O Pato Profissional Produções Lda.
11.07.08 | NEW ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION
Although we are no longer producing....
We are about to participate on the production from our Argentinian friends - FARSA PRODUCCIONES - PLAGA ZOMBIE 3 - REVOLUCION TOXICA - we love their movies and we are extremely proud to be their associate producers on this adventure!
11.06.08 | Mundo catita PREMIERE PARTY
MUNDO CATITA will be aired this month, so we will have a release party and press conference at MAXIME on the 15th of November.
We invite all crew members and actors.
10.07.08 | UM MUNDO CATITA ON TV
Finally, our show "UM MUNDO CATITA" will air on RTP2 - NOVEMBER 23rd at 11.30 PM (23.30) - SUNDAY - and the following sundays.
The Making of featurette will air Sunday, November 16th.
05.26.08 | O PATO PROFISSIONAL IS NOW OFICIALLY CLOSED
After our last adventure, a TVSHOW called "Um Mundo Catita", o PATO PROFISSIONAL PRODUÇÕES is now officially closed - we have decided to recover finantially and emotionally from our efforts, and therefore closed our production facility.
We will keep the website online and update news about our finished projects.
Filipe Melo will continue his career in music and will be directing TV commercials at www.republicadasbananas.com
Paula will pursue her activity as an actress.
Our adventures in the movies have been great. Thank you for your eternal support and friendship.
02.29.08 | JAMES UHART ON BBC
We are proud to announce that our collaborator and friend, James Uhart, who composed the beautiful orquestral score for "MUNDO CATITA", is featured on the music of the documentary "RICKY GERVAIS - THE NEW HERO OF COMEDY" for BBC channel.
Check it out!
02.29.08 | Mundo Catita @ Fantasporto
Our TV show will be shown at Fantasporto on Thursday, May 6 - 2008 at 17.00.
Please join us there. It will be a great evening! Come and meet the crew and cast!
02.28.08 | PATO on myspace
Check us out on myspace!
02.22.08 | Looking for a new home!
Estamos à procura dum escritório novo ajude-nos. Ligue para +351 91 635 83 04 de tiver alguma proposta. Toda a ajuda é bem vinda.
01.24.08 | The website of 101 is on!
Check out the website of the 101 PROJECT and meet our collaborators.
12.23.07 | Happy new year
O Pato Profissional wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year full of new projects!
O Pato Profissional deseja a todos um Feliz Natal e um Próspero Ano Novo cheio de novos projectos!
12.21.07 | UM MUNDO CATITA is out!
The screening of UM MUNDO CATITA was a success.
Our sincere thank you to our dedicated team, friends and everyone that made this possible.
We are now finishing some details and hopefully we'll meet in a television channel soon.
A primeira exibição de UM MUNDO CATITA foi um sucesso.
O nosso agradecimento sincero à nossa dedicada equipa, amigos e a todos os que tornaram este projecto possível.
Neste momento estamos a acertar alguns pormenores, mas esperamos encontrar-nos em breve num canal de televisão.
12.09.07 | UM MUNDO CATITA no S. Jorge
We are proud to announce the first screening of UM MUNDO CATITA! The screenning will take place next 17th at the cinema S. Jorge in Lisbon. We invite all our team, extras and supporting institutions to join us.
If you have been an extra at the shooting of UM MUNDO CATITA, please call us and get you reservation.
For booking: +351 21 726 92 24
Temos o prazer de anunciar a tão esperada ante-estreia de UM MUNDO CATITA. O filme será exibido no próximo dia 17 no cinema S. Jorge em Lisboa. Convidamos toda a equipa, figurantes e patrocinadores a estarem presentes.
Se foi figurante em UM MUNDO CATITA reserve já o seu lugar.
Para reservas ligue: +351 21 726 92 24
11.12.07 | Welcome!
We are proud to welcome back home our assistant Rita Cabral. She will be working with Patrícia Costa for the production of the project "101"
11.08.07 | BRAGACINE
Yesterday, on the 7 th November we were at BRAGACINE where Filipe Melo received an award for his contribution to the portuguese films. This visit allowed us to meet a dedicated team, decided to put BRAGA on the route of the great cinema meetings. We hope to come back soon. Thank you Artur, Zé, Bárbara and all the crew.
10.30.07 | Mundo Catita at Film Festival FIKE 07
On the 23 rd November the crew from UM MUNDO CATITA will be at the FIKE Film Festival. This will be the first Festival to screen the project's PROMO, and also the great MAKING OF by Nuria Leon Bernardo e Mário Costa. www.fikeonline.net
10.30.07 | PATO Goes TRANSDISCIPLINARY
PATO PROFISSIONAL produces for the first time this year 2 trandiciplinary projects: "101" a project by Paula Diogo, Sofia Ferrão, Alfredo Martins, Cláudia Gaiolas e Simão Cayatte and "A Oportunidade do Espectador" by Rogério Nuno Costa (www.vouatuacasa.blogspot.com).
The 2 projects are supported by the National Arts Institut / DGArtes.
Watch out for the news and launching of website for "101".
10.12.07 | Mundo Catita Premiere
Our TV show will finally premiere at S. Jorge cinema in Lisbon on December 17. We hope to see you there. A big party will follow with music and drinks. Crew members and friends check your mailboxes for the invitation.
We're also editing a documentary about the making of the show, to be released on DVD later.
