Jaime

António-Pedro Vasconcelos

drama / 110’ / 1999

In the city of Porto, after the separation from his parents, Jaime, a 13-year-old boy looks for a job without his mother knowing, hoping that with the fruit of that work he can reunite them again.


In co-production with Videofilmes (Brazil), Samsa Film (Luxembourg), SIC (Portugal).
  • European Film Awards
    Pre-selected “Meilleur Film Européen”

    San Sebástian Donostia Festival
    Golden Seashell Nomination

    Golden Globes
    Best Actor (Saúl Fonseca)
    Best Actress (Fernanda Serrano)

    Brussels International Film Festival
    Best European Film

  • Cannes Junior
    Cannes Junior Prize
    C.I.C.A.E. Prize

    San Sebástian Donostia Festival
    Special Jury Prize

    Caminhos do Cinema Português
    Best Film

    Golden Globes
    Best Film
    Best Director
    Best Actor (Vítor Norte)

    Burgos International Festival
    Grand Prix “EL CID”

  • European Film Awards

    Festival de San Sebástian Donostia

    Globos de Ouro

    Caminhos do Cinema Português

    Festival Int. de Cinema de Bruxelas

    Cannes Junior

    Festival Cannes (FR)

    Mostra de Cinema de S.Paulo (BR)

    Festival Internacional de Cine e Guadalajara (ME)

    Festival Internacional Hong-Kong (HK)

    London International Film Festival

    Festival de San Sebástian Donostia

    St Paul International Film Festival, Minneapolis (US)

    Novo Cinema Português (UK)

    Chicago Latino Film Festival

    Festival Int. de Cinema de Punta del Este (UR)

    24º Fest. CINEUC Universidade Católica Santiago do Chile (CH)

    Mostra de Cinema ao Ar Livre – Miragaia, (PT)

    Festival de Belém do Pará (BR)

    Ciclo de Cinema Português de Vigo (ES)

    Quinzena de Cinema Português em Macau (CN)

    Festival de Cinema Europeu - Brasília (BR)

    Festicine II - Festival Cinema Univ. Belo Horizonte (BR)

    Festival Internacional de Cinema de Calcutá (IN)

    Festival de Cinema Europeu (CA)

    Cinemateca Indiana New Delhi e Pune (IN)

    3rd World Summit on Media for Children (GR)

    Cinema Português na Universidade de Salamanca (ES)

    Mostra de Cinema Português (BR)

    Festival Europeu-Madrid (ES)

    Ciclo de Cinema Português em Moçambique (MZ)

    Retrospectiva de Cinema Português (IN)

    Festival Ibero-Americano em Kuala Lumpur (TA)

    Festival de Cinema da União Europeia (CU)

    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela “Portugal Hoje” (ES)

    4ª Semana de Cinema Ibero-Americano (BU)

    Ciclo de Cinema Lusófono em Dublin (IE)

    15th Helsinki Film Festival (FI)

    Festival de Cinema “Wild Cinema” (NA)

    American Film Institute de Washington

    Medfilm Laboratory de Rome (IT)

    Semaine du Film Européen de Rabat (MA)

    Festival do Cairo (EG)

    Festival Ciné-Junior de Levallois-Perret (FR)

    Festival International du Film de Bruxelles (BR)

    7th Days of European Films, Praga e Brnö (CZ)

    Festival Primer Plano, Dijon (FR)

    Semana de Cinema Português Contemporâneo, Madrid

    Festival de Cinema Brasileiro e Português (FR)

    Mês de Portugal na RAEM 2018 (MA)

    Quinzena de Cinema Europeu (ZA)

    Panorama de Cinema Europeu, Moscovo (RU)

    Haïfa Film Festival (IL)

    Mostra de Cinema no Ministério da Cultura (BR)

    5º Florianopolis Audiovisual Mercosul (BR)

    Semaine Thématique sur l’année du Portugal en France

    Organisé par l’Association “Les amis du Bon Cinéma”

    Cinekid Festival em Amesterdão

    Lucas Film Festival, Frankfurt

    Festival du Film Méditérranéen de Bruxelles

    Festival du Film Européen de Kwala Lumpur

    Festival Madridimagen (ES)

    Festival de Havana (CU)

PRODUCTION CREDITS

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PRODUCTION CREDITS 〰️

DIRECTION

Véronique Sacrez

Frédéric Fichefet

Alain Jomy, Rui Veloso

WITH

Saúl Fonseca, Fernanda Serrano, Vítor Norte, Joaquim Leitão

SCRIPT

PHOTOGRAPHY

EDITING

MUSIC

António-Pedro Vasconcelos

PRODUCTION DESIGN

António da Cunha Telles, Luís Galvão Teles, Jani Thiltges, Claude Waringo

PRODUCTION

Edgar Moura

Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Serge Zeitoun

António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Carlos Saboga

ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION

Philippe Baudhuin, Benoît Biral, Carlo Thoss, Philippe van Leer

SOUND

António-Pedro Vasconcelos

António-Pedro Vasconcelos is a Portuguese professor, columnist and television commentator with a strong civic involvement, but above all, one of Portugal's greatest filmmakers.

A founding figure of the new Portuguese cinema, he created characters, told stories, put everyday life on film, brought cinema closer to the Portuguese public.

António directed some of the greatest Portuguese films of the last decades, such as Jaime (1999), Os Gatos não Têm Vertigens (2014), Amor Impossível (2015) and Parque Mayer (2018).

Throughout his incomparable career he won 2 Cannes Film Festival awards, out of 7 nominations he ended up winning 2 Portuguese Golden Globes and won 3 Portuguese Academy Awards, including the Honorary Award.