Natureza Morta 1

Still Life

Natureza Morta 2
Natureza Morta 3
by Susana de Sousa Dias
Co-production Amip in association with Arte France «La Lucarne»

Documentary, 2005, 72′
Within an image, another one is always hiding. Using only archive footage and without words, Still Life aims to rediscover and delve into the opacity of images made during the 48 years (1926-1974) of Portuguese dictatorship (news, war footage, propaganda documentaries, photos of political prisoners and also previously never seen rushes) in order to foster new interpretations.

Written and directed by: Susana de Sousa Dias


Original soundtrack: António de Sousa Dias


Editing: Susana de Sousa Dias, with Helena Alves and Valérie Brégaint


Cinematography: Vasco Riobom


Production: Ansgar Schaefer (Kintop) and Xavier Carniaux (Amip)
 Kintop and Amip in association with Arte France «La Lucarne»


Support: Centre National de la Cinématographie, Procirep and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.


Broadcasters: ARTE (France and Germany) amd YLE Teema (Finland)


Distribution: Doc&Co.

Official Selection – Competition:

  • [2005] Doclisboa — III Festival Internacional do Documentário, Lisboa, Portugal
  • [2006] III Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • [2006] Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
  • [2006] Filmer à Tout Prix, Bruxelas, Bélgica
  • [2006] Palmarès du 33e Concours Internationaux de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges, França
  • [2006] Jihlava International Film Festival, República Checa
  • [2007] Visions du Réel, Nyon, Suíça
  • [2007] Jerusalém International Film Festival, Israel
  • [2007] Slow Film Festival, Eger, