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Minha Primeira Memória

Minha Primeira Memória (My First Memory) is a short surrealist animation that portrays the author Lara Mendes Salsa's vision of her first memory, based on the sensations, noises, shadows, feelings, and images that float in our minds when we go back to our first memories, the main thread of the narrative.

  • Lara Salsa
    Director
  • Lara Salsa
    Writer
  • Lara Salsa
    Producer
  • Lara Salsa
    Animator
  • Ross Budgen
    Soundtrack
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Minha Primeira Memória
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 11, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    HD format and H264 codec.
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - UNIAESO - Centro Universitário AESO-Barros Melo
  • Santos Film Fest (2021)

    Brazil
    June 22, 2021
    Best Animated Short Film - Popular Vote /Melhor Curta de Animação - Voto Popular
  • Santos Film Fest (2021)

    Brazil
    June 22, 2021
    Best Animated Short Film Script/ Melhor Roteiro Curta-Metragem de Animação
  • FESTCIMM DIADEMA (2023)

    Brazil
    August 26, 2023
    MOSTRA COMPETITIVA: ANIMAÇÃO / COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION: ANIMATION
  • Festival Universitário de Cinema - FUCINE (2023)
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    September 11, 2023
    Selection - Category: Animation
  • Short Way International Short Film Festival (2023)
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    August 5, 2023
  • Pupila Film Festival (2023)
    Olinda,PE
    Brazil
    August 25, 2023
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù (2023)
    via cavour, 38 Cefalù, Palermo 90015 Italy
    Italy
    September 1, 2023
  • 2ª Mostra Audiovisual [EM]CURTAS/ Mostra Maio [EM]CASA 2021

    Brazil
    May 10, 2021
  • MUMIA 2021

    Brazil
  • MOV – Festival Internacional de Cinema Universitário de Pernambuco
    Recife
    Brazil
    November 11, 2022
  • Tainha Dourada (2021)
    Santa Catarina
    Brazil
    July 6, 2021
  • CINEFANTASY (2023)
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    December 2, 2023
    Selection - Category: AMADOR | AMATEUR COMPETITIVE SESSION
  • Festival Universitário de Cinema - FUCINE Festival Universitário de Cinema - FUCINE
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    September 11, 2023
    Selection - Category: Animation
  • International Student Animation Film Festival Animafantasia (2023)
    Lassy
    Romania
    October 16, 2023
    Selection - Category: Student Animated Film
  • All that Moves International Film Festival (2024)
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    January 27, 2024
  • Campinas Film Festival (2023)
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    October 15, 2023
Director Biography - Lara Salsa

Lara Salsa (Brazil) is a filmmaker, graduated from UNIAESO, illustrator and animator. The passion for art and animation are the great incentives for the production of authorial works such as "Minha Primeira Memória", winner as Best Animated Short and Best Screenplay at Santos Filmfest/2021, "Eternidade", winner as Best Animated Short and Best Character Design at the 5th edition of Anima Jam/2021 and "Reflorescer" winner on the 1st Year of Short Way International Short Film Festival!/2023.
She began her career in the animation market after taking the Viu Cine School of Creativity's Animation Course and an internship at Viu Cine Studio. Currently, she works in the company as a cut-out animator, rigging cut-out characters and works as a rigging teacher, besides participating in projects such as "Mundo Bita Imagine -se" (HBO Max), "As Aventuras de Tita", among other animation projects.

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