Raquel Freire
Born (1973-06-22) 22 June 1973
Porto, Portugal
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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