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Filipe Melo

Musician, director and comic book writer. Since childhood he has loved piano and improvisation, which led him to Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has played with legends such as Benny Golson, Sérgio Godinho and Sheila Jordan, composed music for film and theatre and performed with major Portuguese orchestras. His short films Sleepwalk and O Lobo Solitário won the Portuguese Sophia Awards and one of them was shortlisted for the Oscars. His comics have been published in several countries and his book Bala­da para Sophie was nominated for the Eisner Award.
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 Filipe Melo

Guest program

The Creative Worlds of Filipe Melo and Džian Baban

Book World Prague 2025

13:00 - 13:50

Camões - Portugalské centrum v Praze, České literární centrum / Moravská zemská knihovna

Czech, Portuguese

A conversation between two comics writers for whom music and film play an important role in their lives. Filipe Melo and Džian Baban will discuss imagination,...

Friday, 16. 5. 2025

Filipe Melo: grafická symfonie a poslíček s pizzou

Book World Prague 2025

15:00 - 15:50

Camões - Portugalské centrum v Praze

Setkání s portugalským komiksovým scenáristou, hudebníkem a filmařem. Řeč bude nejen o zpovědi zahořklého hudebníka v "Baladě pro Sofii", ale i o hrdinech a...

Friday, 16. 5. 2025