Friends

This experimental film, in which characters and action are presented in a visual narrative, was created by deaf children, who attended animation workshop and had the chance to experiment and play around with the animated images.

  • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto /Anilupa´s workshop participants: 3rd and 4th year students of bilingual education class for the deaf of EB Augusto Lessa School
    Director
  • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto /Anilupa´s workshop participants: 3rd and 4th year students of bilingual education class for the deaf of EB Augusto Lessa School
    Writer
  • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto /Anilupa
    Producer
  • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto /Anilupa´s workshop participants: 3rd and 4th year students of bilingual education class for the deaf of EB Augusto Lessa School
    Key Cast
  • Associação de Ludotecas do Porto /Anilupa
    Sound and editing
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Os amigos
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 20, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • International Festival of Animated Films ANIMANIE

    Czech Republic
    screened in category MINI (up to 13 years old)
Director Biography - Associação de Ludotecas do Porto /Anilupa´s workshop participants: 3rd and 4th year students of bilingual education class for the deaf of EB Augusto Lessa School

The young filmmakers who had no previous experience were the protagonist of all main processes of making this film - from creating visual story to construction of the puppets and the scenery as well as animating using stop motion technique. Sound and video editing were done by Animation centre ANILUPA, educational and cultural centre that develops a wide variety of activities in the field of animation. Anilupa aims to encourage active participation of all members of the public by giving the possibility to get involved in film production, to learn about the emergence of cinema in interactive way and to participate in other educational and creative activities. The filmography of ANILUPA at the moment contains more than 200 films, made by children, young people and adults from various organizations.

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