10João Braz

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João Braz in the editing suite

(Courtesy of João Braz)

João is a distinguished Portuguese editor who has worked with a number of prominent directors, including João Canijo. Their work together is a revelation for those of us for whom films made in Portugal are hard to see. We are the poorer for this lack of distribution abroad.

RC: Where were you born/what did your parents do/was there an artistic background in the family?

JB: I was born in Lisbon in 1969. My parents had no artistic background. My mother was a designer of technical maps and my father had a small business. My grandfather worked on newspapers—he was left-wing and ...

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