Author Susana Bessa

Susana Bessa

Susana Bessa is a Portuguese film critic and journalist, with a master’s degree in Film and Screen Studies from Goldsmiths College. An alumna of Berlinale Talents, she has written for MUBI, Público, Cinea, The Rumpus, among others. More recently, she became a collaborator for À Pala de Walsh, where she enjoys delving into rare films and all those in need of an urgent comeback. She has a particular predilection for ‘70s American movies and has studied boredom as an aesthetic tool for the longest time.

Setting the World Ablaze: Notes from the 30th Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival

Susana Bessa

October 2022

Festival Reports

Skimming through my many scribbles in a desired attempt to describe what Curtas Vila do Conde means 30 years into its instalment in Portugal’s now ever-growing film festival scene, the word I found I wrote down...