Catarina Vasconcelos

Catarina 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 Réel, 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.

Filmography

[2023] Nocturne for a forest (short)
[2020] The Metamorphosis of Birds 
[2013] Metáfora ou a Tristeza Virada do Avesso (short) - school film