11h00 | Centro Multimeios - Sala Polivalente
This masterclass aims to explore the world of animated cinema, highlight its multidisciplinary expression, and discover its potential as an educational and artistic tool.
In addition to raising awareness among teachers about the various ways of incorporating animated films into teaching practices, this initiative aims to bring the educational community closer to the film industry by encouraging contact with filmmakers, who will share their experiences and knowledge.
Presented by Paulo Fernandes, this short event, which is exceptionally taking place in person this year, will be moderated by PNC Coordinator Elsa Mendes and Fernando Galrito, director of the MONSTRA Festival.
This event highlights and celebrates 30 years since the premiere of Pedro Serrazina’s film “Tale about the Cat and the Moon” (1995), a short film that won awards at CINANIMA and many other festivals, including Cannes. It features testimonials from Joaquim de Almeida (narrator in the film), Manuel Tentúgal (music) and Daniela Duarte (part of the film’s technical team).
This training is open to the public, but teachers need to register via this link.
Pedro Serrazina is an award-winning director, senior lecturer and animation researcher. His short Tale about the Cat and the Moon Tale about the Cat and the Moon premiered at Cannes (1996) and, as part of the Portuguese National Cinema Plan, is still shown worldwide. His work spans film, site-specific installations site-specific, music videos and academic projects. Focused on the intersections between architecture, public space, documentary and animation, his PhD explored animated space as a reflection on social space. Animation Practice, Process and Production he was artistic director of the 45th Cinanima Festival and is currently developing his new film, What Remains of Us. What Remains of Us.
Paulo Oliveira Fernandes was born in Portugal in 1979.
He is a primary and secondary school teacher, a teacher trainer, and a textbook author with a master’s degree in visual arts education. When he was younger, he developed a liking for animated films, and when he was a teacher, he realised how educational they might be. He has directed dozens of animated videos for various educational purposes since 2001.
He served on the organising committee for the CINANIMA – Espinho International Animated Film Festival in 2010 and is currently in charge of the FRAME – Ver e fazer Cinema project, which is being co-financed by the ICA – Instituto do Cinema de o Audiovisual as part of the programme to support audience development in schools.
National Coordinator of the National Cinema Plan at the Directorate-General for Education (Lisbon) since 2014. PhD in Humanities – specialising in North American Studies and Film Studies – University of Lisbon. MA in Art History – NOVA University Lisbon. Lecturer from 1983 to 2014. Researcher at CEMRI – Universidade Aberta. Jury member for ICA competitions, academic research projects and film festivals. Member of the Portuguese Film Academy. Serves on committees in the fields of cinema and audiovisual arts, and on the Pedagogical Council of the Portuguese History Teachers Association (APH). Co-coordinator of the Cinema and Education group within AIM – Association of Moving Image Researchers. Published her doctoral thesis The Cross, the Gladius and the Sword: Representations of History in the Cinema of Cecil B. DeMille.
Trained in Film, Animation, Video and Theatre. Holds a degree in Anthropology and a postgraduate qualification in Culture, Communication and New Technologies. Currently pursuing a PhD – Animation: from the screen to the stage and the gallery.
Founder (2000) and Artistic Director of MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival. Since 2000, he has been teaching Animation and Video in the undergraduate programmes of Fine Arts, Sound and Image, and in the MA in Sound and Image Arts at the School of Design and Art | ESAD.CR (Portugal). ESAD.CR (Portugal) desde 2000.
He directs animated films, documentaries and videos, which have been screened and awarded at national and international festivals. Creates and produces installations and transdisciplinary projects combining animation, theatre, dance and the visual arts.
He is a visiting professor and conducts animation workshops at various universities across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. From 1986 to 2005, he coordinated the Moving Image Centre at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Serves as a jury member and collaborator for festivals, magazines, radio and television. Member of several national and international animation and art organisations.
From Porto, she began her career in animation at Filmógrafo studio as a black-and-white colourist on Pedro Serrazina’s short film Estória do Gato e da Lua. He then moved to Turin, working as an animation assistant on Enzo D’Alò’s feature La Freccia Azzurra. Back in Porto, he directed two very short films for Jardim da Celeste: A Múmia and A Casa do João. He contributed as an intervalist on Regina Pessoa’s História Trágica com Final Feliz and as an animator on Pedro Lino’s O Homem da Cabeça de Papelão. A graduate in Comics and Illustration, he remains active in animation cinema in Porto.rto.
Joaquim de Almeida (Lisbon, 1957) is a Portuguese actor with a distinguished international career. Trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, he made his film debut in The Soldier (1982) and gained recognition with Good Morning, Babylon (1987). He became known in Hollywood for roles in Clear and Present Danger (1994), Desperado (1995) and Fast Five (2011). He narrated the short film Estória do Gato e da Lua (1995) by Pedro Serrazina. Almeida has received awards including the Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Actor and Best Actor at the Cairo Film Festival. He currently resides in Rome and Los Angeles.
Manuel Tentúgal (Lisbon, 1956) studied Painting and Music, holds a degree in Architecture, and has a specialisation in Multimedia Art. His education includes musical pedagogy, ethnomusicology, and choral conducting. He has taught Image and Visual Communication (ISCE) and Sound for Digital Animation (Lusófona University). He has also worked in technical-pedagogical roles (ANQEP). He is currently a teacher of Visual Arts and Multimedia. His professional activity spans musical direction and production, collaborations with the National Theatre D. Maria II, Pedro Caldeira Cabral, the Orff Institute, Rui Veloso, Uxía (Galicia), Galandum Galundaina, and Zeca Medeiros, as well as composing soundtracks for theatre and films by O Realejo, Abi Feijó, Pedro Serrazina, Regina Pessoa, Marta Ribeiro, among others. He is a founding member of Casa da Animação.
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