{"id":1234,"date":"2020-03-24T14:37:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ff.lemons.pt\/about-us\/carlos-ruiz-cv\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T10:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:21:58","slug":"carlos-ruiz-cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fronteirafilmes.pt\/en\/about-us\/carlos-ruiz-cv\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Ruiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; columns_gap=&#8221;60&#8243; min_height=&#8221;660&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243; vertical_content_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99&#8243;][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_custom_position=&#8221;yes&#8221; position_right=&#8221;minus-4x&#8221; mobile_column_positions=&#8221;none&#8221; mobile_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; z_index=&#8221;99&#8243;]<div class=\"eut-element eut-image cv-picture eut-align-right\" style=\"\"><div class=\"eut-image-wrapper eut-popup-item\" style=\"max-width:347px;\"><div class=\"eut-thumbnail-wrapper\"  style=\"max-width: 347px;\"><div class=\"eut-thumbnail\"  style=\"padding-top: 120.749%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/fronteirafilmes.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/carlos-cv.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full eut-lazy-load lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-eutf-filter=\"yes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fronteirafilmes.pt\/wp-content\/themes\/crocal\/images\/empty\/empty.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fronteirafilmes.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/carlos-cv.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fronteirafilmes.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/carlos-cv.jpg 347w, https:\/\/fronteirafilmes.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/carlos-cv-248x300.jpg 248w\" data-expand=\"1\" \/><\/div><\/div>  <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;custom&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;56&#8243;][vc_column_inner]<h1 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h1\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span>Carlos Ruiz<\/span><\/h1>[vc_column_text text_style=&#8221;subtitle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587554367430{padding-top: 16px !important;}&#8221;]Carlos Ruiz works in the field of cinema since 1990.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243; rc_bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; rc_bg_image=&#8221;166&#8243; expand_column_bg=&#8221;expand-bg-right&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;hide&#8221; z_index=&#8221;2&#8243;]<div class=\"eut-empty-space\" style=\"height: 660px;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;custom&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;custom&#8221; equal_column_height=&#8221;equal&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;80px&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;110px&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Carlos Ruiz Camona is a filmmaker and producer whose work spans various forms of cinematic expression, from fictional drama to observational documentary, with a strong presence at international festivals and a career built across Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Since the beginning of his career, he has demonstrated a particular sensitivity to stories that delve into intimacy, marginality, and human conflict, approached with a poetic, committed gaze, attentive to detail.<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-1990s, he began to establish himself on the European scene with the film Rooftop, which won Best Screenplay at the Valencia International Film Festival and was distributed in Odeon cinemas in London. This early recognition set the tone for a career marked by artistic consistency and critical acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, he directed his first fiction feature film, To Anyone Who Can Hear Me, a work that traveled through various European festivals\u2014from Taormina to Edinburgh, from Madrid to Figueira da Foz\u2014winning the Grand Prize for Best Fiction Feature and the International Press Jury Award. This debut in feature-length format confirmed the maturity of his narrative approach, rooted in a restrained yet intense emotional dimension and a constant search for characters struggling with their own silences.<\/p>\n<p>His relationship with cinema also extended into production, as demonstrated in 2001 with Shadows, a film selected for the International Film Festival of Rotterdam and premiered at the Columbia Tri-Star Preview Theatre in London. However, it was with the documentary Retrato, completed in 2004, that Carlos Ruiz Camona reached a new level of visibility and recognition. The film was screened at several international festivals\u2014Taiwan, Ankara, Rome, DocLisboa, Helsinki, among others\u2014and won the City of Madrid Award for Best Spanish Feature Film. Its visual and conceptual richness also earned it an Honorable Mention at the Tui Festival. Later, Retrato was selected by the Miguel Cervantes Institute for an international screening tour in cities such as Moscow, Shanghai, Stockholm, and Casablanca, and was also broadcast in 2013 on Eurochannel, reaching audiences across various global regions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1585062681375{border-bottom-width: 4px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;border-bottom-color: #ec1d23 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Moving between fiction and documentary observation, Ruiz Camona has continuously experimented and expanded his artistic vocabulary. In 2009, he released the drama Roots, which won the Prix Bracara Augusta at the Braga Independent Film Festival and was also awarded Best Short Film at the Minho International Film Festival. In the years that followed, between 2011 and 2015, the director increased his presence on television, developing a series of institutional and essayistic documentaries broadcast on RTP and other platforms, including titles such as A Study of Possibilities, A New Narrative for Europe, and The Dinner That Never Happened. During this same period, he also made films about the work of contemporary artists such as Rui Chafes, Alberto Carneiro, Susana Solano, and Didier Faustino, revealing a sensitive attention to materiality, artistic gesture, and the poetics of space.