Come and meet Joao Rodrigues, one of the directors selected for the 13th Edition of the Festival du film Merveilleux.
Joao Rodrigues
João Rodrigues (1981, Porto) His graduation short “Black & White” was selected for over 50 film festivals, from Cuba to India. He directed the documentary “Alexandrino” and “The Tile-Jail Toilet-Tale”, founded the “Instant Tanz Company”. In 2014 he directed the short film “Fortunato- from here to S. Torcato” for Guimarães Capital of Culture.
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Film in competition: Ana Morphose
Synopsis: A little girl reads herself to sleep. As she dozes off, the physical world starts melting into an alternate reality where the contents of a book rule over the laws of physics. Ana has to escape being swallowed by the overwhelming accumulation of printed knowledge and find her own space in a world where nothing is what it seems.
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Year: 2021
Runtime: 10′
Production: Bando a Parte
Country: PORTUGAL
Language: No Dialogue
Credits:
- Director: Joao Rodrigues.
- Writer: Joao Rodrigues.
- Producer: Rodrigo Areias.