Ana

António Reis was born in 1927 in Valadares (Portugal) and died in Lisbon in 1991. In 1959, he works in documentary ‘Auto de Floripes’, a production of the Experimental Section of the Porto Film Club, where he was an active member. Between 1961 and 1962, he works as an assistant director in Manoel de Oliveira’s ‘Rite of Spring’. In the following year, he directs ‘Painéis do Porto’, a commission from the Porto City Council and his first documentary. As of ‘Trás-os-Montes’ (1976), his films are co-credited with Margarida Cordeiro, with whom he shares his life. From 1977, he accumulates his creative activity with that of lecturer at the Film School in the National Conservatory. Margarida Cordeiro was born in 1938, in Mogadouro (Portugal). A medical psychiatrist, she starts working in film with ‘Jaime’ (1974), a short film, as António Reis’ editing and sound assistant, with whom she co-directed her three feature films. In 1982, both won the Golden Spike at Seminci with 'Ana', the second installment of their trilogy set in Trás-os-Montes.