Film
FOGO FRIO
2024 · 10m
Not Portuguese enough. Not Canadian enough. Just ash. A love letter to a cinema that never loved you back.
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Overview
Fogo Frio is a contemplative meditation on Portuguese cinema and identity, framed by critic Justine Peres Smith’s haunting narration. Two landscapes—a Portuguese family home and Quebec’s Laurentian wilderness—merge in a dreamlike exploration of memory and artistic belonging. At its center, Lloyd burns letters in a fire, perhaps including Justine’s own words ("Dear Lloyd... Yours truly, Justine"). Their ambiguous bond mirrors the film’s tension between tradition and reinvention. Born from the director’s resistance to conventional "Portuguese cinema," Fogo Frio becomes a personal reckoning—a collaborative, improvisational work that challenges the solitary auteur myth. Through fire, silence, and stark beauty, it asks: How do we make art on our own terms?
Cast
Crew
- Chico Peres SmithDirector · Editor · Writer
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 28, 2024
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 10m
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