Happiness in a pot
This film was developed in residency at Escola das Artes (Porto). The project was one of 8 selected for the Advanced Training Course in Film and TV Directing, organized by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian & Universidade Católica Portuguesa, with mentors Atom Egoyan, Lucrecia Martel, Céline Sciamma, among others.
Synopsis:
While cooking, Yaxuan notices that her pot makes a peculiar sound. That sound will generate a wandering around food rituals, which appear as a bridge between past and present.
With:
Yaxuan Zhang
Sérgio Monteiro-Rodrigues
César Oliveira
Rui Lima and
Sérgio Martins
Sound recording and post-production: Marcelo Tavares
Color grading: Andreia Bertini
Yaxuan Zhang
Sérgio Monteiro-Rodrigues
César Oliveira
Rui Lima and
Sérgio Martins
Sound recording and post-production: Marcelo Tavares
Color grading: Andreia Bertini
Screenings:
- IndieLisboa, National Competition (Portugal)
- Luz no jardim: short film screening in Lisbon moderated by Apertura Institute (Portugal)
- 41st Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (Germany)
- Beijing International Short Film Festival (China)
- London Short Film Festival - Institute of Contemporary Arts (UK)
- Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM) - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal)
- Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Faro (Portugal)
- Shortcutz Vila Real (Portugal)
- aCinema space (WI, USA)