School of Arts takes three Sophia Student awards

 
The Portuguese Academy of Cinema announced on February 19th the winners of the Sophia Student Awards 2021. The School of Arts achieved its best result ever with three awards, in the categories of Fiction, Documentary and Animation. 
The film “Worn Out Words”, by Maria Giraldes, took the 2nd place in the category of Animation, while "Hands of Silver", by Catarina Gonçalves, and "Alvorada", by Carolina Neves, took the 3rd place in the categories of Documentary and Fiction, respectively. These awards are the culmination of a year in which the School of Arts won the main awards of the film school competitions at two of the most relevant Portuguese festivals: Curtas Vila do Conde (“I don’t like 5 p.m., by Francisco Dias) and Porto/Post/Doc (“Há Alguém na Terra”, by Francisca Magalhães, Joana Tato Borges and Maria Canela). These films were among a large group of films by the students of the School of the Arts that were selected in both these festivals (Porto/Post/Doc e Curtas Vila do Conde), besides Cinanima and Fantasporto.
 
In the last three years, the School of Arts promoted a changeover of its educational offer, highlighting its vision as a Film School, with a Bachelor in Cinema and a Master in Cinema. Furthermore, it has developed new teaching methodologies, project-oriented, and the artistic tutoring by guest directors and artists (among them, Diogo Costa Amarante, Sandro Aguilar, Cláudia Varejão, João Salaviza, Ana Vaz, Salomé Lamas, João Canijo, Filipa César).
 
 
Escola das Artes vence três prémios Sophia

 

 

  

  

Information about the films

ALVORADA
(Fic, 11:38, 2020)
Director: Carolina Neves

Film festivals:

  • Competição Nacional do Fantasporto 2020
  • Caminhos Festival de Cinema Português 2020 – Selecção Ensaios – Curtas-Metragens


Vasco’s exposed to his brother’s extremist ideals, expressed through the National Socialist Black Metal genre. However, Vasco does not identify with the nature of the movement and hides from his brother an essential aspect of his life, in order to avoid a fraternal break, while tracing the path of self-acceptance. 

HANDS OF SILVER

(Doc, 12m, PT, 2020)
Director: Catarina Gonçalves

Film festivals:

  • Curtas Vila do Conde 2020 – Competição Take One!  
  • Porto/Post/Doc 2020 – Competição Cinema Novo


Crafted from a series of old family photos, with a voiceover serving as score, the short takes us to the 1950s. The narrative is told through letters written by the filmmaker’s grandfather, Fernando Couto, addressing a variety of issues, from his childhood, going through his Air Force experience, up to how he missed his wife Aura during the moments when life kept them apart. 

WORN OUT WORDS

(Ani, 3m, PT, 2020)

Director: Maria Giraldes 

Film festivals:

  • 44ª edição do CINANIMA – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação de Espinio (Competição Prémio Jovem Cineasta)
  • Monstra – 20º Festival de Animação de Lisboa (Competição de Estudantes / Student Film Competition) 

Two fish, Green and Orange swim in a fantastic ocean in a audiovisual adaptation of “Adeus”, by Eugénio de Andrade.

 

 

 

Categorias: Escola das Artes

Mon, 22/02/2021

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