Ana (1982 film)

Ana is a 1982 Portuguese independent docufictional and ethnofictional feature film, written, directed and edited by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. It was filmed in Trás-os-Montes like António Reis' previous film, Trás-os-Montes. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

Ana
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Directed by	António Reis Margarida Cordeiro
Screenplay by	António Reis Margarida Cordeiro
Produced by	António Reis Margarida Cordeiro Paulo Branco
Starring	Ana Maria Martins Guerra Manuel Ramalho Eanes Octávio Lixa Filgueiras
Cinematography	Acácio de Almeida
Edited by	António Reis Margarida Cordeiro
Production company	Centro Português de Cinema (CPC)
Release date	15 September 1982 (1982-09-15)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Portugal
Language	Portuguese

Reception

Ana was present at film festivals like the Venice Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival or the São Paulo International Film Festival.

The film was in exhibition in Paris for three months.

In 2011, Ana was screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival, marking the beginning of the international rediscover of the work of António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro.^[2] In 2012, the film was screened in the United States at the Harvard Film Archive,^[3] the Anthology Film Archives,^[4] at the UCLA Film and Television Archives^[5] and at the Pacific Film Archive as part of The School of Reis program.

See also

• Docufiction
• List of docufiction films
• List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film