Frederico Lobo

Portugal

Biography

Frederico Lobo was born in 1981 in Porto. He studied Sound and Image at Universidade Católica do Porto. In 2006 attended the Ateliers Varan documentary course in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, during which he directed Entre Tempos. Since 2008 he has been collaborating with TERRATREME production company. He co-directed film Bab Sebta with Pedro Pinho – co-founder of the company. With the same colleague and Luísa Homem he co-directed the short film Zone d’Attente #00. He is currently preparing the documentary Industrial Revolution, co-directed with Tiago Hespanha.

Filmography:

Entre Tempos (Portugal, 2006)
Bab Septa – with Pedro Pinho (108´, Marocco/Portugal, 2009)
Zone d’Attente #00 – with Pedro Pinho and Luísa Homem (Portugal, 2009)

Comments

View comments

Add comment

Bab Sebta

Bab Sebta (Orig.) / 2008 / Portugal / 108 min

The film follows three Africans who have settled "for now" in the northern Moroccan town of Tangier, hoping to one day make the leap to settle "for good" in Europe.

Detail…

News

Single Shot Indonesia

For more than 10 years, Dutch director Leonard Retel Helmrich has been returning to the homeland of his parents to observe and record the transformation of Indonesia in the turbulent years of economic and cultural globalization. The Dafilms portal presents all of the three parts of his famous documentary trilogy, including the latest film Position among the Stars. On the backdrop of the tension in Indonesian society, Helmrich’s camera follows the Sjamsuddin family living their daily lives of work and worries, mutual love and hatred. In the week from May 21, you can watch the first two parts of the trilogy; The Eye of the Day and Shape of the Moon; for free.

Eastern Promises

This week the Dafilms portal presents a considerable portion of European “exoticism”. Take a trip through the unique landscape of the Balkans with three remarkable documentaries. Although the protagonists of The Shutka Book of Records, The Mosquito Problem and Bahtalo! are rather poor, do not expect a heavy social drama. One can only live merrily without money! From May 14, you can watch the three films for free for a whole week.

True Stories from Russia

Watch or download films about true life in Russia: Kommunalka (free on May 7 and May 8!), Durakovo – the Village of Fools and Mr. Triska's Epoch Making Trip to Russia.