Produtora e distribuidora cinematográfica
The goal of APM actions per minute Produções is, within the fiction and documentary fields, to work with established directors, and at the same time to give conditions for young directors to develop new languages and affirm themselves, privileging international co-productions and the exchange of different cinematographic and audiovisual cultures.
And doing justice to the name (APM is the acronym of its founder's name, Ana Pinhão Moura, and the term used in strategy games - usually computer games - in real time, and refers to the total number of actions a player can accomplish within one minute, and a high APM is synonymous of speed, efficiency and precision), APM actions per minute Produções, despite being so young, already has films in competition at the main film festivals, premiered in several countries, good commercial exploitation results, and many ongoing projects.
This new production company, based in Lisbon, and founded in late 2017," has premiered on June 23, the latest feature film by João Mário Grilo, "Field of Blood" distributed by Leopardo Filmes, after having already been able to be seen at the Marché du Film, in Cannes.
APM co-produced "Restos do Vento", by Tiago Guedes, which was part of the official selection of the 75th Cannes Festival, out of competition; "Mosquito", the opening film of the last Rotterdam Film Festival, which premiered in Portugal and France, and was Portugal's nominee for the Goya 2020; and "RUTH" which premiered in cinemas in Portugal and Mozambique and was in competition at the ARTE Kino.
APM entered as associate producer of the feature films "Ordem Moral" by Mário Barroso, which premiered in Portugal and France and was in São Paulo Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival and Valença Film Festival; "A HERDADE" by Tiago Guedes, in competition in Venice in 2019 and the Portuguese film nominated for the Oscars and Goya; and of "O Caderno Negro" by Valeria Sarmiento, in competition in San Sebastian in 2018.
Last year, APM presented a short film in competition at IndieLisboa ("Silvestre" by Rúben Gonçalves), another at the Curtas de Vila do Conde Festival ("Matilde Olha para Trás" by Ana Mariz), having premiered last year, at Indie, the short "Errar a Noite" by Flávio Gonçalves, which has made a considerable career in international festivals, despite the pandemic times we lived.
And the projects keep on coming...
Team
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Producer
Ana Pinhão Moura
In 1994, at the age of 19 and while still studying at the Cinema School of the National Conservatory, Ana Pinhão Moura began working for the television production company MMM as a script supervisor and assistant director in television programs: from alternative fashion magazines such as "86-60-86" to large studio productions such as "NOITE DE REIS". Producers José Eduardo Moniz and Gabriela Sobral soon noticed her production skills and quickly entrusted her to head their teams.
In 1996, she finished her editing course and went to Macau to produce her childhood friend Ivo M. Ferreira's first film, "O HOMEM DA BICICICLETA", and what was supposed to be a small documentary made by a group of friends, ended up as a medium-length film, winning prizes in several festivals.
In 1997, she returned to Portugal, and headed up the production of dozens of television programs, music videos, events, documentaries, airtime and advertising campaigns for major agencies.
In 2000, Luís Osório invited her to be the executive producer of Mínima Ideia, where they presented some of the most iconic programs of the beginning of the century (Loja do cidadão, Zapping, O Trabalho, Fenómeno, etc), where, betting heavily on docudrama, they developed new languages and launched young creators like Tiago Rodrigues, Nuno Costa Santos, Luís Filipe Borges and Alexandre Borges.
In 2002, Ana decided it was time to venture into a new challenge, and her love for cinema spoke louder: she sent her curriculum to the most renowned and prolific producer in the country, Paulo Branco, and was immediately invited to be the Production Director of "VAI E VEM", the last film by João César Monteiro. She then worked for almost 20 years as a "permanent" production director/executive producer at Madragoa Filmes, Clap Filmes, República Films, Alfama Films and Leopardo Filmes.
Since then (although she has occasionally worked as a freelance producer for advertisements, video-art installations by Julião Sarmento and a feature film by Bruno de Almeida, "LOVEBIRDS") she has been Paulo Branco's right-hand woman, working as her Executive Producer, on films all over the world, and with renowned directors such as Raul Ruiz, Werner Schroeter or Benoît Jacquot, and having been responsible for the production of the Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival, since its launch in 2007, until its consolidation in 2014, when the volume of productions became so high that Ana had to leave the festival to take over the direction of the Film Department at Leopardo Filmes, where she was responsible for all applications, productions and post-productions.
Alongside, since 2014, Ana Pinhão Moura was the manager of Alfama Films Production, in Portugal, where she was the producer of "POSTO-AVANÇADO DO PROGRESSO" by Hugo Vieira da Silva and the serial version of "A HERDADE" by Tiago Guedes, already broadcasted with excellent results by RTP, ARTE France and HBO Portugal.
And without renouncing her past, and with pride in everything she has learned from some of the biggest names in national cinema and audiovisual with whom she has had the honor of working - José Eduardo Moniz and Gabriela Sobral (1994-1998), Diamantino Ferreira and Alexandre Reina (1999), Luís Osório and Tiago Rodrigues (2000-2002), and Paulo Branco (2002-2020) - the time has come for Ana Pinhão Moura to move forward on her own, creating her own production company: the APM actions per minute Produções.
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Producer assistant
Vanessa Alvarez
Studied Medieval Archeology at the University of Florence in Italy. She started her adventure in show business in 1996 at the box office of Cinema Monumental and then, from 1997 to 1998, at ATALANTA FILMES as an assistant. In Florence he worked as logistics manager of the 2004 River to River Festival - Florence Indian Festival.
Already in Lisbon, he dedicated himself to the production of films and festivals. She worked with producer Paulo Branco as post-production manager at CLAP FILMES; she was part of the Estoril Film Festival team in 2007/2008 and was production manager of the 8 1⁄2 - Italian Film Festival in 2010/2011.
In 2011, she worked for ALAMBIQUE FILMES as head of Communication, Press and Film Promotion. Later that year, he collaborated with MIDAS FILMES where she coordinated the department of projects and post-production of films. In 2013, accepts the invitation to direct the production of DOCLISBOA - International Film Festival having held the same position in 2014 until June 2015. In July she joins the revitalisation project of CINEMA IDEAL as its Public Relations Officer. In 2016 she collaborates with Bruno de Almeida in the post-production of the film CABARET MAXIME until its premiere at the Metrograph in New York in 2020.
In the middle of the world pandemic, she imagines a project that intends to take Portuguese cinema in an itinerant way from North to South of the country and thus is born the project CINE-CARAVANA in the summer of 2021. The project was distinguished by the Portuguese Film Academy with the Art and Technique Award for its work in the promotion and dissemination of Portuguese cinema.
Vanessa continues to participate in director Bruno de Almeida's projects. This time dedicated to music with the project CINEMA IMAGINADO.
In 2023 she accepts the invitation to join APM actions per minute Produções as its Production Coordinator.
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Secretária de Produção
Carolina Alves
Born in Santarém, but with her heart in Lisbon, it was in cinema that she discovered that the world could be brighter.
With a degree in Communications from NOVA-FCSH, it was in the audiovisuals that she found herself.
She was part of the production team of CINENOVA'19 (university film festival), was a assistant in festivals such as Doclisboa and Indie Lisboa.
She was part of the youngest cultural programming team of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation between 2020 and 2021, with the 15-25 Imagina project.
With a brief career in journalism, she worked as editorial staff of the digital newspaper A Mensagem de Lisboa.
Last year, she joined the production team at Bro Cinema, where she worked on animation projects, short fiction films, international feature films and documentaries.
Since 2023 she works at APM actions per minute Produções as its Production Secretary.