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CÁPSULAS DE LUZ / LIGHT CAPSULES
Maria João Almeida
Maria João Almeida
Born and based in Madalena, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal (1984).
Currently I am pursuing a Ph.D in Fine Arts at FBAUP - Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto, Portugal. I hold a master's degree in Cinema (Universidade da Beira Interior, 2017) and a bachelor's degree in Sound and Image (Portuguese Catholic University).
After five shortfilms, in which I've worked as director's assistant, independent producer and director as well, now I present my first artistic work in cinema "Cápsulas de Luz /Substâncias de Lugar" (Light Capsules/Substances of Place), as final master's project in Cinema.
With "Moving image" as main theme of work and research, my work evokes nature and art through time-based media as a vehicle for artistic contemplation.
Since 2015 I am member of the AIM - The Association of Moving Images Researchers, Portugal.
Experience in Film
Cápsulas de Luz (2017), director, producer, director of photography.
A Paragem (2016), director, producer, director of photography. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/188305768
Morrer, Flávio Pires (2014), production assistant. Trailer:
Fogo e Prata, Afonso Nunes (2013), production assistant.
A Rua da Estrada, Graça Castanheira (2012), director's assistant. Trailer:
Noite, Flávio Pires (2012), independent producer. Trailer:
Artur, Flávio Pires (2011), director's assistant. Film online:
CV
Academic Skills
2015 - 2017 Master in Cinema, UBI
2009 - 2012 Sound and Image, UCP
Prizes and Excelence
2017 - Honorable Mention, UBICinema
2017 - Artist in Residence Museu da Luz, Évora, Portugal
2016 - Honorable Mention, Nau Festival de Cinema e Artes de Expressão Ibérica, PT
2014 - Best Documentary, Arquiteturas Film Festival, PT
2013. "Noite" is part of DVD "10 Curtas Metragens Portuguesas", FNAC, PT
2012 - Winner Best Shortfilm, Córtex Festival Curtas Metragens de Sintra, PT
2012 - Best Production, Shortcutz, PT
2012 - Best Film, Shortcutz Porto, PT
2012 - Best Film, Shortcutz Lisboa, PT
2012 - Best Film Nau Festival de Cinema e Artes de Expressao Ibérica, PT
2012 - Best Film School, Fantasporto, PT
2012 - Honorable Mention, Mifec -
Mostra internacional de Escolas de Cinema, PT
2011 - Winner "Take One", Curtas Vila do Conde, PT
1998 - Winner Design Contest, EDP PT
Public Screenings
2020 - Palacete Viscondes de Balsemao, Porto, Portugal
2019 - Casa-Museu Abel Salazar, S. Mamede de Infesta, Portugal
2019 - oMuseu, FBAUP, Porto, Portugal
2018 - Galaxy Creative Spot, Macau
2018 - Noc! Noc! Festival at Museu Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães, Portugal
2017 - Tinturaria Galeria Municipal de Exposições and New Hand Lab, Covilhã, PT
2017 - Dissident Film Festival, Maun, Bostwana
2017 - 3 ETNOFF, Cinematheque of Macedonia, Skopje
2017 - Cultura Curto Espaço Aguda, PT
2017 - DeVIR Associação de Actividades Culturais, PT
2017 - Shortcutz Lisboa, PT
2017 - Chennai International Film Festival, India
2016 - C(H)orta, Festival de Curtas do Faial, Azores PT
2016 - International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka, Bangladesh
2016 - Cineclube do Porto, Portugal
2016 - Caminhos do Cinema Português, PT
2016 - Indiewise, Finalist, Miami, USA
2016 - Ymotion Mostra de Cinema Jovem, Famalicão, PT
2016 - Lisbon Film Festival, Fall Edition
2016 - Nau Festival de Cinema e Artes de Expressão Ibérica, Porto, PT
2015 - Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra-Leiria, PT
2015 - Avanca Film Festival, PT
2015 - Córtex Festival Curtas Metragens de Sintra, PT
2015 - Extensão Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisboa - Passos Manuel, PT
2015 - Extensão Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisboa - Faro, PT
2015 - Extensão Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisboa - Brandenburg, Germany
2015 - Extensão Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisboa - TU Delft, Netherlands
2015 - Stripe Festival - Art - Architecture, Italy
2014 - Nau Festival de Cinema e Artes de Expressão Ibérica, PT
