Cinema Novo
Encyclopedia
Cinema Novo was practised by Brazil
ian filmmakers
in the 1950s and 1960s. In Portugal
, Novo Cinema flourished after the 1960s, where it lasted, inspired by Italian Neo-Realism and the French
movement of the New wave, the direct cinema
techniques, and by the ideals the Carnation Revolution
up to the early 1980s (see Cinema of Portugal).
It is encapsulated in the Portuguese phrase "Uma câmera na mão e uma ideia na cabeça" ("a camera in the hand and an idea in the head").
In Brazil, the movement included directors Glauber Rocha, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Carlos Diegues
and Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
. Its main topics revolved around Brazilian poverty, mainly using the dry northeast and large cities as settings.
In Portugal its first representatives were directors such as José Ernesto de Sousa, Paulo Rocha
, António de Macedo
, Fernando Lopes
, António da Cunha Telles
and António Campos
(on documentaries
).
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian filmmakers
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
in the 1950s and 1960s. In Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Novo Cinema flourished after the 1960s, where it lasted, inspired by Italian Neo-Realism and the French
French New Wave
The New Wave was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema. Although never a formally organized movement, the New Wave filmmakers were linked by their self-conscious rejection of...
movement of the New wave, the direct cinema
Direct Cinema
Direct Cinema is a documentary genre that originated between 1958 and 1962 in North America, principally in the Canadian province of Quebec and the United States...
techniques, and by the ideals the Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
up to the early 1980s (see Cinema of Portugal).
It is encapsulated in the Portuguese phrase "Uma câmera na mão e uma ideia na cabeça" ("a camera in the hand and an idea in the head").
In Brazil, the movement included directors Glauber Rocha, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Carlos Diegues
Carlos Diegues
Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues, is a Brazilian film director. He is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement.-Filmography:* 2010 O Grande Circo Místico...
and Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement in Brazil. Andrade is best known for his 1969 film Macunaíma, based loosely on the novel of the same title by Mário de Andrade...
. Its main topics revolved around Brazilian poverty, mainly using the dry northeast and large cities as settings.
In Portugal its first representatives were directors such as José Ernesto de Sousa, Paulo Rocha
Paulo Rocha
Paulo Rocha is a Portuguese film director. Among his best known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.-Bibliographic references: O Cais do...
, António de Macedo
Antonio de Macedo
Antonio de Macedo was first a filmmaker and later a writer, university professor and lecturer.He gave up from filmmaking in the nineties as he felt systematically excluded from the state support programs of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the only financial source for film production in...
, Fernando Lopes
Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)
Fernando Lopes, GCIH is a Portuguese film director.-Filmography:*98 Octanas *Lá Fora *Delfim, O aka Dauphin, Le *Cinema *Gérard, Fotógrafo *Fio do Horizonte, O...
, António da Cunha Telles
António da Cunha Telles
António da Cunha Telles is a Portuguese film director and producer. He was born in Funchal.-Biography:António Cohen da Cunha Telles was born on February 26, 1935 in Funchal, Madeira. He studies Medicine in the University of Lisbon...
and António Campos
António Campos
António Campos was one of the pioneer filmmakers of visual anthropology in Portugal. Mainly using pure documentary techniques, he shot ethnographic films and tried docufiction...
(on documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
).