou Paz?/War or Peace? (1992)
  • Achbeit Macht Frei?/O Trabalho Liberta?/Work Liberates? (documentary) (1993)
  • SWK4 (1993)
  • O Mundo Desbotado/Fading World (1995)
  • Túneis de Realidade (Who Is The Master Who Makes The Grass Green?) (1996)
  • 25 de Abril: uma Aventura para a Democracia (documentary) (2000)
  • Guitarra (com gente lá dentro)/Guitar (With People Inside) (2003)
  • És a Nossa Fé/Our Faith (documentary) (2004)
  • Stadium (Phantas-Mix) (2005)
  • Impending Doom (2006)
  • Arquitectura de Peso/Heavy Architecture (2007)
  • Crime Azul/Bleu Krime (2009)
  • Avant La Corrida (2009)
  • One Way Or another (Reflections of a Psycho-Killer) (2012)
  • Stillness (2014)
  • The Cavern (2015–16)
  • Goodbye Flesh (2017)
  • KINO-POP ARCHIVES (13 short films for tv) (2018)
  • A Konspyração dos 1000 Tympanus/The 1000 Eardrums Konspiracy (1996)
  • Champô Chaimite (2002)
  • Os Homens-Toupeira/The Mole-man Saga (feature, 2003)
  • Horror no Bairro Vermelho (Prólogo Documental)/Horror in the Red District (Documentary Prologue) (2011)

Films with students

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  • The Day of The Musician by Eric Satie (1996)
  • The Misadventures of Man-Kamera Episodes 113 & 115 (1998)

Kino-Diaries(selection)

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  • Rua Anchieta (2016)
  • Busan 3D Kino-Diary (2013)
  • My Father's Hometown/Viagem com o meu pai a Coimbra (2011)
  • Planeland 4 (2004)
  • Keep Moooving 1 (2004)
  • Krashlanding in Lisbon-98 (Also it's about time) (1998)
  • Cacilhas-Cascais (Hip Hop Agit-Train) (1996)
  • At Cabo Espichel with my Parents (1986)

Video Installations

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  • Trans-LX (1990)
  • O Movimento da Pedra (1990)
  • Videokorporis (1992)
  • Não Há Flores! (1992)
  • 666-O Triunfo do Azeite (video-performance) (1994)
  • Incêndio no Museu Kabazov (1995)
  • Satie live-mix (cine-performance) (1996)
  • FashionViktimz (1996)
  • Bica Amor & Fakadas (video and super 8 installation) (1997)
  • Konsciêncya (1998)
  • Kantos Enokyanus (1998)
  • Cinekomix Marvels (1999)
  • Eskynas Agudas (1999)
  • A Porta (2000)
  • The Master Person Tapes/Os Filmes do Desassossego de Mestre Pessoa (2002)
  • Fiquem Qom a Qultura, eu fiko kom o Brazzil (2002)
  • Keep Mooving 2 (2005)
  • Sub-Mundo (2015)
  • Lisboa Revisitada (3D photography and 3D video exhibition) (2016)

Cine-Concerts (original films mixed with live-shooting by Pêra)

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  • LOVECRAFTLAND Live Music by Randolph Carter (Paulo Furtado aka The Legendary Tigerman) (2018)
  • FONTAÍNHAS Live Music by Rui Lima and Sérgio Martins (Porto, 2017)
  • VADE RETRO Live Music by Tó Trips and João Doce (Serralves, Porto, 2016)
  • Kino-Ping-Pong Live Music by António Vitorino de Almeida (Lisboa, 2014)
  • Lima & Louro – Filmes de Lisboa Live Music by André Louro and João Lima (São Jorge, Lisboa, 2010)
  • Kino-Diaries live music by Micro Audiowaves and LIP (Serralves, Porto 2006)
  • Koktail Filmzz live music by João Lima (ZDB, Lisboa 2005)
  • Kino-Diaries live music by Novolari (ZDB, Lisboa, 2005)
  • Granular Improvising with Microaudiowaves and LIP (Lisboa, 2005)
  • ABRIL-BRAZZIL live music by João Madeira (Lisboa, 2005)
  • SUDWESTERN music Dead Combo with performances by actors-singers (Lisboa, Guarda, Amsterdam, 2004)
  • NAKED MIND PROJEKT Live music by Vítor Rua (2002-2004)
  • Straxt! films for the concert of Lydia Lunch (2004)
  • Kino-Super8 live music by Francisco Rebelo (ZDB, Lisboa, 2000)
  • As Alucinações Estão Aí! Live music by Nuno Rebelo and Jean-Marc Mantera (Lisboa, Porto 1995)
  • Eles Sempre Aí Estiveram (1995)
  • Vizões Equações Radiações! live Music by Nuno Rebelo and Marco Franco (1995)
  • Cine-Fado live music by Manuel João Vieira (1993)
  • Ultimatum Futurista live music by Nuno Rebelo (1993)
  • Cinerock live music by Tiago Lopes (1990)
  • Madredeus at IFP (1989)
  • Korações de Atum Mini musical movie Lello Minsk and Shegundo Galarza (2000)
  • U ke Faz Falta? film commemorating the 25 of April revolution music selected by Miguel esteves Cardoso (1995)
  • Zombietown23 Texts of Terence Mckenna Aleister Crowley and Fernando Pessoa. Commissioned by Expo 98 (1998)
  • You DJ Vibe & Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) location: Tokyo[5]
  • videoclips for GNR, Rádio Macau, Madredeus, Resistência, Capitão Fantasma, LX90, Rão Kiao, Black Company, Djamal, Terrakota, The Legendary Tigerman, Bullet, No Data, Orlando Cohen, Remexido.

Criticism and Praise

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  • "The montage is as relentless as the guitarist's finger-work, the footage as compelling as the music is poignant.", The Barbican (a multi-art organization) on Perpetual Movements[6]
  • "Cartoonishly weird comedy", The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre on The Window (Don Juan Mix)[7]

"the find here is lesser known Portuguese director Pêra's weird and wacky whirlwind of a film; a sharply astute indictment of mainstream cinema and culture." (Arun Sharma about Cinesapiens and 3X3D) [8]

"Cinesapiens, keeps audiences guessing right to the final frame, ending with a surreal and haunting scene experience."[9] Cinesapiens: "pure visual chaos"[10]