Laura Carreira • Director of On Falling
"There is immense power in being able to look at the world in a fresh way, and cinema does that"
by Jesús Silva Vilas, Ana Stanic
Winner of the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, the Portuguese director speaks about cinema as a social force
Follow us on
We spoke with Portuguese director Laura Carreira hours before her debut On Falling [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Laura Carreira
interview: Laura Carreira
film profile] was awarded the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI at the European Film Awards. Speaking about cinema as a social force, Carreira’s Ken Loach–inspired debut drops us into the everyday hustle of an e-commerce warehouse, following Aurora, a Portuguese migrant trying to stay afloat as work pressure, isolation and economic precarity blur into one.
