The Final Frontier (documentary)
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Thirty degrees off the Equator and eighty miles from the nearest civilization (Tenerife), lie the southernmost reaches of Portugal: two inhospitable and weather-worn rocks, stranded in mid-Atlantic, closer to the Canary Islands than the archipelago of Madeira. Here one finds no telephones, running water depends on the rains, electricity is solar-powered and there are only two cottages. One belongs to the government, the other to a British couple.
Filmed over the course of ten days in late July 2006, The Final Frontier (Portugal) was developed from a concept put forward by the Expresso newspaper. This 30-minute documentary was produced by Blablabla Media and directed by Filipe Araújo (C-Mail, 2005). Boasts an original score by the composer and pianist Ana Araújo.
The TV premiére of The Final Frontier (Selvagens: A Última Fronteira) was held at the 17th February 2007 on SIC Notícias. The film is also in competition on the official selections of Oxford International Documentary Film Festival (Oxdox), Documenta Madrid '07 and the Troia International Film Festival.
