Private Project

FROM STAR TO STAR

PEDRO is a homeless man. He wants to make a movie in order to understand cinema. AYA is a first-time filmmaker. She agrees to help him. But AYA is in the grip of doubt... What's behind PEDRO’s film project?

  • Antonio AMARAL
    Director
  • Antonio AMARAL
    Writer
  • Antonio AMARAL
    Producer
  • Ariane LOUIS
    Key Cast
    "AYA"
  • Filipe DIONISIO
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature
  • Genres:
    fiction, experimental
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 26 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 7, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FICIC
    Casablanca
    Morocco
    January 29, 2021
    Jury Award - prix du jury
  • Liverpool underground film festival
    Liverpool
    United Kingdom
    June 30, 2020
    UK
    BEST FEATURE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR
  • PEEPHOLE Film Festival
    Guadalajara
    Mexico
    October 29, 2020
    Mexico
    BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM
  • Cutting Edge Film Festival
    Florida
    United States
    September 15, 2020
    US
    BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM
  • Walles international film festival
    Swansea
    United Kingdom
    September 14, 2021
    BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM
  • RABAT International autor film festival (24th)
    RABAT
    Morocco
    November 21, 2019
    world premiere
    Selection for competition
  • Madrid Indie film festival (MADRIFF)
    Madrid
    Spain
    November 15, 2019
    Selection for competition
  • The straith jacket guerilla film festival 2020

    United States
    August 15, 2020
  • New Age Cinemas & Scripts
    Mumbai
    India
    September 17, 2022
    India
    BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE FILM
Distribution Information
  • Antonio AMARAL
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Antonio AMARAL

filmographie :
- TRAVELS INSIDE FOREIGN HEADS (Voyages en têtes étrangères) : FIRST NARRATIVE feature / 2022
- D'ÉTOILE EN ÉTOILE (FROM STAR TO STAR) : first EXPERIMENTAL feature film 2019 -
AWARDS :
_Liverpool Underground film festival : Best Director, Best Actress, Best Feature (June 2020 session)
_PEEPHOLE FILM FESTIVAL (2020) - BEST experimental feature.
_Cutting edge Film Festival, 2020 - BEST experimental feature.
_ Festival International du Cinéma Indépendant de Casablanca 2021 : prix du jury (jury award)

OFFICIAL SELECTION for competition :
_RABAT International Author Film Festival (24th), 2019
_Festival MADRIFF 2019
_Straight-Jacket Film Festival : 2020, US
_Anatolia International Film Festival 2020
_FICIC, Casablanca, Maroco, 2021

- Graffeuse (graffiti girl)
20-minute fiction short film, completed in 2013
with Valérie NATAF, Diane DASSIGNY,
Selections: OFF COURTS, TROUVILLE 2013 - VEBRON International Film Festival 2013 - CINE en LIBERTé, VAR 2013 - Ciné MICHOACANO, MEXIQUE 2013/14 - short film festival AUCH 2013 - 4th ARTISANAL ET AUDACIEUX 2014 Festival de JOYEUSE (AWARD : special mention from the Jury). Selected in competition at the FIGUEIRA FILM ART festival 2014, PORTUGAL; telebocal broadcast December 2014,, Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg 2015, Festival Ciné Luso Espirito Mundo 2019 BRUSSELS.

- Yesno
(Animation, humor, 8 minutes)

- L'éternelle idole (The eternal idol)
(Fiction / 15 minutes), with Elodie GUEZOU and Pascal FOUCHER, selected at the Festival Recueil de Courts, Vallon Pont d'Arc.

- Robès Tabuna
(Documentary, 12 minutes), Shot in Tunisia in April 2011: EL SUR festival, Paris.

- Frenzy
(Animation, fantastic, 5 minutes) broadcast on M6 (TV), 25 evening shows at Boulevard des clips.

- Scenariolife. com
(Fiction, fantastic, 23 minutes): Prize for BEST fiction at FENÊTRE SUR COURT, Arzon (Fr), selected at FAITES des COURTS, Brie Comte Robert (Fr).

- tendance suicidaire (Suicidal tendencies)
(Fiction, fantastic, 16 minutes) broadcast on CANAL + (TV), selection at the Mad Movies Festival, in PARIS.

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Director Statement

*How did you get into making films?
I come from outerspace. My human name is Antonio AMARAL but it is not my real name. After I turned eighteen, I spent some time in jail for something I didn't do: I was innocent. I talked to my fellow inmates about all of this: how I got to earth and all the troubles I faced in this planet... At first they laughed. And then they advised me to make a film of it. When I left, an educator found me a job in a cinema stuff rental company ... for me, cinema started like that.

*What inspired you to make your movie?
We all make films. We make our own films in our head for ourselves. Our memory helps us to make the editing. The truth doesn't matter ; what matters is to believe in it, to believe in that story... I was searching for a way to escape from that trap. The character "Pedro" came to my mind. He's poor, homeless and sick... he has nothing to lose and no time left to lie to himself. Pedro wants to understand cinema and most of all he wants to find the truth. He wants the truth inside the actors, because he's convinced that they are able to show the human soul.

*How has your style evolved?
I made some animation films, and fictional films. Making the imagination work is what guides me. Let the imagination work from the simplest raw material. Do not try to add, rather strip things on the contrary. Only switch on the camera if there is an idea and try to give it shape. Luck can help.