The Girl and the Pot / A Menina e o Pote / Dekle in lonec
Valentina Homem, Tati Bond (Sempre Viva)
2024, Brazil, 12'18''
In a dystopian world, the Girl breaks her ceramic pot, which holds a secret within. The breaking of the pot opens portals to a parallel universe and the girl enters a time of transformation in which the creation of a new world is finally possible.
V distopičnem svetu dekle razbije svoj glineni lonec, ki v sebi skriva skrivnost. Razbitje lonca odpre portale v vzporedni univerzum in dekle vstopi v čas preobrazbe, v katerem je končno mogoče ustvariti nov svet.
Language: Nheengatu
Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Paint on glass
Team
Animation: Tati Bond, Nara Normande
Production: Sempre Viva
Valentina Homem
(1980) is a Brazilian artist and filmmaker, active since the early 2000’s. Her short documentary Abigail premiered at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (2016) and Neither Spring Nor Estuary had its international premiere at Ann Arbor Film Festival (2019). Her films have been shown at Festival dei Popoli, Vila do Conde, Cartagena Film Festival, Havana Film Festival, Kinoforum. Her current film projects have been selected to script labs and international markets such as Cinemundi, Doc Montevideo, Doc SP, Miradas Doc. She is currently working on the post-production of The Day Before, a fiction feature film co-written and co-directed by Fernanda Bond and researching for her first feature documentary Under The Baobab Tree.
Tati Bond
(1982) is a visual artist, animator and art director. She was co-director, art director, co-writer and solo animator of the short film The Girl and The Pot (2024). In 2023 she created the visual identity and animations for the series A Vida Pela Frente (Globoplay). In 2023 she was selected for the 3rd edition of MVSM (stop motion video art show). In 2018, she directed the art and animations for the project A Menina e o Pote - video installation (OI Futuro-RJ). In 2013 she took part in the Tempo, Memória e Colecionismos exhibition in Tirana (Albania). In 2012 she had a solo exhibition in São Paulo at the Gravura Brasileira gallery.