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, he directed the short film Greve, later shown on RTP2 and in Cinematheque venues in cities such as Valencia, Murcia, and Santiago de Compostela. This was followed in 2016 by the production of a television documentary series titled My Thesis, comprising thirteen episodes that showcase the thoughts, affections, and concerns of young researchers in Portugal. But it is with CRU\u2014a film shot over nearly a decade in Porto and completed in 2017\u2014that Carlos Ruiz Camona deepened an authorial approach marked by time, listening, and prolonged presence. The documentary had its world premiere in the International Competition of the DOK Leipzig festival and continued its run at events such as Visions du R\u00e9el in Switzerland and the Avanca International Film Festival, where it received an Honorable Mention in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decades, Ruiz Camona has crafted a cinema attuned to the social and the sensitive, combining an ethic of proximity with an aesthetic that values restraint, detail, and deep listening. In 2024, he completed his second fiction feature, The Falling Sky, a poetic representation of the enigmatic nature of desire, love, and the enduring pain of living with the consequences of our actions. The film premiered in November 2024 at the Caminhos do Cinema Portugu\u00eas Festival, where it received an Honorable Mention from the Jury, and is now preparing for its international debut in 2025, with confirmed screenings in Italy and Norway. Its theatrical release is also scheduled for the coming year, marking a new chapter in the filmography of Carlos Ruiz Camona\u2014a filmmaker who continues to affirm the importance of cinema as a space for listening, intimacy, and aesthetic resistance.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; rc_heading_color=&#8221;light&#8221; rc_link_color=&#8221;light&#8221; rc_link_hover_color=&#8221;light&#8221; rc_bg_type=&#8221;color&#8221; rc_bg_color=&#8221;#2c2c2c&#8221; rc_font_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1585063880809{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h3\" style=\"\"><span><b>Awards<\/b><\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"eut-element eut-divider\" style=\"padding-top: 16px;padding-bottom: 16px;\"><span class=\"eut-custom-divider eut-bg-primary-1 eut-align-inherit\" style=\"width: 24px;height: 4px;\"><\/span><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner padding_top_multiplier=&#8221;custom&#8221; padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h4\" style=\"\"><span>2024<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-premios&#8221;]<strong>Honour Mention at Outros Olhares Section<\/strong><br \/>\nCaminhos do Cinema Portugu\u00eas Film Festival<br \/>\nCoimbra, November[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"eut-empty-space eut-height-1x\" style=\"\"><\/div><h3 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h4\" style=\"\"><span>2018<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-premios&#8221;]<strong>Honour Mention<\/strong><br \/>\nAvanca International Film Festival<br \/>\nJuly[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"eut-empty-space\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div><h3 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h4\" style=\"\"><span>2010<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-premios&#8221;]<strong>Best Documentary, Bracara Augusta Award<\/strong><br \/>\nBragacine Independent Film Festival<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minhoto Cinema Best Film<\/strong><br \/>\nFilminho Minho International Film Festival[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"eut-empty-space\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div><h3 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h4\" style=\"\"><span><b>2006<\/b><\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-premios&#8221;]<strong>Honourable Mention<\/strong><br \/>\nTui International Documentary Film Festival<br \/>\nPontevedra[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h3 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h4\" style=\"\"><span>2005<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-premios&#8221;]<strong> Best Spanish Feature City of Madrid Award <\/strong><br \/>\nMadrid International Documentary Film Festival<br \/>\nSpain, May<\/p>\n<p><strong> Best Director <\/strong><br \/>\nFestival Internacional Independente de Braga \u2013 Braga Cine.<br \/>\nNovember[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"eut-empty-space\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div><h3 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h4\" style=\"\"><span>2001<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-premios&#8221;]<strong>Honour Mention<\/strong><br \/>\nFamalic\u00e3o International Video and Film Festival.<br \/>\nPortugal[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"eut-empty-space\" style=\"height: 40px;\"><\/div><h3 class=\"eut-element eut-title eut-align-inherit eut-h4\" style=\"\"><span>1999<\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-premios&#8221;]<strong> Best Feature film <\/strong><br \/>\nFigueira da Foz International Film Festival<\/p>\n<p><strong> International Press Award <\/strong><br \/>\nFigueira da Foz International Film Festival[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row padding_bottom_multiplier=&#8221;&#8221; 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