Gallery Talks

Our guest on this Gallery Talks session is filmmaker Leonor Teles, who will draw parallels between her work and her life. She will discuss the intersection between her artistic practice as a director and cinematographer and her perception of the world. The conversation will also address the ways in which current events naturally influence her perspectives and creative processes.

A filmmaker and director of photography, she directed Balada de um Batráquio (2016), which won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale and the Firebird Award at the Hong Kong Film Festival. Her debut feature-length documentary, Terra Franca (2018), won the SCAM Prize at Cinéma du Réel. This was followed by Cães que ladram aos pássaros (2019), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section and was nominated for a European Film Award. She also works as a director of photography, notably collaborating with João Canijo on Mal Viver (2023), which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Photographs by Renato Cruz Santos