Cidade Pequena | Small Town | Kleine Stadt
Berlinale Shorts 2017
PRT 2016
by: Diogo Costa Amarante
Frederico Costa Amarante
Cidade Pequena | Small Town | Kleine Stadt
Berlinale Shorts 2017
PRT 2016
by: Diogo Costa Amarante
Diogo Costa Amarante
Feb 18, 2017Diogo Costa Amarante
The director with his award.
Berlinale Shorts – Cidade Pequena | Small Town | Kleine Stadt – Golden Bear for Best Short Film
Feb 18, 2017Diogo Costa Amarante, Christian Jankowski, Kimberly Drew, Carlos Núñez
The winner with the members of the International Short Film Jury on the stage of the Berlinale Palast.
Berlinale Shorts – Cidade Pequena | Small Town | Kleine Stadt – Golden Bear for Best Short Film
When six-year-old Frederico finds out at school that people die when their hearts stop beating, he is unable to sleep that night. The next day, his mother asks the teacher once again: Must children always be told the truth? Always? In great, colourful tableaux, Diogo Costa Amarante illustrates the emotional world of Frederico and his mother. The framing of the pictures recalls the attention to detail present in paintings of the Italian Renaissance. Amarante’s eclectic narrative refers to his own subjective attitude towards narrative itself: “Words don't come easy, to me, how can I find a way, to make you see, I love you”.
by
Diogo Costa Amarante
Portugal 2016
Portuguese
19’ · Colour
Mara Costa Amarante (Mara)Frederico Costa Amarante (Frederico)
Born in Porto in 1982, the Portuguese filmmaker studied cinematography and documentary at the Catalonia Film School in Barcelona. He then completed a master’s in film production as a Fulbright Scholar at the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His films The White Roses and Small Town both screened in Berlinale Shorts.
Filmography2007 Jumate / Jumate 2009 In January, Perhaps · We have legs / Time flies 2011 Down here; short film 2013 As Rosas Brancas (The White Roses); short film 2017 Cidade Pequena (Small Town); short film 2021 Luz de Presença (A Present Light); short film
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021
Diogo Costa Amarante
Curtas Metragens CRLwww.curtas.pt/
Agência – Portuguese Short Film Agencyagencia.curtas.pt/