Claudia Varejão was born in Porto and studied at the Creativity and Artistic Creation Program of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership with the German Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin and the São Paulo International Film Acadamy.
She also studied Photography at AR.CO in Lisbon. Claúdia is the author of the trilogy of short films Weekend, A Cold Day and Morning Light. Ama-san, a portrait of japanese divers, was her first feature film which received dozens of awards around the world, followed by In The Darkness of the Theater I Take Off My Shoes, a film that shows the intimacy of a group of dancers from a dance company. Amor Fati is her latest film due for release in 2020 and Wolf and Dog, in development, will bring us back her vision of fiction. Cláudia's films have been selected and awarded by the most pretigious film festivais, including Locarno, Rotterdam, Visions du Reel, Cinema du Reel, Karlovy Vary, Art of the Real - Lincoln Center, among many others. Alongside her work as a director, Cláudia develops a career as a photographer ans is a guest professor at AR.CO and Catholic University of Porto. Her work, whether in photography or film, documentary or fiction, lives in close proximity to those portrayed.
Kora outlines the stories of refugee women living in Portugal. They all carry their past with them, in their body and words, as well as in pictures of their loved ones. From these memories, we access the intimate and political gaze of those who reconstruct ...
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Ana was born in São Miguel, an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ruled by religion and traditions. Growing up as the middle child of a family of three with her mother and grandmother. Early Ana realized that girls and boys were given different ta ...
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Amor Fati seeks out parts that complete each other. These are portraits of couples, friends, families and pets and their owners. They share the intimacy of daily life, habits, beliefs, tastes and even some physical traits. From their faces, from the choreo ...
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The art of delusion is sculpted with images from a family archive from the 70s and 80s and sound clips from films. Madame Bovary is Flaubert's heroine and opens the hosts of this narrative exercise. Based on Ema Paiva's dialogue with her friend and confida ...
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A dive, the midday sunlight filtering down through the water. The air in her lungs has to last until she can dislodge the abalone. Dives like these have been carried out in Japan for over 2000 years by the Ama-San. ...
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The National Ballet of Portugal is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Since its foundation, it has aimed to present the great classics, as well as to always welcome contemporary creations. Day-to-day life is demanding for dancers, choreographers, musicians, ...
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An essay about disaffection in 7 segments inspired by Stendhal's seven stages of love, "De L'Amour" (1822). Most people are afraid of love because they are afraid of their deepest joy, delight and inner freedom. ...
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A portrait of a first relationship, previous to the external world, the one of the family. In a winter in Lisbon, father, mother, son and daughter trace the path of a day by themselves. A film that develops through characters who have for their antagonist ...
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Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother, Beatriz, on her 21st birthday, spent extended periods at sea, leaving her with six children. This is the begin ...
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A digressive quest, through conversations with various people, about the need humanity has always had to tell stories about itself, about the power and enchantment of fiction. ...
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