10.12.07 | Bragacine and Exquorum
Filipe Melo will be a guest at the following festivals:
- Exquorum Évora (discussion)
- Bragacine November 7th (award cerimony)
09.09.07 | MICK GARRIS and MOTEL X
O Pato Profissional wish to express their friendship towards Motel X and CTLX, for their work developing the Portuguese Horror scene, and for introducing us to Mick Garris, the great filmmaker who taught me (Filipe) so much in the few days that he visited Lisbon.
Check out Mick Garris w/ our Mascot Helmer in our visit to Sintra in the Photo section.
07.21.07 | TV SHOW almost done
We are now on the final stage of Post-production of "Um Mundo Catita" to be premiered in December in S. Jorge, Lisbon.
We will have premiere + website news soon. Keep visiting us!
07.11.07 | Roger Corman
We recently met one of our idols, who is about to produce some films in Portugal - the great Roger Corman -check out the film festival section in "Photos"
We added some photos about this great moment for us.
Thank you Mario Costa for the pictures and good times!
Soon, more news about the premiere of our TV Show "Mundo Catita". We´ll have a new website for that soon.
06.15.07 | Zombies in the US
Our short film "I´ll see you in my dreams" will be screened at the Henry Miller Memorial Library in California, US.
Check out the link for more information.
We are now working on the post production of the TV show Mundo Catita, for an October Premiere. More news soon.
05.15.07 | Check it OUT!!
Check out this great review.
05.10.07 | ISYIMD still on the road!
Filipe Melo will be presenting I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS on the 25 th at the Setúbal Cineclube.
A great opportunity to talk about this and other projects.
03.27.07 | DDT Efectos Especiales
We congratulate our friends from DDT Efectos Especiales for their Academy Award.
David Marti and Montse Ribé did some work on our zombies for ISYIMD, and we had the pleasure of visiting their shop in Barcelona.
They won the OSCAR for Guillermo del Toro´s wonderful movie, El Laberinto del Fauno.
01.25.07 | New Screening
On February 9, 2007 - at Institut Franco-Portugais in Lisbon -
There is an all night session with short films and a retrospective of all of our works. ISYIMD and "The man who loved zombies". Filipe Melo will also speak to the audience.
Please tell everybody! We need a friendly audience - food and drinks will be served! Help!
01.16.07 | It´s OVER!
Our TV project UM MUNDO CATITA has just finished principal photography. We are all extremely tired and proud.
Check out the photos in the photo gallery on this website.
The project will now enter post-production in Oporto. Follow the news at: www.mundocatita.com
11.05.06 | NEW PROJECT
The name of our upcoming TV SHOW is "Um Mundo Catita".
We are now in Pre-Production - filming will begin November 17.
The Website for the project is now available at www.mundocatita.com
10.01.06 | I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS - SOLD OUT!
We are proud to announce that the 2nd edition of our DVD is at this moment sold out! We thank all our fans for this.
09.25.06 | TV SHOW
We are about to begin Pre-production on the TV show, to be shot in November in Lisbon.
We welcome our new friends and crewmembers Daniel Neves (DOP), Paula Nascimento and Afonso Azevedo (Executive and Line Producer).
If you want to work with us on this project, please let us know. We will update you soon.
08.18.06 | FANTASIA DVD
The "Small Gauge Trauma" short film compilation has been released with great reviews.
"I´ll See you in my Dreams" is singled out in most of them. Check out the reviews on the link.
08.18.06 | UTOPIA FILMS
We have now established a partnership with UTOPIA FILMS on the production of our upcoming feature film.
Check out the Production Blog for more details and developments of this project.
08.18.06 | Ain´t it Cool News
ISYIMD review on the famous website Ain´t it Cool News by Moriarty.
We are proud of this one:
“I’ll See You In My Dreams” does one of the hardest things to do... it actually brings something fresh to the zombie sub-genre."
06.11.06 | Buy our film
We are now selling the Distribution Rights for "I´ll see you in my dreams" (DVD, TV, etc.)
Also, own your very own 35mm copy of our award winning short film for 200€.
Contact us!
06.06.06 | MÉLÍÈS D´OR
Filipe Melo will integrate the Oficial Juri of the GOLDEN MELIES AWARD, to be awarded in Finland in August, at the ESPOO CINE festival.
This is a great honor that we truly appreciate and thank our friends @ Fantasporto (Mário, Beatriz, António, Ricardo, Ivan, etc.). Thank you for trusting our work.
05.02.06 | FANTASIA DVD compilation
Our short film - "I´ll see you in my dreams" will be featured on a compilation that has the best shorts from the FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL in Canada.
It´s a great honour for us. We are now featured on the FANGORIA magazine. Check out the related Website.
03.14.06 | TV SHOW
I am very excited to tell you that we are on our way to finish the script for our upcoming TVshow. It will be shot in November, in Lisbon.
I am extremely happy with the result so far. It´s very "Curb your enthusiasm" meets "The Office" and "Extras", and featuring portuguese genius Manuel João Vieira.
Keep posted for more news.
02.13.06 | The Chronicles of Vieira
We are proud to announce an exciting new project.
After conversations with filmmaker Bruno de almeida (Arcofilms), Manuel João Vieira and João Leitão (Indivídeos Films) and Filipe Melo,
PPP will produce a mini series about Manuel João Vieira.
A series of 6 episodes, 30 minutes each.
It will be shot in November, in Lisbon.
01.25.06 | Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy Project
We just began the pre-production of our feature film. We are now full time dedicated to financing our adventure. Keep posted for news. If you are interested in co-producing our film, kindly email us.
01.24.06 | The new website is online
Finally, our website is online. Please visit us regularly for news on our projects and work.
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