Key Teaching Staff
Margarida Cardoso
School: Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT)Field of Teaching: Films Studies
Website Reference: http://www.margaridacardosofilm.com/#!biofilmography-margarida-cardoso/cadp
Major Achievements: The documentaries "Natal 71/Christmas 71" and "Kuxa Kanema -The Birth of Cinema ", and the feature films “The Murmuring Coast” and "Yvone Kane" are amongst her best known films, and all relate to her experience in colonial and post-colonial Portuguese Africa.
Her films where screened in many festivals, such as Rotterdam, Venice, and Locarno where she was given the award “Leopard de Demain” in 1999. In 2005, Margarida Cardoso received the title of Commander of the Order of Prince Henry for her contribution towards spreading Portuguese culture.
