As melusinas à margem do rio
Melanie Pereira
Portugal | 2023 | 82´ | Colour
Introduction by Daniel Maciel

Born in Luxembourg to immigrant families, five women reflect on countries, identities, fragments and mermaids. While searching among mountains and rivers for Melusina- the mutant and legendary mermaid of the city of Luxembourg- the director talks to four women about their uncertain identities: what it is like to be an immigrant without being one and to be Luxembourgish without being one.

MERCA AQUÍ A TÚA ENTRADA
16 DEC | 19.00 h
Main Theater

Dirección / Direction

Melanie Pereira is a film director whose work gravitates around two central themes: Portuguese migrations and the fight for women's rights. Her first works are part of what she calls the Emigration Cycle. She also develops several investigations and artworks around cinema and women, especially in the Portuguese context. In 2023, she is one of the four Portuguese directors chosen to be part of The Factory program of the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Melanie is part of Porto/Post/Doc: Film and Media Festival’s team, being the coordinator of the educational program, a member of the New Cinema selection committee, and the creator and programmer of the cinema laboratory LAButa, aimed at the young directors of the Novo Cinema Competition.. Forma parte do equipo do Porto/Post/Doc: Film and Medía Festival, sendo coordinadora do programa educativo, membro do comité de selección da Competición Cinema Novo, e fundadora e programadora do laboratorio de cinema LAButa, dirixido aos realizadores da Competición Cinema Novo.

Guión / Script

Melanie Pereira

Fotografía / Photography

Hubert Pedro Neves, Melanie Pereira

Montaxe / Montaje / Edition

Tomás Baltazar, Melanie Pereira

Son / Sonido / Sound

Ricardo Leite

Música / Music

Maurício D’Orey

Interpretación / Casting

Amela Skenderovic, Ana-Filipa Martins, Melanie Pereira, Melina Mutombo Menendez, Shanila Mutumba

Productores / Productores / Producers

Pedro Neves

Produtoras / Productoras / Production company

Red Desert Films

Festivais / Festivales / Festivals

Porto Femme 2024. Best National Documentary Fidmarseille 2024. Séances Spéciales MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival 2024. Official Selection Doclisboa 2023. HBO Max Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film. Fernando Lopes Award. Schools Award