Takis Sarantopoulos (coordinator)
(Portugal/Greece)
Takis Sarantopoulos was born in southern Greece and now lives in southern Portugal where he earns his livelihood as an archaeologist-museologist and curator of exhibitions. He is involved in many cultural and heritage activities within the Borough of Evora. He his a passionate screenwriter and and produces short films and documentaries on intangible and tangible heritage. It was Juri of the fil festival Cine-eco directed by Lauro António and took part of the committe of the FIKE Film Festival
He is the co-creator of the Cine-blog: https://matines-cinefilas.blogspot.com/
Films:
1997 Megalíthic Enclosures 30´(documentary; writer, executive producer)
1998 The Villa of a Roman Senator 15´ (documentary; writer, executive producer)
2006 The Botanist 40´(fiction; assistant director)
2009 Passando à de Zé Marôvas 30`(documentary; Co-writer, producer)
2010 Eu Também Prometo 20´ (fiction; executive producer, co-producer)
2011 A Bailarina do Escultor 6´(documentary; director/producer)
2013 Imagine 90´(fiction; uncredited supporting actor)
2015 O torneiro da mouraria 15´(documentary, co-director)
2018 Manuel Dias, bonequeiro 18´(documentary, co-director)
Loja 18 (fiction . director)
Exibitions:
Relógios de Sol, 2009 (curator), A Cidade antes de nós, 2004 (curator)
Literature: Archaeological landscapes west of Evora(1997) ISBN-13: 978-972969654-1
Antas capelas (co-author) (Ed Colibri, 1999) ISBN: 972-8288-73-5
Cinema & Multicultural Experiences in Alentejo : Matinés Cinéfilas (co-author), (Ed Pedago, 2013) ISBN 978-8655-12-2)
Antonio Claudino de Jesus
(Brazil)
Cultural and event producer in the areas of audiovisual, performing arts, fine arts and music, since 1974 | Director/ Illuminator / Actor – Performing Arts since 1974 | Member of the International Juries Don Quixote, Award of the International Federation of Cineclubes at the Gramado / BR, Santa Maria / BR, Atibaia / BR, Coimbra / PT, Havana / Cuba festivals and festivals since the 1980s | President of the International Federation of Cineclubes / FICC – 2010/2013 – 2013/2019 | Vice President of the International Federation of Cineclubes / FICC – 2006/2009 – 2008/2010 | President of the National Council of Cineclubes – 1980/81 – 1987/88 – 2004/06 – 2006/2008 – 2008/2010 | Member of the Ibero-American Coordination of Cineclubes – FICC – since 2005 | Coordinator of I, II, III, IV, V and VI Ibero American Meetings of Cineclubes – Rio Claro – SP – 2004, Santa Maria -RS – 2006 e 2007 | Brazilian Delegate to the International Federation of Cineclubes / FICC – 2004 to 2019 | Coordinator of 10 National Days of Cineclubes – RJ / SP / DF / ES / RS / MG / PE – 1979 to 2010 | Coordinator of the Re-articulation of the Brazilian Cineclubista Movement – 2003/2004 | Vice President of the Brazilian Association of Documentary and Short Filmmakers – ABD and C / ES – 2003 to 2004 | Representative of Cineclubes, Cinematecas and Cinema Schools with the National Cinema Council – CONCINE – 1989 to 1991 | Secretary of Culture of Vila Velha City Hall – ES – 1984 to 1987 | Member of the Advisory Committee of the Department of Non-Commercial Operations / DONAC – EMBRAFILME S / A – 1981 to 1983
Audiovisual Activities
Production / Executive Production:
Feature fiction film “Punhal”, 35mm, color, by Luiza Lubiana – in progress – Audiovisual Incentive Law and Rouanet Law – MINC / Zen Monastery of Morro da Vargem / PM Ibiraçu / Government of the State of São Paulo – 2015
Short documentary “Baía do Espírito Santo”, DVD, color, by Claudino de Jesus. Lei Vila Velha Culture and Art – 2013 – Vila Velha / ES
Short documentary film “Expedição Tabacchi”, DVD, color, by Marcel Cordeiro and Claudino de Jesus. Edital Secult / ES – 2012 – Brazil / Italy
Short film fiction “Ilhas Cayman”, 35mm and DVD, color, by Gabriel Perrone, Lei Rubem Braga – Corpus – 2009/2011 – Vitória / Vila Velha- ES
Short film fiction “O Homem que Sonhava Fotografia”,, DVD, color, by Sebastião Ribeiro Filho – Edital Secult / ES – 2010 – Vitoria / ES
Short film documentary “A Vez do Morro”, dvd, color, by Sáskia Sá, Lei Rubem Braga – SECRI / CVRD – 2005/2006 – Vitória – ES
Short documentary “Caboclo Bernardo”, dvd, color, by Ricardo Sá, DOC TV – Padre Anchieta Foundation / TV Cultura / TVE – ES / MINC – 2005 – Regency, Linhares – ES
Short film fiction “A Fuga”, dvd, color, by Sáskia Sá, Lei Rubem Braga – CVRD – 2005/2006 – Serra e Vitória – ES
Long fiction fiction “A Morte da Mulata”, color, 35mm, by Marcel Cordeiro – Audiovisual Law MINC / TELEMAR / Rede Gazeta – 2001 – Vitória – ES
Institutional video “Museu Vivo” – Museum of Biology Prof Mello Leitão – MinC – 1996 – Santa Teresa – ES
Half-length film “O Fantasma da Mulher de Algodão”, 16mm, color, by Margarete Taqueti – 19 – Vila Velha – ES
Assistent Director
Short documentary film “Expedição Tabacchi”, DVD, color, by Marcel Cordeiro and Claudino de Jesus. Edital Secult / ES – 2012 – Brazil / Italy
Research, Script, Editing and Direction
Short documentary “Baía do Espírito Santo”, DVD, color, by Claudino de Jesus. Lei Vila Velha Culture and Art – 2013 – Vila Velha / ES
Others:
Technical supervision of the institutional video “Municipal Natural Park” Recanto do Jacaré “- Municipal Government of Águia Branca – 2005 – ES
Antonio Dechent
(Spain)
Antonio Dechent has worked in more than 80 films and 40 short films since 1986. Among his feature films stand out: “The Lute”, “The Lute II”, “Libertarias” and “Carmen”, of Vicente Aranda; “Solas” and “La voz dormida” by Benito Zambrano; “Vengo”, by Toni Gatlif; “Intacto”, by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo “; “Smoking Room” by Roger Gual and Julio Wallowitz, “Alatriste” by Agustín Díaz Yanes, “A puerta fría” by Xavi Puebla and “Secuestro” by Mar Targarona. Among his latest works: “Oro” by Agustín Díaz Yanes and “El aviso”, by Daniel Carpasoro.
