Rafael Serralheiro
Directing
Biography
Rafael Serralheiro is a 3D artist based in Porto with a B.A in Sound and Image. He directed his short film, Living Water, developed as a student film with CGI and 3D animation. However, Rafael has worked in other short films and features, such as Biscoito da Fortuna, Pathosformel, Azucrinado, and Palavras Gastas.
Known For
Pilar, a jealous mother, receives her daughter-in-law for her son's birthday dinner for the first time. When she realizes that she's no longer the priority for him, indignant and vindictive, she decides to change her plans for dinner and provoke her daughter-in-law with a dish that knows she hates.
Tartare
PATHOSFORMEL is an interdisciplinary work/film, both in form and content. Through scenes and episodes, a look at the historical past is interconnected, using figures from Greco-Roman mythology in order to reflect on the human condition.
Pathosformel
A young man writing a motivation letter for a new job is interrupted by a longtime friend who appears with bizarre intentions.
Azucrinado
Inky sees, one night, a magical light that attracts him. Frustrated by not being able to shine, he sets out in search of this light. But for this, he will have to break with the past, to reach its luminescence and know, for the first time, the vast ocean.
Living Water
A filmic introspection, with Viana do Castelo serving as its background.
Viana em Nós
Two fish, green and orange swim in a fantastic universe. The two enter into an animated pursuit generating several metamorphoses in the spaces in which they are. Each transformation represents a different phase of the relationship between the two, interpolated with excerpts from the poem.