Rita Azevedo Gomes
Directing
Rita Azevedo Gomes (born c. 1952) is an award-winning Portuguese film director. Her career dates from the early 70s and spans cinema, theatre and opera. In 2001 she presented her work in various film festivals including Venice, Montreal, and Turin. Altar (2002) won the prize for best director at the Angra do Heroísmo international film festival and premiered in Portugal in September 2002. This was followed in 2004 by A 15ª Pedra: Manoel de Oliveira e João Bénard da Costa em Conversa Filmada, which was shown at the Marseille, Procida and Doclisboa film festivals in 2005, as well in The Ancient Art Museum and Serralves Foundation. Also in 2005, she was commissioned by Faro Capital da Cultura to direct The Conquest of Faro, which was presented at the 2005 Turin Film Festival and had its national premiere in Faro in December 2005. A Colecção Invisível (The Invisible Collection, 2009) will have its premier in Lisbon at the Cinemateca Portuguesa. Her most recent film, A Portuguesa (The Portuguese), inspired in Robert Musil’s novel Die Portugiesin, is in post-production.
Known for
Directing21
movieFuck the Polis
2025
Director
movieThe Kegelstatt Trio
2022
Director
o Ah! das coisas. “Um dia voltei ao quarto…”
2020
Director
movieThe Portuguese Woman
2019
Director
movieCorrespondences
2016
Director
movieA Woman's Revenge
2012
Director
movieThe 15th Stone
2007
Director
movieThe Conquest of Faro
2005
Director
movieAltar
2003
Director
movieFragile as the World
2001
Director
movieO Construtor de Anjos
1978
Assistant Director
movieD. Jaime or the Portuguese Night
1974
Assistant Director
movieKarl Martin
1974
Assistant Director
Acting11
movieA Portuguese Film
2011
Herself
movieNo Tempo do Cinema
2006
Herself
Writing10
movieFuck the Polis
2025
Writer
movieThe Portuguese Woman
2019
Screenplay
movieCorrespondences
2016
Writer
movieA Woman's Revenge
2012
Screenplay
movieAltar
2003
Writer
movieFragile as the World
2001
Screenplay
Editing6
Production5
Costume & Make-Up2
Notre mariage
1985
Costume Design
movieFrancisca
1981
Costume Design
Art1
movieThe Rose King
1986
Set Decoration
Camera1
movieFuck the Polis
2025
Director of Photography