ANIMACOR 2005 - Selected Productions for Competition
ANIMACOR 2005 - COMPETITION: Selected productions for competition
WIND'S EMBRACE (Short film)
2'34'' - Stop-motion - 2004
Portugal
Direction: José Miguel Ribeiro.
Music: "Canto do Trabalho" de Carlos Paredes.
Edition: João Camplon, José Miguel Ribeiro.
Sound: Carlos Ferreira.
Art Direction: José Miguel Ribeiro.
Sinopsis:
In a world where iron and land mix themselves creating unexpected cities, the wind blows life among leaves in the eternal rebirth cycle. This is the wind's embrance.
Brackground:
José Miguel Ribeiro was born in 1966 in Armadora (Portugal). He graduates with a degree in Plastic Arts Painting from ESBAL (Art University of Lisbon) and studied drawing and puppets animation in Lazzenect-Bretagne/Rennes and in Filmógrafo/Oporto in 1993/4.
During several years he taught puppets animation in Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
He is starting the preparation of next project, "Sunday Walk", a 10 minuts puppets and claymation film.
Filmography:
"Th Egg" (1995), "Garden's Celeste" (1996), "O Banquete da Rainha" (1996), "The Suspect" (1999), "Timor Loro Sae" (2000), "Almada sem Carros" European day without cars, "Lisboa Illustration Meeting spot" (2000), "Home Things" (2001-2004), "Wind's Embrace" (2004).
Awards:
FNAC Award Best Portuguese Film (CINANIMA 2004, Portugal).
Onda Curta Award (Festival Internacional Curtas Metragens de Vela do Conde, 2004).
TMN Award for Best Portuguese Short (Fantasporto 2005, Portugal).
Award for the Best Animation Temas y Ritmos Programme (ANIMA 05, Argentina).
Festivals:
2004 Marché du Film Short Film Corner, Cannes; 2004 Festival de Curtas Metragens do Hospital Júlio de Matos;
2004 KROK International Animated Film Festival, Ukrain Honourable Mention;
2004 CINAMINA Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação do Brasil;
2005 Clermont-Ferrand Internacional Short Film Festival, France;
2005 Fantasporto Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto, Portugal;
2005 ANIMA 05 Cordoba Animation Festival, Argentina;
2005 Annecy Festival International du Film d'Animation, France;
2005 MIAF Melbourne Internacional Animation Festival, Australia.
Production Company:
Zeppelin Filmes
Av. de Portugal, nº 66 1º Dto
2795-554 Carnaxide (Portugal)
Tel.: +35 1214251980/ Fax: +35 1214251989.
Zeppelin_filmes@yahoo.com