THE SEASONS

A film by Maureen Fazendeiro
2025, 82 minutes
No. 495
Documentary
THE SEASONS
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Description
Weaving accounts of rural workers and fieldnotes 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.


Festivals
Winner, Boccalino D'Oro Award for Best Contribution to Cinematic Language, Concorso Internazionale, Locarno Film Festival 2025
Official Selection, Wavelengths, Toronto International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection, Viennale 2025
Official Selection, International Competition, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2025
Official Selection, New Filmmakers Competition, São Paulo International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection, Portuguese Competition, Doclisboa International Film Festival 2025


Reviews
“Fazendeiro’s visual essay blends everything, past and present, flora and fauna, the surface and the underground, the violence and the beauty, in a smooth and simple manner that makes it all the more insightful and something to cherish.” —International Cinephile Society

“Fazendeiro uses cinema as an instrument for excavating the various layers of history contained within any given landscape. A complex work of human geography.” —In Review Online

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