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João Canijo
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Film & TV
Porto, Portugal
João Canijo (born 10 December, 1957; Porto) is a Portuguese filmmaker. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film Blood of My Blood was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. His 2023 film Bad Living won the Silver Bear Jury…
Known for
- O Pomar — Pai2024
- The Day of My Wedding2016
- Los Barcos2016
- Here in Lisbon — (segment "Los Barcos")2015
- Lisbon Story — Crook1994
- Step by Step1990
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Manuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Porto
- Place of death
- Vila Viçosa
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Lisbon Theatre and Film School
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Image
- MKr25870 João Canijo (Mal Viver, Berlinale 2023).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1957-12-10
- Commons category
- João Canijo
- related category
- Category:Films directed by João Canijo
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- date of death
- 2026-01-29
- end of work period
- 2026-00-00
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