INTRODUCING CIFF LOVE LETTERS: Valentines day has come early! We’ve thought a lot this year about how we can build connections between audience members and filmmakers within a virtual space. One of the hardest things about this year for filmmakers, is that they have not been able to forge spontaneous connections with audiences and hear from them directly. If you’ve seen a film you have loved, click HERE to write a love letter to a filmmaker!
The Metamorphosis of Birds will screen virtually from October 2-12, 2020. This film will be only available to viewers in the Northeast.
A boy dreams of becoming a bird, first loves are found and lost, and leaves fall faithfully with the seasons in this multigenerational story of love and the sea. Letters between husband and wife whisper of things that grow or wither while we’re away, like children and houseplants. Beatriz raises six children with an appetite for mischief and mystery while her husband sails back and forth across the Atlantic to Portugal’s colonies. Vinyl records that capture missed birthdays and recitals that reverberate like tree rings, marking the years of drought and heat, scars and decay. Unmoored and mourning, each child develops like a shoot, darting off in their own direction, searching for light. A deeply personal, exquisite debut film, Vasconcelos pays homage to tenacious motherhood and takes a radical approach to family history. (JA)
Plays virtually with Figure Minus Fact, directed by Mary Helena Clark.
- Year2020
- Runtime101 minutes
- LanguagePortuguese
- CountryPortugal
- PremiereNew England Premiere
- DirectorCatarina Vasconcelos
- ProducerPedro Duarte, Joana Gusmão, Catarina Vasconcelos /Primeira Idade
- CinematographerPaulo Menezes
- EditorFrancisco Moreira
INTRODUCING CIFF LOVE LETTERS: Valentines day has come early! We’ve thought a lot this year about how we can build connections between audience members and filmmakers within a virtual space. One of the hardest things about this year for filmmakers, is that they have not been able to forge spontaneous connections with audiences and hear from them directly. If you’ve seen a film you have loved, click HERE to write a love letter to a filmmaker!
The Metamorphosis of Birds will screen virtually from October 2-12, 2020. This film will be only available to viewers in the Northeast.
A boy dreams of becoming a bird, first loves are found and lost, and leaves fall faithfully with the seasons in this multigenerational story of love and the sea. Letters between husband and wife whisper of things that grow or wither while we’re away, like children and houseplants. Beatriz raises six children with an appetite for mischief and mystery while her husband sails back and forth across the Atlantic to Portugal’s colonies. Vinyl records that capture missed birthdays and recitals that reverberate like tree rings, marking the years of drought and heat, scars and decay. Unmoored and mourning, each child develops like a shoot, darting off in their own direction, searching for light. A deeply personal, exquisite debut film, Vasconcelos pays homage to tenacious motherhood and takes a radical approach to family history. (JA)
Plays virtually with Figure Minus Fact, directed by Mary Helena Clark.
- Year2020
- Runtime101 minutes
- LanguagePortuguese
- CountryPortugal
- PremiereNew England Premiere
- DirectorCatarina Vasconcelos
- ProducerPedro Duarte, Joana Gusmão, Catarina Vasconcelos /Primeira Idade
- CinematographerPaulo Menezes
- EditorFrancisco Moreira