João Canijo
João Canijo, 2023
Born	(1957-12-10) December 10, 1957 (age 66) Porto, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1984-present

João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] 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.^[2]

His 2023 film Bad Living won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival^[3]

Before his directorial debut, Canijo worked as assistant director for Wim Wenders in The State of Things (1982) and for Werner Schroeter in The Rose King [fr] (1986).^[4]

Filmography

• Três Menos Eu (1988)
• Lovely Child/ Filha da Mãe (1989)
• Alentejo Sem Lei (1990)
• Black Shoes/ Sapatos Pretos (1998)
• Get a Life/ Ganhar a Vida (2001)
• In the Darkness of the Night/ Noite Escura (2004)
• Misbegotten/ Mal Nascida (2008)
• Lusitanian Illusion (2010)
• Blood of My Blood/Sangue do Meu Sangue (2011)
• É o Amor (Obrigação)
• Bad Living (2023)
• Living Bad (2023)

See also

• Jorge Ferreira Chaves

References

External links

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