Melting

Susana Miguel António

Filipa Gomes da Costa

“They ignore each other hoping to become the other’s object of desire. Failing by tactical symmetry, they allow such desire to burn away. One day, as their paths cross, all they exchange is a cold nod.”

Selections and awards:

2022
Monstra (Lisbon, Portugal)
Leiria Film Festival (Portugal)
Animator – International Animated Film Festival (Poland)
Chilemonos – International Animation Film Festival (Chile)
ANNY: Animations Nights (New York, USA)
Porto Femme – International Film Festival (Portugal)
Ars Independent Film Festival (Katowice, Poland)
Animanima International Animation Festival (Cacak, Serbia)
Cinanima – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação (Lisbon, Portugal)
Animest Film Festival (Romenia)
Tofuzi International Animated Film Festival (Batumi, Georgia)
Entre Olhares – Mostra de Cinema Português (Barreiro, Portugal)
The Academy Death Racers Festival (online)
SOPHIA Awards (Lisbon, Portugal)

Credits

Original Idea: Susana Miguel António
Screenplay: Susana Miguel António
Direction: Susana Miguel António, Filipa Gomes da Costa
Concept Design: Vasco Ruivo
Production: Nuno Beato, Diogo Carvalho
Executive Production: Susana Miguel António, Patrícia Silva, Alessandra Casado
Storyboard: Filipa Gomes da Costa
Layout: Carina Beringuilho, João Lopes da Silva, Sara Naves, André Silva, Ismael Fati, Filipa Gomes da Costa
Animation: Carina Beringuilho, João Lopes da Silva, Sara Naves, André Silva, Ismael Fati, Filipa Gomes da Costa

Backgrounds: Vasco Ruivo
Head of Inbetween: Leonor Costa, Filipa Gomes da Costa
Inbetween: Leonor Costa, Filipa Gomes da Costa, Vanessa Namora Caeiro, Camila Reis, Carina Beringuilho, Filipe Fonseca, André Silva, Ismael Fati, Sara Naves
Clean up and Painting: Leonor Costa, Filipa Gomes da Costa, Vanessa Namora Caeiro, Camila Reis
Internship of Inbetween, Clean up and Painting: Paula Planas, Pere Migó Aran, Estela Capallera
Post-Production: Leonor Costa

Editing: Leonor Costa, Felipe Lacerda
Soundtrack: Linda Martini
Sound Design: Daniel Camalhão
Audio Post-Production: Green Peak
Voices: Ana Água, Miguel Raposo
Financial Management and Human Resources: Aida Jerónimo
Accounting: Plater Finance
DCP: Diogo Carvalho

‘Degelo’ – ‘Melting’ – Sardinha em Lata©2022

Acknowledgments: Bruno Lacerda, Diogo Morgado, Ela Duca, Elisabete Fragoso