Alexandra Ramires
Directing
Biography
Born in 1987, her first contact with animation cinema was in 2009 in the production company Sardinha em Lata. In 2010 completes the Painting degree in Fine Arts in Lisbon. In 2013 moves to Porto to work in the animation studios of the production company BAP - Bando à Parte where she continued to develop technical and artistic work for other authors films . Founding member of the BAP Cooperative where she currently develops individual and collective work.
Known For
With the sea and urban Algarve as the backdrop, we follow a complete life cycle of a special shellfish called percebes, the goose barnacle.
Percebes
A curious mole explores the world around it.
Moon Mole
The last habitants of a village refuse to let themselves sink into oblivion.
Drop by Drop
The pieces silently start gathering into the room, while the giants, unaware, keep living their macabre routines.
De Imperio
She has a large head and a small body. Her clothes are fitted to the size of her head. He has a small head and a large body. He wears a mask fitted to the size of his body. Both hide the features that they believe to make them weak. Their special defects… A chance encounter, or rather a bump-into-each other, and their “masks” fall off, and they realize they make a perfect match.
Tie
This is the story of a sixty day long walk in Cape Verde. No mobile phone, no watch, no plans for what to do next – only the bare essentials in the backpack. Out traveller explores the mountains, the villages, the sea, a talking tortoise, the goats, the music, the dry haze, the people of Cape Verde and an essential part of himself.