Art - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Film. Uso dos Olhos – Objectos de Errância. Marta Wengorovius. Experimental cinema.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Fine Arts Department
Pedro José Maia for the Portrait
project, which formed part of the
work entitled Super 8 Series.
Raquel Freire received support
for the costs of translating into
English the subtitles for her
documentary about the creative
process of a group of Portuguese
stage directors, entitled Esta É
a Minha Cara. This film received
a grant of 1 50,000 from
the Department and was given
its first public screening at the
Foundation in May 2008.
The Associação Inventário – Arte, Acção e Pensamento received financial support towards
the costs of producing the experimental film workshop “One Minutes PT 2008”, which was held
at the Modern Art Centre in November. The 20 films made under the scope of this workshop
were shown to the public at the Foundation. The subsidy awarded in 2007 to Apordoc –
Associação pelo Documentário was again renewed for the 2008 edition of the international
seminar on documentary film “Doc’s Kingdom” that took place in the town of Serpa in June.
This subsidy was granted in partnership with the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual
(the Portuguese Film Institute) and Serpa Municipal Council.
As far as the support given to the promotion of Portuguese films abroad is concerned,
the Department contributed towards the artist Filipa César’s travel expenses to Rio de Janeiro
to participate in the International Film Festival organised in partnership with MoMA of New York.
Similar support was given for Cláudia Clemente’s participation in the “É Tudo Verdade”
festival in São Paulo, where she presented her documentary about the &etc publishing house.
The Foundation also granted subsidies to the production companies Periferia Filmes and Cine-Tuga
for the films Sem Título 3, by the director Vicent Lefort, and Rio Turvo, by Edgar Pêra, respectively.
Margarida Gil was given support for the editing and post-production tasks of the documentary
about the work of Carlos de Oliveira, entitled Sobre o Lado Esquerdo.
Scholarships [3666 191]
In 2008, the Fine Arts Department continued with its plan of awarding scholarships in the various
areas for which it is responsible. This plan, which has accompanied the Department’s activities
since 1957, has remained an important means of supporting artistic creativity, research and
in-depth theoretical reflection, while also updating and upgrading professional skills. Granted
annually following a competitive application process, these scholarships are part of a programme
that has accompanied developments in the Portuguese art world, paying attention to both
the shortcomings and priorities in each specialist area.