Miguel Fonseca was born in Lisbon in 1973. He studied philosophy in college and in 2008 he directed ALPHA, his first short film. He produced the experimental short film I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME, a film within a film – a film within the first John Rambo film, “First Blood”, directed by Ted Kotcheff in 1982. He’s just finished the short film THE WAVES. He works as a director and as a writer. Miguel Fonseca lives in Lisbon.
THE WAVES
Synopsis
Beautiful seascapes swept before my eyes. Tied up in these images was my youth, my paradise lost. The vast sea, the beach, the people, all waiting, all dying gently, sadly, beautifully. Life and death were being recorded here as a whole: death as a part of life, a cosmic change, a transformation. And the waves, indifferent to everything.
Festivals & Awards
41st International Film Festival Rotterdam – Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films [Netherlands, 2012]
Hamburg International Short Film Festival – International Competition [Germany, 2012]
Image Forum Festival [Japan, 2012]
Martil Film Festival [Morocco, 2012]
Images
Cast
Andreia Contreiras • Alice Contreiras
Crew
Director & Screenplay Miguel Fonseca • DoP Mário Castanheira • Editor Sandro Aguilar • Sound António Figueiredo • Mix Tiago Matos • Production Director Isabel Silva • Production Sandro Aguilar, Luis Urbano
DCP 24fps | 16:9| 5.1 | Colour | 22’
© O Som e a Fúria 2012
Sponsors
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Supported by
ICA | MC
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and the participation of
Paulo Vieira Cabeleireiros
