Edgar Pêra

Edgar Henrique Clemente Pêra (born 19 November 1960) is a Portuguese filmmaker. Pêra is also a fine artist and a graphic comics artist.^[1][2] and writes fiction and cinema essays (PhD). Edgar Pêra studied Psychology, but switched to Film at the Portuguese National Conservatory, presently Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema).^[3] Aka Mr. Ego (scripts), Man-Kamera (image), Artur Cyanetto (sound).^[4] Edgar Pêra has auto-financed and produced many his own movies, or directed "auteur films" for cultural institutions.

Edgar Pêra
Pêra in Lisbon
Born	(1960-11-19) 19 November 1960 (age 65) Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation	Film director

Filmography

Features

• Vida e Obra de Cassiano Branco/Life & Work of Cassiano Branco (documentary) (1991)
• Manual de Evasão LX94/Manual Of Evasion LX94 (1994)
• A Janela (Maryalva Mix)/The Window (Maryalva Mix) (2001)
• Oito, oito/Eight Eight (originally for TV feature) (2001)
• O Homem-Teatro/The Man-Theatre (2001)
• Movimentos Perpétuos: Cine-Tributo a Carlos Paredes/Perpetual Movements:Cine-Tribute to Carlos Paredes (2006)
• Rio Turvo/Muddy River (2007)
• Punk Is Not Daddy (documentary) (2012)
• O Barão/The Baron (2011)
• Visões de Madredeus/Vision of Madredeus(documentary) (2012)
• Cinesapiens segment from 3X3D (together with Jean-Luc Godard and Peter Greenaway) (2013)
• Lisbon Revisited (2014)
• O Espectador Espantado/The Amazed Spectator (2016)
• Adeus Carne/Goodbye Flesh(2017)
• o Homem-Pykante Diálogos Kom Pimenta/Spicy-Man (2018)
• Caminhos Magnétykos/Magnetick Pathways (2018)
• KINORAMA - BEYOND THE WALLS OF CINEMA (2019)

Short films

• Reproduta Interdita (1990)
• A Cidade de Cassiano/The City of Cassiano (1991)
• Matadouro/Slaughterhouse (1991)
• Guerra ou Paz?/War or Peace? (1992)
• Achbeit Macht Frei?/O Trabalho Liberta?/Work Liberates? (documentary) (1993)
• SWK4 (1993)
• O Mundo Desbotado/Fading World (1995)
• Túneis de Realidade (Who Is The Master Who Makes The Grass Green?) (1996)
• 25 de Abril: uma Aventura para a Democracia (documentary) (2000)
• Guitarra (com gente lá dentro)/Guitar (With People Inside) (2003)
• És a Nossa Fé/Our Faith (documentary) (2004)
• Stadium (Phantas-Mix) (2005)
• Impending Doom (2006)
• Arquitectura de Peso/Heavy Architecture (2007)
• Crime Azul/Bleu Krime (2009)
• Avant La Corrida (2009)
• One Way Or another (Reflections of a Psycho-Killer) (2012)
• Stillness (2014)
• The Cavern (2015–16)
• Goodbye Flesh (2017)
• KINO-POP ARCHIVES (13 short films for tv) (2018)

Proto-Films

• A Konspyração dos 1000 Tympanus/The 1000 Eardrums Konspiracy (1996)
• Champô Chaimite (2002)
• Os Homens-Toupeira/The Mole-man Saga (feature, 2003)
• Horror no Bairro Vermelho (Prólogo Documental)/Horror in the Red District (Documentary Prologue) (2011)

Films with students

• The Day of The Musician by Eric Satie (1996)
• The Misadventures of Man-Kamera Episodes 113 & 115 (1998)

Kino-Diaries(selection)

• Rua Anchieta (2016)
• Busan 3D Kino-Diary (2013)
• My Father's Hometown/Viagem com o meu pai a Coimbra (2011)
• Planeland 4 (2004)
• Keep Moooving 1 (2004)
• Krashlanding in Lisbon-98 (Also it's about time) (1998)
• Cacilhas-Cascais (Hip Hop Agit-Train) (1996)
• At Cabo Espichel with my Parents (1986)

