The mural of freedom
(O mural da liberdade)
by Classe 4A della scuola elementare Vilarinha
2024 - Portugal - 10:00 min.
Festival 2025 > Piccolo Festival Internaltional > Competition BY 8.10
Synopsis
Painting a mural is an act of freedom. Through animated films, the students were able to imagine and create a fictitious mural, with animated pictures that express the ideas and values of a free society. It’s also a movie that celebrates April 25, the day Portugal freed itself from dictatorship and whose symbol is the carnation flower of freedom.
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Biography and filmography
The young filmmakers who had no previous experience were the protagonist of all main processes of making this film - from script writing to making the storyboard, construction of the puppets and the scenery as well as animation using stop motion technique. Video editing was done by Associação de Ludotecas do Porto / ANILUPA - educational and cultural centre that develops a wide variety of activities in the field of animation. ANILUPA aims to encourage active participation of all members of the public by giving the possibility to get involved in film production, to learn about the emergence of cinema in an interactive way and to participate in other educational and creative activities. The filmography of ANILUPA at the moment contains more than 250 films, made by children, young people and adults from various organizations.
Production
Associação de Ludotecas do Porto/Anilupa