Rodrigo Lacerda
Directing
Biography
Rodrigo Lacerda nasceu em Coimbra em 1979. Estudou cinema e televisão na London Metropolitan University e National Film and Television School no Reino Unido. Em 2006, realiza o seu primeiro documentário em colaboração com Rita Alcaire, Filhos do Tédio, com estreia oficial no Festival IndieLisboa e que recebeu o Prémio do Público e a Menção Honrosa do Júri no 1º MostraLíngua. Em 2010, realizou o documentário Pelos Trilhos do Andarilho, sobre o etnólogo Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira, que recebeu o Prémio Etnografia e Menção Honrosa do Júri no 17º Cine'Eco.
Known For
There are hundreds of sex workers to whom the protection of the law at a labour and civilian level is not recognised. For that reason, in a similar way to what happens in many countries, they demand the end of the discrimination, the change of the law and the social power that has been denied to them. This film is a journey into the underworld of sex workers and their struggle for labour rights.
From 9 to 5: Sex Work Is Work
Nuno is a man working at a hot dog stand, who also invented a machine which promises to revolutionize the shoe industry- a foot scanner. In the middle of a gasoline embargo and finding himself in a strange predicament, Nuno becomes mysteriously confined to his car, finding his life suddenly embargoed.
Embargo
Attitude is a small detail that makes a big difference. Here’s the time to talk about another side of Coimbra, an Portuguese university city. This is the story of one of the city’s most famous exports ‚ the Tedio Boys. The first of its kind with visibility and, more than any other label, a certain attitude. As a result, the city’s visual landscape changed ever since.