Video Installations

• Trans-LX (1990)
• O Movimento da Pedra (1990)
• Videokorporis (1992)
• Não Há Flores! (1992)
• 666-O Triunfo do Azeite (video-performance) (1994)
• Incêndio no Museu Kabazov (1995)
• Satie live-mix (cine-performance) (1996)
• FashionViktimz (1996)
• Bica Amor & Fakadas (video and super 8 installation) (1997)
• Konsciêncya (1998)
• Kantos Enokyanus (1998)
• Cinekomix Marvels (1999)
• Eskynas Agudas (1999)
• A Porta (2000)
• The Master Person Tapes/Os Filmes do Desassossego de Mestre Pessoa (2002)
• Fiquem Qom a Qultura, eu fiko kom o Brazzil (2002)
• Keep Mooving 2 (2005)
• Sub-Mundo (2015)
• Lisboa Revisitada (3D photography and 3D video exhibition) (2016)

Cine-Concerts (original films mixed with live-shooting by Pêra)

• LOVECRAFTLAND Live Music by Randolph Carter (Paulo Furtado aka The Legendary Tigerman) (2018)
• FONTAÍNHAS Live Music by Rui Lima and Sérgio Martins (Porto, 2017)
• VADE RETRO Live Music by Tó Trips and João Doce (Serralves, Porto, 2016)
• Kino-Ping-Pong Live Music by António Vitorino de Almeida (Lisboa, 2014)
• Lima & Louro – Filmes de Lisboa Live Music by André Louro and João Lima (São Jorge, Lisboa, 2010)
• Kino-Diaries live music by Micro Audiowaves and LIP (Serralves, Porto 2006)
• Koktail Filmzz live music by João Lima (ZDB, Lisboa 2005)
• Kino-Diaries live music by Novolari (ZDB, Lisboa, 2005)
• Granular Improvising with Microaudiowaves and LIP (Lisboa, 2005)
• ABRIL-BRAZZIL live music by João Madeira (Lisboa, 2005)
• SUDWESTERN music Dead Combo with performances by actors-singers (Lisboa, Guarda, Amsterdam, 2004)
• NAKED MIND PROJEKT Live music by Vítor Rua (2002-2004)
• Straxt! films for the concert of Lydia Lunch (2004)
• Kino-Super8 live music by Francisco Rebelo (ZDB, Lisboa, 2000)
• As Alucinações Estão Aí! Live music by Nuno Rebelo and Jean-Marc Mantera (Lisboa, Porto 1995)
• Eles Sempre Aí Estiveram (1995)
• Vizões Equações Radiações! live Music by Nuno Rebelo and Marco Franco (1995)
• Cine-Fado live music by Manuel João Vieira (1993)
• Ultimatum Futurista live music by Nuno Rebelo (1993)
• Cinerock live music by Tiago Lopes (1990)

Music vídeos

• Madredeus at IFP (1989)
• Korações de Atum Mini musical movie Lello Minsk and Shegundo Galarza (2000)
• U ke Faz Falta? film commemorating the 25 of April revolution music selected by Miguel esteves Cardoso (1995)
• Zombietown23 Texts of Terence Mckenna Aleister Crowley and Fernando Pessoa. Commissioned by Expo 98 (1998)
• You DJ Vibe & Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) location: Tokyo^[5]
• videoclips for GNR, Rádio Macau, Madredeus, Resistência, Capitão Fantasma, LX90, Rão Kiao, Black Company, Djamal, Terrakota, The Legendary Tigerman, Bullet, No Data, Orlando Cohen, Remexido.

Criticism and Praise

• "The montage is as relentless as the guitarist's finger-work, the footage as compelling as the music is poignant.", The Barbican (a multi-art organization) on Perpetual Movements^[6]
• "Cartoonishly weird comedy", The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre on The Window (Don Juan Mix)^[7]

"the find here is lesser known Portuguese director Pêra's weird and wacky whirlwind of a film; a sharply astute indictment of mainstream cinema and culture." (Arun Sharma about Cinesapiens and 3X3D) ^[8]

"Cinesapiens, keeps audiences guessing right to the final frame, ending with a surreal and haunting scene experience."^[9] Cinesapiens: "pure visual chaos"^[10]

See also

• Cinema of Portugal