He has won two Silver Biznagas at the Malaga Film Festival, three ASECAN awards (Association of Film Writers of Andalusia), a nomination for the Goya Awards and a San Jordi Award among others. He has also been awarded at the film festivals of Buenos Aires, Toulouse, Vitoria, Arnedo, Pamplona, Valencia, Tenerife or Cádiz.
In his extensive theatrical career he has interpreted, among others, texts by Valle-Inclán, Albert Camus, Jean Genet, Lope de Vega, Ernest Hemingway and Rafael Alberti. Among his latest works include “The strange couple” by Neil Simon, “The human voice” by Jean Cocteau and “Othello” by William Shakespeare (currently on tour).
In television he is been directed by Luis García Berlanga, Ricardo Franco, Benito Zambrano or Alex de la Iglesia among others. Among his latest works: “Sé quién eres” by Pau Freixas, “La plate” by Alberto Rodríguez and “Gigantes” by Enrique Urbizu.
Irina Shatalova
(Russia)
After graduating from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography VGIK, workshop of Vadim Yusov in 2007, Irina devoted herself to documentaries, finding work in this branch of filmmaking more challenging than in others. Irina has made more than 20 films as DoP, winning numerous prizes for her accomplishments.
Inspired by producing, she has completed an Emerging Producers workshop of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (2015). Her first feature film LINAR was released in 2013, successfully screened and awarded internationally with premiere in Thessaloniki Documentary FF as the Opening Film.
Founder and director of the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer and an independent screening project of the same name www.midff.com
Sara David Lopes
(Portugal)
Sara has a degree in Anthropology from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and enjoys a great passion for languages. She translated her first book at the age of 15 and works with 5 different languages. Around 1986, she participated in a European project with headquarters in the Netherlands [Europa TV] as a film translator and as a result of this collaboration, she started to translate films for national television and movie distributors. She has been working in this area ever since and has translated more than 1500 feature films. She considers it a very rewarding job and welcomes all the technical challenges, especially the ones that came along the digital area. In recent years, she has worked almost exclusively in films for the cinema.
In 2013, together with three friends and inspired by a film festival in Marseille [Films Femmes Méditerranées], she created the project Olhares do Mediterrâneo, a competitive film festival that promotes the cinema made women of Mediterranean countries, to which she has dedicated her time, along with her professional activities.
In her free time she loves to travel and read, she likes the sea, to walk, to talk and to exchange experiences.
Catarina Barata
(Portugal)
After graduating in Anthropology at ISCTE– Lisbon University Institute (2005), Catarina Barata post-graduated in Popular Music at NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities – NOVA University of Lisbon (2008). Her master’s thesis in Cinema (Dramaturgy and Film Direction), at Lisbon Theater and Film School (2013) focuses on the relationship between dance and the moving image.
She has been working as a director, camera operator and editor in documentary, feature film and stage production with several artists and directors in Portugal and abroad (Brazil, USA and Guinea-Bissau). She was member of the jury of the Odemira Film Festival 2015 and integrates the selection committee of FACA – Anthropology, Cinema and Art Fest, organized by the Visual Anthropology and Arts Laboratory of the Centre for Research in Anthropology (NAVA – CRIA). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Anthropology at the Social Sciences Institute of the University of Lisbon (ICS-UL), with a research about obstetric violence, women’s reproductive rights activism and the transformative power of the arts.
Tiago Santos
(Portugal)
Born in 1984 in Cantanhede, is a graduate and post-graduate in Visual Information Technologies and a Master in Design and Multimedia. He studied PhD in Contemporary Art and is currently PhD student in Literature of the Materiality Program at the University of Coimbra. His research interests include branding, typography, design, concrete poetry and intermediality, investigating in the present moment the poetic work of Augusto de Campos from the point of view of archeology and expressivity of the typographic letter. He has participated in conferences and published in scientific journals. He has collaborated in the Portuguese Cinema Paths since 2007, intervening in the areas of communication, multimedia production and production. He helped create the Cinemalogia pedagogical project ‘from idea to film’, producing in this scope seven short films of fiction, documentary and animation selected at international film festivals. Integrates the Direction of the Portuguese Federation of Cineclubes in the triennium 2018-19-20. Member of the National Association of Designers, Professional Certificate 314, and the Center for Cinematographic Studies / AAC, no. 666.