In the darkness of her cave, Senhora da Serra wakes up from the dream of the statues, descends from her rough granite altar and sets out in search of the sonorous and fraternal color of Humanity. But on the mountain paths, beyond the silent and immovable rocks, she will only meet the gloomy men and their doctrines. Having failed in the ideal of compassion and tenderness, she is left melancholic by the silence of the statues where she was safe.
Senhora da serra
João Dias
Portugal | 2023 | 68´ | Colour
SPANISH PREMIERE
12 DEC | 19:00h
Main Theater
Dirección / Direction
After completing his formation in photography and film, João Dias abandoned his degree in Philosophy to start directing. He was in charge of several short films and documentaries, including the feature film As Operações SAAL (2009), winner of the Best Documentary Award at the DocLisboa Festival and commercially distributed in cinemas by Midas Filmes. He received the Best Photography Award at the IndieLisboa Festival, for his short film O Verão (2012). Among his most recent activity is the editing of feature films Cavalo Dinheiro (2014) and Vitalina Varela (2019) by Pedro Costa, which earned him nominations for Best Editing by the Portuguese Film Academy and the Guadalajara Film Festival, respectively. Between 2010 and 2019 he was a guest professor in the Department of Film and Moving Image at ARCO, where he taught Image, Editing and Direction.
Guión / Script
João Dias
Fotografía / Photography
João Dias
Montaxe / Montaje / Edition
João Dias
Son / Sonido / Sound
Leandro Frias, Hugo Leitão
Interpretación / Casting
Patrícia Guerreiro, Elsa Vaz, João Figueira, Vasco Rolão Preto, Lucas Melo, Coro da Soalheira, Adufeiras do Paul
Productores / Productores / Producers
Abel Ribeiro Chaves
Produtoras / Productoras / Production company
OPTEC Filmes.
Festivais / Festivales / Festivals
Encontros Cinematográficos de Fundão 13ª edição