Raquel Freire
Born (1973-06-22) 22 June 1973
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, novelist

Raquel Freire (born 22 June 1973, in Porto) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and novelist.[1][2][3]

Career

In 2014, she released the film Transiberic Love which is a love story set in modern times showing how one can be an activist within globalised social media and still have some integrity.[4]

In 2013 she published the book Trans Iberic Love,[5] which in 2020 was one of the titles chosen to be part of Sara Barros Leitão's reading project "Heróides - Clube do Livro Feminista."[6]

In 2020 she participated in the first edition of Queer Fest, in Lisbon, in the discussion table "Queer As Intersectionality."[7]

Raquel's films can be found on the streaming platform MUBI.[8]

Works

Films

Novel

  • Trans Iberic Love (2013)[3]

References

  1. "FREIRE, Raquel". Cinema Português (in Portuguese). Instituto Camões. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 Agência Lusa (9 January 2009). "Cinema: "Veneno cura", de Raquel Freire, abre trilogia sobre a intimidade e o amor". noticias.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "RAQUEL FREIRE ENTREVISTA". ruadebaixo.com (in Portuguese). June 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. Transiberic Love, films-de-force-majeure.com
  5. "Raquel Freire | Wook". www.wook.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. Redacção (2020-12-28). ""Heróides – Clube do Livro Feminista" é o primeiro projecto da "Cassandra", estrutura artística". Comunidade Cultura e Arte (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  7. Silva, Clara. "Chegou o Queer Fest". Time Out Lisboa (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  8. "Raquel Freire". MUBI (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. "O rasganço de Raquel Freire". publico.pt (in Portuguese). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  10. "2001". Cinema Português (in Portuguese). Instituto Camões. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  11. "Veneno Cura". cinecartaz.publico.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 November 2014.


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