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A Short Story of a Basketball Lifetime

A life dedicated to the game, inspired by a city immersed on basketball.

  • Paulo Macedo
    Director
    Antarctic Wings, For all my life, Insomnia
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 26, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • AltFF Alternative Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Winner - Best Director North America
  • Couch Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Finalist
  • AltFF Alternative Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Winner - Best Documentary Short Film
Director Biography - Paulo Macedo

Paulo Macedo is a Brazilian Director and Producer with 13 years of filmmaking. He produced, directed and photographed 3 television series (in a total of 62 episodes), 1 feature film and 6 short doc's. As a videographer, Paulo covered ten major world sports events, including the Para American Games in Toronto in 2015 and Rio de Janeiro Olympics, in 2016. His passion for cinematography has taken him on countless adventures in several countries, including four trips to Antarctica where he shot a 50 minutes documentary about the work of the Brazilian Air Force. And a five day bus trip from São Paulo to Lima, in Peru. More recently, he produced and photographed a feature documentary that was shortlisted for the 2020 Academy Awards. “My name is Daniel” was officially selected for ten international film festivals and won four awards.

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Director Statement

I have been playing basketball since I was 13 years old. The game accompanied me for all this time. Now living in a different country, away from my basketball family, I felt at home again after seeing the city cheering for the Raptors, back in 2019. In that ocasion I decided to shoot the Jurassic Park during the NBA finals, in Toronto. It was just a way to show to my friends back at home how basketball was valued in Canada. After the Raptors won the World Championship I started thinking about all my trajectory on this sport, and the short came out of that. A game that I'm grateful for so much in my life.