The Sacrifice of the Druids

In this video essay a château and its oral history come to life as the director allows the thoughts of others to be manifested in a film.
By means of improvisation in front an behind the camera, in the editing, and later whilst creating music for it, a film that creates itself came into being.

  • Reinaldo Pinto Almeida
    Director
    Landscapes in Times of Treason, Sushila by the Sea, Das Apartment, Erosion
  • Reinaldo Pinto Almeida
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    drama, mystery, documentary, essay, experimental
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 31, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Indie Lisboa International FIlm Festival
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    August 27, 2020
    World
Director Biography - Reinaldo Pinto Almeida

Born and raised around Lisbon the director studied Philosophy in Lisbon and and later at Paris IV having completed his studies in 2007 with a degree from the Universidade de Lisboa. He then moved to Mumbai, India where he stayed before moving to Berlin where he is currently residing. He works as a freelance filmmaker in various departments and studied at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. Along with a Producer he formed the Almeida/Kind GbR Production for his international short form series Das Apartment. In his spare time he performs improvised theatre. He is currently developing his feature-film Urlaub and his documentary A Border Within with Liminoid Productions Berlin. For the latter he recieved a research grant by the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.

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Director Statement

Work in Progress Copy.
The Sacrifice of the Druids is an improvised film where not only acting and performance are dealt with improvisation but also the images, sounds and voice over. In a search to render my impressions of a Mansion in near Bergerac, France I sought to find a way of conveing what I had learned about the place and its surrounding in a visual essay and film-experiment.