12/09/2016 - The new film by Brazilian-born Gabe Klinger will be unveiled in San Sebastián's New Directors competition; João Pedro Rodrigues' The Ornithologist and Marilia Rocha's Where I Grow Old will join it

Porto [+see also:
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Having been crowned with the Best Director Award at Locarno, Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues will also be heading to the Basque Country in September, as his latest feature, The Ornithologist [+see also:
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Instead, part of the ongoing discussion about the movie in Portugal – even before its Locarno trophy – is related to the fact that some of the crew, including DoP Rui Poças and Rodrigues himself, have not yet been paid. The case has been drawn to the public’s attention by artists’ union CENA, at the same time as a similar situation continues to affect another film, Zeus, by Paulo Filipe Monteiro. Production outfit Blackmaria is currently dealing with the case in order to resolve the situation.

Besides Porto and The Ornithologist, another Portuguese co-production has also made it into Zabaltegi: Marilia Rocha’s Where I Grow Old [+see also:
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