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A wall is a wall is a wall is a wall

"A wall is a wall is a wall is a wall" follows the creation process of the show "Which Way is tomorrow?" by the Associação Terceira Pessoa, co-created with male and female inmates of the Guarda Prison Facility. The documentary was recorded between November 2021 and July 2022 in the city of Guarda.

There's the punishment for being who you once were and the urge to become someone else. How can the performative arts bring some sort of freedom for this transformation to take place? Enclosed within four walls, the construction of a safe place begins – where there is nothing but time to kill.

  • Bruno Esteves
    Producer
  • Alcindo Rocha
    With
  • Alice Tavares
    With
  • Ana Gil
    With
  • Daniel Lopes
    With
  • Elisa Marçalo
    With
  • Horácio Figueiredo
    With
  • Isabel Carromão
    With
  • João Silva
    With
  • Marco Gonçalves
    With
  • Mário Costa
    With
  • Óscar Silva
    With
  • Paulo de Sousa
    With
  • Paulo Rainha
    With
  • Rui Cunha
    With
  • Rute Santos
    With
  • Teresa Mota
    With
  • Tiago Fernandes
    With
  • Vânia Carromão
    With
  • Filipa Gambino
    Acknowledgements
  • Gabriel Marmelo
    Acknowledgements
  • João Gambino
    Acknowledgements
  • Maria Leonardo Cabrita
    Acknowledgements
  • Miguel Carranca
    Acknowledgements
  • Nuno Leão
    Acknowledgements
  • Nuno Mendoza
    Acknowledgements
  • Luiza Luz
    Acknowledgements
  • Ximena Raffo
    Acknowledgements
  • Rui Dias Monteiro
    Screenplay and voice over
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    37 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 18, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography

Visual artist, Tiago Moura made in 2015 the documentary “Onde as oliveiras crescem, os homens não morrem”, about the project Há Festa no Campo / Aldeias Artísticas. In 2017 he made the film “Como Semear uma Colmeia?” with Coletivo Warehouse. With Terceira Pessoa, he co-created the multidisciplinary installation “Uma Linha é um ponto que passeia” (2019), “Da minha aldeia vejo quanto da terra se pode ver do Universo...” (2023) and “Um muro é um muro é um muro é um muro”
With CAMA Collective creates visuals for the “HOME” installation and video for Cosmos performance.

He is currently documenting the creative process of the radio show “radioATIVIDADE” by Terceira Pessoa, in partnership with the prison establishment of Guarda.

Photo credit: Maria Leonardo Cabrita

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