Regina Pessoa

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Regina Pessoa

Born December 16, 1969 · Coimbra, Portugal (age 56)

Regina Pessoa is a Portuguese animator and director who was born on the 16th of December, 1969. She was born in Coimbra, Portugal, but lived in a village near the city until she was seventeen years old. Without a TV, she spent her time reading, listening to the older ones telling stories and also painting her grandmother's house doors and walls using charcoal, encouraged by her uncle. She graduate…

Known For

Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the DaysUncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days · 2019
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days
6.72019
MovieAnimation
From Regina's personal and visual memories, a tribute to her uncle Thomas, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. A moving tribute to a poet of the everyday.
Vicious CycleVicious Cycle · 1996
Vicious Cycle
7.01996
MovieAnimation
Glaxo Wellcome Anti-Tobacco Commissioned Film. (23 Sec. )
AltöttingAltötting · 2021
Altötting
1.02021
MovieAnimationDrama
"You know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called Altötting."
Kali, the Little VampireKali, the Little Vampire · 2012
Kali, the Little Vampire
6.52012
MovieAnimation
This is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.
Odyssey in ImagesOdyssey in Images · 2001
Odyssey in Images
7.02001
MovieAnimation
The opening credits of the festival "Odyssey mas imagens" in Porto in 2001. (25 Sec. )
The OutlawsThe Outlaws · 1993
The Outlaws
7.11993
MovieAnimation
In the 40's, after the Spanish Civil War, many republicans defeated by the nationalist forces of Franco found refuge on the bordering mountains in the north of Portugal. Some saw them as brigands, others gave them shelter and helped them on the sly to police forces of Salazar. They were... the Outlaws.
Christmas StarsChristmas Stars · 1998
Christmas Stars
7.01998
MovieAnimation
A Christmas Song!
The NightThe Night · 1999
The Night
6.31999
MovieAnimationDrama
It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the mother. And dark becomes the entire Universe when you are alone and abandoned.

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