Pedro Costa

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Pedro Costa (b. 1959, Lisboa), left his course of studies in History to attend classes taught by the poet and filmmaker António Reis at the Lisbon Film School. His first film O Sangue / Blood had its world premiere at the Mostra Cinematografica di Venezia in 1989. Casa de Lava, his second feature, shot on the Island of Fogo in Cabo Verde, was shown in Cannes, 'Un Certain Regard', in 1994. His other feature films include Ossos, In Vanda's Room and Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, on the work of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub. Recently he directed Sweet Exorcist, a segment of the omnibus feature Centro Histórico, with Manoel de Oliveira, Aki Kaurismaki and Victor Erice. His work has been presented in galleries and museums around the world. He is one of the invited artists of the Cuban Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2013.