Produced By - Insight #5 - Vasco Alexandre: It’s Extra Effort And Hard Work That Pays Off
Episode Date: May 19, 2023Vasco Alexandre is a Copenhagen based filmmaker, with a broad range of set experience from different countries, who aspires to become a director. Born in 1993 in Lisbon, he worked as a freelance video...grapher in Portugal, directing branded content, mini-docs and music videos until 2016. His education experience includes bachelors in Film in London, Erasmus in Madrid and masters in directing in Edinburgh. While studying for his bachelor's in London, he wrote and directed a short film Yard Kings (2020) which was screened at many international film festivals and picked various prizes, including 2 Royal Television Society Awards. His recent directing credits include other short films and he’s currently trying to write a feature film. Listen to this episode to hear the comparison of cultures in different countries, how Vasco almost got his script adapted into tv series and learn more about Danish cinema in general. Connect with Vasco: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11633439/ https://www.vascoalexandre.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vascoalexandre/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasco-alexandre-filmmaker/?originalSubdomain=uk https://vimeo.com/vascoalexandre Topics: Introduction Living in Denmark Education Moving to Coppenhagen Plans and projects Festival experience Current project Copenhagen compared to London Current project Danish cinema Academy Awards Quotes: “It seems like it's been a really lucky journey if you think about it.” “I wouldn't get so confident in my skills as a director and I wouldn't understand that I really want to continue that journey and that film was very important for me.” “There was a moment that it seemed like we were gonna make it… And suddenly we had nothing.” “But the truth is that I was way happier when I could just make films.” Connect with the podcaster: https://tomasloucky.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/ https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/ Follow the podcast: 🌐 Website: https://produced-by-podcast.com 🔗 Links: https://linktr.ee/produced_by 💬 Contact: https://produced-by-podcast.com/contact 📷 Instagram: https://instagram.com/produced_by_podcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5LHnM6YCaeVzIr0WatOsw ✉️ Email: podcast.produced.by@gmail.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/produced-by/id1684669642 🎙️ About Produced By Podcast: Produced By brings you exciting stories of brave people who set out to build careers in competitive fields despite often challenging circumstances. Whether you are interested in creative industries, personal development or want to have some fun, enter the spotlight along with our guests and get inspired. Listen to people coming from all parts of the world, diverse fields of expertise and different levels of careers. So join us to follow their journeys, learn from life experience and embark on a great adventure. 🤩 If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please, leave a review on your podcast app, subscribe or share it with your friends. You can also send us a message and share any feedback, advice and tips for guests. 📭 Subscribe at https://produced-by-podcast.com/subscribe so that you don't miss out! #producedbypodcast #producedby #enterthespotlight Enjoy! Connect with Tomas:X: https://x.com/TomasLouckyStan: https://stan.store/TommenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasloucky/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisistommen/Unproduced:Newsletter: https://unproduced.substack.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unproducednotesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Ddo8ibDlLYoaP7FFLIWMore:Links: https://linktr.ee/produced_byNewsletter: https://producednewsletter.substack.com/The Podcast Club: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/25420030/Tools & gear that support the show:Metricool: https://f.mtr.cool/HRJBZKRiverside: https://riverside.sjv.io/vDnDodFavikon: https://www.favikon.com?fpr=tommenRa Optics: https://ra-optics.myshopify.com/discount/TOMMEN?rfsn=8803777.591d19JamX: https://jamx.ai/podcasters-offer?ref_id=e02d48af-ef66-4e76-b804-c2e8d282a8bfSome links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. If you find them useful, using these links helps keep the podcast running. Thank you! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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And can tip to watch it somewhere, your short film or even other projects that you worked on?
This terror-the-flag short film is done at a lot of festivals now, so at the moment it's not public.
The only film that you can watch really, like Yard Kings, which was my short film from Middlesex.
It went to be festivals as well, didn't it?
Yeah, that film was a good surprise, yeah.
We won a lot of stuff.
It was good.
Like, that film, nobody really in the crew expected what happened.
with the film.
How come you weren't so happy with the result?
Nah, there was a lot of things we were not proud of.
But we were really happy with the film in general,
but we were not confident that the film was going to compete with, you know.
We won a Royal Television Society, two Royal Television Society awards.
We didn't expect that.
It was really, really cool.
We won a few things.
We won 13 awards in total.
Really?
Oh.
And do you still send it somewhere?
it was after you filmed it and not anymore?
Actually, like, I put a lot of effort when I finished that film.
We put a lot of effort in distributing it.
So, like, first the festival rounds,
we actually invested a lot of money in festivals.
So when I said that we want to show awards, you know,
because it was getting the idea from the sky, you know,
we actually, we put ourselves out there.
Because sometimes filmmakers, they are like,
they think that they have a good film.
It's just going to wear all the awards.
if you don't actually apply to stuff.
Yeah, I need to put effort into it.
Yeah, we put effort and money on that.
So that was actually part of our budget, the festival strategy.
So yeah, we went to a lot of festivals.
We got a lot of rejections as well.
A lot of them actually have any more rejections than acceptances,
which is perfectly normal.
And we were lacking a few of them
and we won like Best Cinematography in Cafoscari.
we went to Royalty Television Society Awards.
We went to Vyla Dukon in Portugal, which is an Oscar qualifying festival.
We went to Indypados in Bulgaria, Oscar qualifying.
So across the whole Europe?
Yeah.