Director: Filipa Reis

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Birthday: 1977-01-01
Born in: Lisbon, Portugal
Biography: Filipa REIS (1977) e João MILLER GUERRA (1974)live and work together in Lisbon, Portugal. They directed documentaries Fora da Vida (Best Portuguese Short Film IndieLisboa'15), Bela Vista (Best International Short Film FIDOC'13 and Honorable Mention MiradasDoc'13), Cama de Gato (Best Portuguese Short Film IndieLisboa'12 and Revelation Prize at Festival Luso-Brazilian Santa Maria film'12), Generation Orchestra, Nada Fazi (Best Portuguese Film Fantasporto'12 and audience Award Festival Cortex'12) and Li Ké Terra (Best Portuguese feature film DocLisboa'10 and Special Jury Mention MiradasDoc'11). Their films were presented at international festivals such as Cinéma du Réel, IDFA, DokLeipzig, Bordocs, forumdoc.bh, Festival dei Popoli, Film Look, Recife International Film Window, FIDBA, Dok.Fest, Molodist, Parnu, between others. Their first feature fiction film is currently in post-production. Together they have a film production company Uma Pedra no Sapato, responsible for films like Balada de um Batráquio, by Leonor Teles, who won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival'16.

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Her name is El - a name that sounds like a letter and makes the young androgynous woman a kind of representative of her generation. A generation that is overwhelmed by all the possibilities of the world, globalization and the digital stream. Lisbon is a promise of freedom, independence and an intense life. But the question of meaning brings doubt into everyday life: what if I were happier with someone else or called another place home? When home no longer feels like home, the search becomes routine. When El meets Kay after a break-up, in the midst of her search, their story together begins. Time, space and emotions implode in "Baan", blurring Lisbon with Bangkok, past with present.
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