Raquel Freire Explained

Raquel Freire
Birth Date:1973 6, df=y
Birth Place:Porto, Portugal
Nationality:Portuguese
Occupation: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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FREIRE, Raquel. 30 November 2014. Cinema Português. Instituto Camões. Portuguese.
  2. Web site: Cinema: "Veneno cura", de Raquel Freire, abre trilogia sobre a intimidade e o amor. Agência Lusa. 9 January 2009. 30 November 2014. noticias.sapo.pt. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: RAQUEL FREIRE ENTREVISTA. June 2013. 30 November 2014. ruadebaixo.com. Portuguese.
  4. http://www.films-de-force-majeure.com/en/films/in-development/gestionfilms/87/transiberic-love.html Transiberic Love
  5. Web site: 2021-01-19. pt-PT. Raquel Freire Wook. www.wook.pt.
  6. Web site: 2021-01-19. 2020-12-28. pt-PT. Redacção. “Heróides – Clube do Livro Feminista” é o primeiro projecto da “Cassandra”, estrutura artística. Comunidade Cultura e Arte.
  7. Web site: 2021-01-19. Clara. pt-PT. Silva. Chegou o Queer Fest. Time Out Lisboa.
  8. Web site: 2021-01-19. pt. Raquel Freire. MUBI.
  9. Web site: O rasganço de Raquel Freire. 30 November 2001. 30 November 2014. publico.pt. Portuguese.
  10. Web site: 2001. 30 November 2014. Cinema Português. Instituto Camões. Portuguese.
  11. Web site: Veneno Cura. 30 November 2014. cinecartaz.publico.pt. Portuguese.