Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

The Seasons — Maureen Fazendeiro [Locarno '25 Review]

In her first feature-length, solo directorial outing, Maureen Fazendeiro poses one of the most fundamental cinematic questions: how can we depict time? In 2021’s The Tsugua Diaries, which she co-directed with Miguel Gomes, Fazendeiro took an unusual approach to that problem. It was ostensibly a film about another film project that was derailed by the [...] The post The Seasons — Maureen Fazendeiro [Locarno ’25 Review] appeared first on In Review…

Maureen Fazendeiro • Director of The Seasons

13/08/2025 - The Portuguese filmmaker discusses blending archaeology, oral history and local myth into a docu-fiction, and how her approach reflects the layered landscapes of Alentejo