SYNESTHESIA

Kandinsky named it "The Principle of the Inner Necessity". We know it by name as synesthesia - the variation of the way your brain processes the receptor signals of the five senses, which can involve or cross any of them. It is known that during the first six months of our life we are all synesthetics, capturing different perceptions on the spectrum of sensory stimuli.
Only four percent of the population retains these characteristics…

  • Melissa Rodrigues
    Director
    "SEJA O QUE DEUS QUISER" 2023
  • Melissa Rodrigues
    Writer
    "SEJA O QUE DEUS QUISER" 2023
  • Inês Mateus
    Producer
    "VIOLETA" 2019 / "PARA ALÉM DAS PAREDES" 2022 / "EM SUSPENSO" 2023"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    SINESTESIA
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 51 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - ETIC - School of Innovation and Creation Technologies
Director Biography - Melissa Rodrigues

With a baby face and an old soul, Melissa has spent her life jumping between her dream world and the challenging reality.
Born and raised in Portugal, she realised from an early age that being human is hard, but it's also beautiful. Certainly worth making films about. And so she did.
She has a degree in Audiovisual and Multimedia, other self-proclaimed degrees in various crafty arts, and a vocational course in Directing so that she can officially call herself something, even though she is many things.
In the last year, she has directed several short films in the school context, one of which, the short documentary "Synesthesia", won the PrimeirOlhar Award at the XXIII Encontros de Cinema de Viana do Castelo.

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