Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

Natália, trapped in a tedious job, engages in a search for a stolen heart. In a world where hearts can be deposited in a bank, the protagonist faces a dilemma: give her heart or keep it to herself.

Production :
ANIMAIS AVPL, UM SEGUNDO FILMES and VIVEMENT LUNDI!
Distribution :
AGENCIA - Portuguese Short Film Agency
Contact :
Animation :
Alice Eça Guimarães and Mónica Santos
Music :
Pedro Marques
Screenplay :
Alice Eça Guimarães and Mónica Santos
Editing :
Alice Eça Guimarães and Mónica Santos
Cinematographer :
Manuel Pinto Barros

Direction
  • Mónica Santos

    Mónica Santos studied art & design at the Royal College of Art Communication. Versatile in both theoretical and practical views on cinema, her films screened in Europe and she’s currently doing a PhD in film studies. While working in real and animated moving images, she also makes illustrations for periodicals.

  • Alice Guimarães

    Alice Eça Guimarães studied digital arts. Then she has taken a special interest in animation and made small animated films for several brands such as Sonae, the Intermarché or the publisher Leya, but also educational films, such as the awarded A incrível História das Linhas de Torres Vedras.