THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS

Catarina Vasconcelos
Portugal, 2020, 101'
Producers: Pedro Fernandes Duarte, Joana Gusmão, Catarina Vasconcelos
Production: Primeira Idade (Portugal), Catarina Vasconcelos

World Premiere: 70th Berlinale - Berlin Internation Film Festival 2020 (Germany)

Awards:
- FIPRESCI Award for Best Film, Berlinale Encounters programme 2020 (Germany)
- Best Film Award, International Competition of the Vilnius IFF 2020 (Lithuania)
- Jury Award, Taipei Film Festival 2020 (Taiwan)
- Best Film Award, International Competition of Dokufest 2020 (Kosovo)
- Audience Award, Pesaro Festival of New Cinema 2020 (Italy)
- Best Film Award, International competition of the Pesaro IFF 2020 (Italy)
- Audience Award, IndieLisboa 2020 (Portugal)
- Best Director Award, IndieLisboa'20 (Portugal)
- Best Artistic contribution, Olhar de Cinema IFF Curitiba (Brazil)
- Audience Award, Olhar de Cinema IFF Curitiba (Brazil)
- Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award for Best Film, San Sebastian IFF (Spain)
- Grand Prix Award for Best Film, New Horizons Film Festival (Poland)
- Audience Award, New Horizons Film Festival (Poland)
- Best Film of the International Competition FIDOCS (Chile)
- Young Jury Award for Best Film, FIDOCS (Chile)
- Golden Apricot Award for Best International Film, Yerevan FF (Armenia)
- Best Internacional Documentary, Victoria Film Festival (Canada)
- Honorable Mention for Best Cinematography 2020, AIP, Portuguese Image Club (Portugal)
- Audience Award for Best Film, Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Salvador (Brazil)
- Best International Film Jury Award, Panorama Coisa de Cinema, Salvador (Brazil)
- Special Mention for Best Film at Molodist Kiev Film Festival (Ukraine)
- Audiance Award for Best Film, One World Festival (Romania)
- Special Jury Award of the International Jury of the One World Festival (Romania)

“Beatriz married Henrique on the day of her 21st birthday. Henrique, a naval officer, would spend long periods at sea. Ashore, Beatriz, who learned everything from the verticality of plants, took great care of the roots of their six children. The oldest son, Jacinto (Hyacinth), my father, dreamed he could be a bird. One day, suddenly, Beatriz died. My mom didn’t die suddenly, but she too died when I was 17 years-old. On that day, me and my father met in the loss of our mothers and our relationship was no longer just that of father and daughter.” – Catarina Vasconcelos

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