Rita Duque
Rita Duque is a Portuguese actress, screenwriter, and photographer. She was born and raised in Porto, where she trained acting at ACE School of Arts, later graduating from the Institute of the Arts Barcelona.
In 2020, as an object of study for her final university thesis on narratives through images, she developed her first photo essay entitled "My Life with Rose". A year later, the project won 1st prize for Best Digital Diaporama at the 41st Autumn in Voronet International Film Festival in Romania.
In the same year, her experimental short film "Rouge", developed during the pandemic, won Best Indie Short at the Europe Film Festival UK, and Best Foreign Documentary Short at the Hollywood Women's International Film Festival in Los Angeles.
In 2022, she developed two partially biographical photo essays. The first, "Estado Próprio", was shot in Barcelona with Bulgarian actor and stuntman Hristo Bonev, and revolved around the performer's relationship with an abandoned space. The second one, "In Love with a Nymph", featured Portuguese actress Patrícia Garcez, and derived from the actress’s relationship with her own body and personal objects in a vacant space.
In the same year, Rita was member of the jury chaired by Céline Sciamma at the Venice Biennale in the Giornate degli Autori section, while being an ambassador for Cinema Trindade and the Lux Audience Award.
In 2023, she wrote the script and played the lead role for "Rubrum", directed by Pedro Nogueira as part of the 48h Film Project Lisbon, which earned her a nomination for Best Leading Performance.
Early this year, she made her acting debut at the Cinemateca Portuguesa with "Adeus, Lisboa". The short film was written and directed by Joana Pacheco and relates the issues of housing through the experience of Joana, played by Rita Duque, who says goodbye to a Lisbon that refuses to give her a place to live.
Recently, “Picture Break” written by Rita Duque and directed by Pedro Nogueira for the 2024 edition of the 48h Film Project Lisbon, earned her the awards for Best Leading Performance and Best Screenplay.
The short film “Fim da Linha” by Bárbara Pedrosa, starring Rita Duque and João Mendes, recently received an Honorary Mention at the New Talents Fnac Awards 2024, and expects to enter the film festival circuit soon.
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Highlights
2024
Honorary Mention
Cinema
Novos Talentos Fnac Awards
FIM DA LINHA by Bárbara Pedrosa
2024
Best Actress Award
Best Screenplay Award
Festival 48H Film Project Lisbon
In PICTURE BREAK
written by Rita Duque and directed by Pedro Nogueira
2023
Best Actress Nomination
Festival 48H Film Project Lisbon
In RUBRUM by Pedro Nogueira
2023
Best Actress Award
Vesuvius International Film Festival (Italy)
Indo Singapore International Film Festival
In BACCY directed by Pedro Nogueira
2022-2023
Ambassador
LUX Audience Award
Cinema Trindade
Partners: European Film Academy, European Parliament,
Europa Cinemas, Cineuropa, Creative Europe
2022
Jury Member presided by Céline Sciamma
79ª Mostra Biennale di Venezia (Venice Film Festival)
Giornate degli Autori Section
Partners: European Parliament, Cinema Trindade,
Europa Cinemas, Cineuropa
2021
Best Digital Diaporama Award
41st “Autumn in Voronet" International Film Festival (Romania)
With MY LIFE WITH ROSE directed
and photographed by Rita Duque
2021
Best Foreign Documentary Short Award
Hollywood Women’s International Film Festival (United States)
Best Indie Short Jury Prize
Europe Film Festival U.K. (United Kingdom)
With ROUGE written and directed Rita Duque
Film
(in post production) Infinito Particular directed by João Horta
(in post production) Valsas na Lua directed by Francisco Parcerias
(in post production) Ofélia directed by Eva Pelúcia
(in post production) Apenas Mais Um Dia directed by Gonçalo Dias
2024 Picture Break written by Rita Duque Jr. and directed by Pedro Nogueira
2024 Fim da Linha directed by Bárbara Pedrosa
2024 Adeus, Lisboa directed by Joana Pacheco
2023 Time Takes a Cigarette by Aya Koretzky
2023 RUBRUM directed by Pedro Nogueira
2023 BACCY directed by Pedro Nogueira
2022 Rumble directed by Carl Z. Seibel
Training
2023 - On-Camera Scene Study Workshop
with Seamus McNally
Director, Acting Coach (NYC/Berlim)
2020 - BA (Hons) Acting
First Class Honors
Institute of the Arts Barcelona
Liverpool John Moores University (Spain)
2016 - Professional Degree in Acting
Best Graduate Student Prize
ACE Escola de Artes
Porto (Portugal)
Commercials
2024 Confia
Brand: McDonald’s
2024 Park Pictures
Brand: JBL
2023 Juntos, podemos aquecer gerações.
Brand: Rubis Gás
2023 Happy Holidays, with Love.
Brand: Mercedes-Benz
2021 Everyday Hero: Introducing iPhone 13
Brand: Apple
Theater
2020 Twelfth Night directed by Drew Mulligan
2019 Punk Rock directed by Pep Garcia-Pascual
2019 Dracula directed by Jane Thornton
2019 Trigger of Happiness directed by João Borralho
2019 The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Jonathan Floyd
2019 Agamemnon directed by Drew Mulligan
2018 Philistines directed by Drew Mulligan
2017 Saturday, Sunday, Monday directed by Morgan Symes
2016 CAIS directed by Bruno dos Reis and Nuno dos Reis
2016 Aquário directed by Bruno dos Reis and Nuno dos Reis
2016 The Europeans directed by António Júlio
2015 Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by João Paulo Costa
Portfolio
Footage from Fim da Linha, Picture Break, The Daughter, Infinito Particular, and others.
Film
Rubis Gás: Juntos, podemos aquecer gerações.
Advertisement
Mercedes-Benz: Happy Holidays, with Love.
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Photobook
Contact
ritaduque98@gmail.com
+ 351 913 571 787
