Ink and Motion

“Portuguese Animation Award: A Retrospective” 

Regina Pessoa was born in Coimbra and graduated in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto. In 1992, she started working in animation as an animator on the films “Os Salteadores”, “Fado Lusitano” and “Clandestino”, all by Abi Feijó. In 1996, she began to direct her own animated films: "A Noite" (1999), "História Trágica with Happy Ending" (2005), "Kali o Pequeno Vampiro" (2012) and "Tio Tomás a Contabilidade dos Dias" (Tio Tomás a Contabilidade dos Dias) (2012). 2019), with obtaining great recognition and wins numerous awards at the main festivals and world events (Annecy, Annie Awards, Hiroshima, … ), becoming an unavoidable reference of Portuguese Animation and recently recognized in the Top 3 of the best world directors of the last 25 years (Animac'2021). Three of her films are part of the National Film Plan's list of films, and are studied by children and young people in portuguese schools. In 2016 she becomes “Senior Lecturer” at the Animation School German FILMAKADEMIE and in 2018 is invited to be a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood.

March 24th

“Filmmaking Workshop with Michael Dudok de Wit”

This workshop will be about Filmmaking, covering subjects such as story creation, cinematic language and how to draw the attention of the spectators. 
 

Michael Dudok de Wit, Animation Director

​​Michael Dudok deWit is a filmmaker who in his animated films works on full versus empty, rhythm versus pause in films such as The Monk and the Fish (1994), nominated for an Oscar, and recipient of a César; Father and Daughter (2000) which won the Grand Prix in Annecy, an Oscar and a BAFTA award; and The Aroma of Tea (2006).  

He also directed the feature film The Red Turtle (2016) which was nominated for an Oscar (2017) and won the Special Prize at Un Certain Regard, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, as well as numerous other international awards. 

He presents explorations that, at first glance, seem to deal with concrete realities, but which in their philosophical and aesthetic reality are close to abstraction. He was the first western director to have his feature film produced by Studios Ghibli. 
 

“Masterclass with Abi Feijó: Four Paths, the Same Direction”

In a long journey that began in 1977, right after the transformative experience of watching the 1st Cinanima, with his first forays into animation carried out on a Super 8 camera, Abi Feijó comes to tell us about the different paths his love for Animation took him.

Abi Feijó takes us on a journey through more than 40 years of travels through the world of Animation, through the creation of Filmógrafo, its direction of ASIFA, the creation of Casa da Animação, Ciclope Filmes and Casa-Museu de Vilar and many more stories, with a lot of history. Afterwards, Abi Feijó will give a presentation of the Magic Lantern, based on slides, mostly from the end of the 19th century, from the collection of the Casa-Museu de Vilar.
 

Abi Feijó, Animation Director, Producer and Teacher

In 1985, he directed his first film: Oh que Calma, followed by Os Salteadores, Fado Lusitano, Clandestino and Nossa Senhora da Presentation, where he explored various animation techniques and produced, in the 30 subsequent years, some of the most iconic Portuguese animated films, awarded worldwide, including films by Regina Pessoa, as well as co-producing international directors: Paul Bush, Andreas Hykade and Marcy Page.

Producer, since 1997 (Filmógrafo and Ciclope Filmes) of Regina Pessoa, among other directors, and all his short films, with an applauded and awarded career in 6 continents.

Animation teacher in very different contexts, from one-off workshops with children, young people and adults, in different countries (and continents) to higher education and long-term workshops.

In 2014, Abi also became Director of the Casa-Museu de Vilar, which he founded, in that same year, together with Regina Pessoa, Normand Roger and Marcy Page, and where he made available to the public a rare collection of Pre-Cinema objects, original material by Animation Films from all over the world, as well as his and Regina's films, books and traveling exhibitions.