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Cinemax Special Screening: Short Films by Ana Rocha de Sousa
Cecília is the only teacher on a small fishing island. Her daughter, Maria, decides to go to the beach on a misty morning to wait for the arrival of her father’s boat. She never returns. At Sea deals with the grief and guilt of a woman whose daughter appears to have been engulfed by the incomprehensible powers of the sea. This moving drama is Portuguese filmmaker Ana Rocha de Sousa’s final graduation project from the London Film School, an impressive work that pushed her into a critically acclaimed career as a director, upon having been an actress for several years. With a devotion to the melancholic aroma of the colour blue, this film paints the sea with a story about motherhood and the fragility of life.
Cecília is the only teacher on a small fishing island. Her daughter, Maria, decides to go to the beach on a misty morning to wait for the arrival of her father’s boat. She never returns. At Sea deals with the grief and guilt of a woman whose daughter appears to have been engulfed by the incomprehensible powers of the sea. This moving drama is Portuguese filmmaker Ana Rocha de Sousa’s final graduation project from the London Film School, an impressive work that pushed her into a critically acclaimed career as a director, upon having been an actress for several years. With a devotion to the melancholic aroma of the colour blue, this film paints the sea with a story about motherhood and the fragility of life.
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Original Title:
No Mar -
Country:
United Kingdom -
Year:
2013 - 30’ Subtitles: Portuguese
Director
Ana Rocha de Sousa
Born in 1978 in Lisbon, Ana Rocha de Sousa is a Portuguese actress and filmmaker. Although she began her acting career in João Botelho’s 1991 feature No Dia Dos Meus Anos, it was the small screen that set off her professional career as an actress, as she took part in various influential TV series in Portuguese television. She also joined the theatre scene, acting in Sonho de uma Noite de Verão, a play staged by João Ricardo. After graduating from Fine Arts in 2007, Ana Rocha de Sousa moved to London to complete a masters in Filmmaking at the London Film School. She went on to direct the short documentary Laundriness, selected to compete at the Short Film Corner at Cannes in 2011 and nominated for Best Short Documentary at the International Student Film Festival 2012 in London. In 2013, she directed two short films: No Mar and Minha Alma and You. In 2020, she presented her first feature film Listen, which earned her the Lion of The Future Award and the Special Horizon Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, among other accolades.
