Joana da Cunha Ferreira
Biography
Joana da Cunha Ferreira is Industry Coordinator (Nebulae), as well as programmer for the International Competition section at Doclisboa International Film Festival. Since 2019, Joana teaches cinema at Ar.Co - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual. She has been working in film for more than 20 years in various roles: production, AD, writer, etc.,
Known For & Full Filmography5 Titles
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Pilar's Friend #1
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Joana
When a terminally ill French actress decides to spend her last vacation with her large family in Sintra, her relatives grapple with their own insecurities.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A journey inside the tram crossing the city of Lisbon while listening to fragments of Fernando Pessoa's poetry.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Juana
Manuel bids farewell to his routine and boards a 15th century vessel under pirate law. Treason on board triggers a series of terrible events our protagonist overcomes while keeping his moral principles intact.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A look back at the history of Brancusi's futuristic golden bronze phallus "Princess X" that is in fact a bust of Napoleon's incredible great-niece, Marie Bonaparte.