A metamorfose dos pássaros
The Metamorphosis of Birds

Inês Melo Campos
A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds by Catarina Vasconcelos
PRT 2020, Encounters
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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
- 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 |
Produced by
Primeira Idade
World Sales
Portugal Film

Catarina Vasconcelos
On her way to the stage.
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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 ·

Catarina Vasconcelos
The director at the Photo Call.
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Henrique Vasconcelos, Catarina Vasconcelos, Inês Melo Campos, Ana Vasconcelos, Manuel Rosa
The director with her cast.
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Catarina Vasconcelos, Carlo Chatrian
The director and the Artistic Director.
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Lorenzo Esposito, Catarina Vasconcelos
There's the camera.
A metamorfose dos pássaros · Encounters ·
Catarina Vasconcelos
A metamorfose dos pássaros | The Metamorphosis of Birds
Encounters · Director‘s Talk
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