In the 15th century, in Portugal, a group of monks built a wall around a forest and prevented the entry of women. But the hands of the living cannot control everything: in the invisible world, where night reigns and only souls light up the forest, women have built their kingdom of invisibility, without walls.
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Catarina VasconcelosCatarina Vasconcelos, born in Lisbon in 1986, is a Portuguese filmmaker whose debut short-film “Metaphor or Sadness Inside Out” premiered in 2014 at Cinema du Reel, where it was distinguished as Best Short Film. Her debut feature documentary “The Metamorphosis of Birds” premiered in 2020 at the Encounters program of the 70th Berlinale, where it receives the first of 40 prizes, the FIPRESCI Award. “Nocturne For a Forest” premiered at the Pardi di Domani - Corto d’Autore of the 76th Locarno Film Festival.