A metamorfose dos pássaros
The Metamorphosis of Birds
Inês Melo Campos
A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds by Catarina Vasconcelos
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Tiago Gaio
A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds by Catarina Vasconcelos
PRT 2020, Encounters
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Nuno Vasconcelos
A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds by Catarina Vasconcelos
PRT 2020, Encounters
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Manuel Rosa
A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds by Catarina Vasconcelos
PRT 2020, Encounters
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With borrowings from Manoel de Oliveira and Agnès Varda, Catarina Vasconcelos has brought her family history to life in this intimate, very personal film that is rather like a polyphonic diary. Remembrance and mourning merge into a poetic narrative in which father and daughter talk about their history and the film that is emerging from it. Like the two deceased mothers, the film’s images offer protection against the relentless passage of time. And as the living protagonists whose voices we hear come to realise, parting is a prerequisite for a new beginning.
With
- Manuel Rosa (Jacinto, young)
- João Móra (Pedro, young)
- Ana Vasconcelos (Beatriz)
- Henrique Vasconcelos (Jacinto)
- Inês Melo Campos (Teresa, young)
- José Manuel Mendes (Voice of old Henrique)
- João Pedro Mamede (Voice of Henrique)
- Cláudia Varejão (Voice of Beatriz)
- Henrique Serpa de Vasconcelos
- Catarina Vasconcelos
Crew
| Written and Directed by | Catarina Vasconcelos |
| Cinematography | Paulo Menezes |
| Editing | Francisco Moreira |
| Music | Madalena Palmeirim |
| Sound Design | Miguel Martins |
| Sound | Adriana Bolito |
| Assistant Director | Mariana Veloso |
| Production Manager | Maria Inês Gonçalves |
| Producers | Pedro Fernandes Duarte, Joana Gusmão, Catarina Vasconcelos |
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Catarina Vasconcelos
On her way to the stage.
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020
Lorenzo Esposito, Catarina Vasconcelos, Joana Gusmão
The director with the producer (right) and the member of the selection committee (left).
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020
Catarina Vasconcelos
The director at the Photo Call.
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020
Henrique Vasconcelos, Catarina Vasconcelos, Inês Melo Campos, Ana Vasconcelos, Manuel Rosa
The director with her cast.
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020
Catarina Vasconcelos, Carlo Chatrian
The director and the Artistic Director.
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020
Lorenzo Esposito, Catarina Vasconcelos
There's the camera.
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters · Feb 28, 2020
Director's Talk with Catarina Vasconcelos
A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds
Encounters · Berlinale Meets | Interview · Feb 28, 2020
Catarina Vasconcelos
Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1986. After graduating from the Fine Arts Academy in the city, she moved to London to study at the Royal College of Art. Her graduation project, the short film Metáfora ou a tristeza virada do avesso, won the Best International Short Film award at Cinéma du Réel in 2014 and went on to screen at festivals including the Montreal International Documentary Festival, DOK Leipzig, the Moscow International Film Festival and Doclisboa. A metamorfose dos pássaros is her debut feature film.
Filmography
2014 Metáfora ou a tristeza virada do avesso (Metaphor or Sadness Inside Out); Short film 2020 A metamorfose dos pássaros (The Metamorphosis of Birds)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020