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The Painter

The Painter follows a young girl who, through the colour in her art, struggles to represent her perception of herself and those around her.

  • Laura Pedrosa
    Director
  • Laura Pedrosa
    Writer
  • Laura Pedrosa
    Producer
  • Lula Main
    Key Cast
    "The Girl"
  • Casper J. Allen
    Key Cast
    "Pink Boy"
    Not the way Benjamin did it, Violet City (2015), The Grass Is Always Grindr (2018)
  • Thomas Melhuish
    Key Cast
    "Blue Boy"
    Mistake (2017)
  • Andre Llewellyn
    Assistant Director
    Goodbye Danny (2020)
  • Barbara van Schaik
    Director of Photography
    Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018), Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
  • João Pedrosa
    Music Composer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 31 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 22, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    250 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Laura Pedrosa

Laura Pedrosa was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1998. She graduated with a BA in Film Studies from King's College London in 2019, after finishing high school in Maine in the year of 2015-2016 and studying abroad at the University of California, San Diego, as part of an exchange program, in the year of 2017-2018. She also enrolled in a Part-Time Filmmaking course at the Met Film School of London in 2016-2017.

Since then, she has published several articles in Portuguese publication Jornal de Letras, has worked as an English-Portuguese translator and worked as a content creator for LEFFEST - Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival in 2019.

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Director Statement

I see "The Painter" as my first step towards becoming a professional filmmaker.
It reflects many of the identity issues artists - especially those of us starting out - face: not only within themselves, but also during the process of absorbing ideas and images they come to incorporate into their creations.
I spent a lot of time learning how to get this film the way I wanted it to be, and it wouldn't have been possible without the team of people across two countries - the UK and Portugal - who helped me channel the experimental mindset I had planned through a cohesive set of images, words, movements and music.

"The Painter" was originally shot in 2017 but suffered post-production changes over the following years, finally being scored and seeing its sound finalized in late 2020.