71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026
2025 - 70th edition

The Seasons

As Estações
Maureen Fazendeiro
Portugal, France, Spain, Austria
 - 2025
Estreno nacional
Opta a: Espiga Verde
Weaving accounts of rural workers and field notes of a couple of archaeologists, amateur footage and scientific drawings, legends, poems and songs, ‘The Seasons’ is a journey through the real history and the tales of a region in southern Portugal, Alentejo, and a portrait of the people who have lived there.
Maureen Fazendeiro
Film director and screenwriter born in 1989 in Créteil (France). She lives and works in Lisbon. She studied literature, art and cinema at the Université Denis Diderot in Paris.Her first film, the medium-length ‘Motu Maeva’ (2014), premiered at FIDMarseille and won awards at several festivals (DocLisboa, Valdivia, Brive, Play-Doc). This film and her other shorts, ‘Sol Negro’ (2019, TIFF Wavelength) and ‘Les Habitants’ (2025, Cinéma du Réel), have been screened in festivals worldwide, including at Viennale, Mar del Plata, Jeonju, New Director’s New Films, FICUNAM, Belfort, Angers, Gijón and Seminci, and have also been screened in cinematheques and museums such as FIAC Paris, Biennale de Veneza, Aichi Triennale, Palais de Tokyo and MoMA. She divides her time between individual projects and collaborations with Miguel Gomes as casting director and screenwriter (‘Grand Tour’, Best Director at Cannes 2024). Together, they co-directed ‘The Tsugua Diaries’ (Director’s Fortnight 2021). In 2025, Curtas Vila do Conde dedicated a focus about her work in the New Voices section, and her first feature-length documentary, ‘The Seasons’ premiered in competition at Locarno.
DIRECTOR
Maureen Fazendeiro
SCREENPLAY
Maureen Fazendeiro
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robin Fresson
EDITOR
Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro
SOUND
Luca Rullo, Xavier Souto, Vasco Pimentel, Miguel Martins
MUSIC
Luís J. Martins
PRODUCTION
Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, Valentina Novati, Beli Martínez, Lukas Valenta Rinner
PRODUCTION COMPANY
O Som e a Fúria, Norte Productions, Filmika Galaika, Nabis Filmgroup
FEATURING
Simão Ramalho, Cláudio da Silva, Ana Potra, Manuel Leitão, António Sozinho voces: Gerti Drassl, Michaela Kaspar, Raphael von Bargen, Toni Slama, António Abel, Simão Romeu
RUNNING TIME
82 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color y B/N
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2025
COUNTRY
Portugal, France, Spain, Austria
CONTACT
Square Eyes
IN SPAIN
Atalante
Screenings
Tue. 28, 19:15
Presentation
Q&A
Wed. 29, 19:30
Presentation
Q&A
Fri. 31, 17:15
DIRECTOR
Maureen Fazendeiro
SCREENPLAY
Maureen Fazendeiro
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robin Fresson
EDITOR
Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro
SOUND
Luca Rullo, Xavier Souto, Vasco Pimentel, Miguel Martins
MUSIC
Luís J. Martins
PRODUCTION
Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, Valentina Novati, Beli Martínez, Lukas Valenta Rinner
PRODUCTION COMPANY
O Som e a Fúria, Norte Productions, Filmika Galaika, Nabis Filmgroup
FEATURING
Simão Ramalho, Cláudio da Silva, Ana Potra, Manuel Leitão, António Sozinho voces: Gerti Drassl, Michaela Kaspar, Raphael von Bargen, Toni Slama, António Abel, Simão Romeu
RUNNING TIME
82 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color y B/N
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2025
COUNTRY
Portugal, France, Spain, Austria
CONTACT
Square Eyes
IN SPAIN
Atalante

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