2014 - CINEPORT - Festival de Cinema de Países de Língua Portuguesa, Brazil
2014 - City Space Architecture, Italy
2014 - Mostra - Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media, PT
2014 - Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisboa, PT
2014 - Cineclube Vila do Conde, PT
2014 - Extensão Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisboa - Braga, PT
2013 - Panorama - Mostra do Documentário Português, Lisboa PT
2013 - Academia Portuguesa de Cinema - Gala de Prémios Sophia, PT
2013 - Cidade e Arquitetura nos Documentários do Estaleiro, PT
2013 - Femina - Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino, Brazil
2013 - Short Film Corner - New Portuguese Short Films, France
2013 - Mostra - Escola Superior de Comunicação, Administração e Turismo do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, PT
2013 - CineEco - Festival Internacional de Cinema Ecológico da Serra da Estrela, Portugal
2013 - Imagens do Real Imaginado, Portugal
2013 - États géneraux du film documentaire de Lussas, France
2013 - Mostra Passos Manuel, PT
2012 - Curtas Vila do Conde, PT
2012 - Festival dei Popoli - International Documentary Film Festival, Italy
2012 - DocLisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - Córtex Festival de Curtas Metragens de Sintra, Portugal
2012 - Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Canada
2012 - Festival do Rio, Brazil
2012 - Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra, Portugal
2012 - Sevilla Festival de Cine - Cine Europeo e Contemporáneo, Spain
2012 - Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, PT
2012 - Nau Festival de Cinema e Artes de Expressão Ibérica, Porto, Portugal
2012 - Indielisboa, Portugal
2012 - Interfluxus, Serralves, Porto, PT
2012 - Mifec - Mostra internacional de Escolas de Cinema, Portugal
2012 - Shortcutz Porto, Portugal
2012 - NY Short Film Festival, New York, Porto, Lisboa, United States of America, Portugal
2012 - Shortcutz Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - Festibérico, Delft, Netherlands
2011 - Cinema MUNDO - V Festival Internacional de Cinema de Itu, Brazil
2011 - Caminhos do Cinema Português, Coimbra, Portugal
2011 - Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und VideoFest, Germany
2011 - Up-and-Coming Film Festival Hannover, Germany
2011 - Cineclube do Porto, Portugal
2011 - Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal
2009 - ANIMAR, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Masterclasses/Conferences
2018 - Porto Summer School on "Cinematic Art", public program. With Filipa César, Salomé Lamas, João Salaviza, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, UCP-Porto
2018 - Talk: "Surpreendente consciência: do conhecer ao reconhecer" by Mendo Castro Henriques, FAUP Porto, PT
2017 - Masterclass "Production in TV and Cinema" by Alan Poul, UCP Porto, PT
2017 - Colloquium “Espaços Expositivos | Espaços Reflexivos - Museus, Academias e Galerias, hoje”, Universidade Católica de Braga, PT
2017 - Masterclass “Acoustic Visions”, by Bill Fontana, UCP Porto, Portugal
2016 - Speaker/communication (paper with peer-review) “A cinemateca portuguesa e o(s) cânone(s) do cinema português” - VI Encontro Anual da AIM - Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento, UCP Porto, PT
2014 - Festival Framemotion, jury's member, Portugal
2014 - Masterclass's author: “Do invisível ao visível”, Festival Framemotion, PT
2012 - Editing workshop: “Ver o invisível - montagem cinematográfica partindo do material das filmagens do filme “Obrigação” de João Canijo", by João Braz, Curtas Vila do Conde, PT
2012 - Direction of photography workshop, by Edward Lachman, ASC
2012 - Actor's Directing, by João Canijo
2012 - Masterclass “Space in film and architecture”, by Thom Andersen
2012 - Masterclass “Story design in the short fiction film”, by Richard Raskin
Other
2015 - Member of AIM - Associação Investigadores Imagem em Movimento
2005 - Creative Writing and Dramatic Expression, by Arlete de Sousa & Thomas Bakk (TV Globo-Brasil)
1990-1998 - Piano and Music, AMVP (Academia de Música de Vilar do Paraíso, Portugal)
1990-1998 - Classic Ballet, programme of the Royal Academy of Dance of London, AMVP