PERCEBES
Portugal, France| 2024 | 12 min | col.
Algarve, one of the southernmost regions of Portugal, is home to precious crustaceans called “percebes.” Provided with large claws, like those of prehistoric creatures, these weird animals live symbiotically with the rocks on the coast which bear the brunt of the Atlantic Ocean’s waves. Just like percebes, the inhabitants of the region fiercely resist the ocean tides and remain anchored to their land, the object of invasions for centuries and now prey to a growingly invasive tourism. A sophisticated animation film that presents the landscapes, colours, shapes and sounds of a lively sea town, Percebes – which means ‘to understand’ in Portuguese – conveys an important message: to understand the culture of a place you need to get to know it in depth, including experiencing its less obvious, more secret aspects. (s.e.c.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 06 Nov 2024
- Time: 9:00 - 9:10
Location
- Cinema Astra - Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 9 50121 Florence (FI)
Organizer
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Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
In 2010 Alexandra Ramires (Xá) completed the Painting degree in Fine Arts in Lisbon. Her first contact with animation cinema was in 2009 in the production company Sardinha em Lata. In 2013 moves to Porto to work in the animation studios of the production company Bando à Parte. Água Mole (2017), co-directed with L. Gonçalves, is her first film. ELO was her debut as a solo director. | In 2009 Laura Gonçalves finished her course at Fine Arts in Lisbon. Her first animation short is Three Weeks in December". In 2013 moves to Porto, where she works as an animator and painter, for several productions of Bando à Parte. In 2016 she co-directs with A. Ramires the animation short Drop by Drop. In 2022 premieres her film The Garbage Man.
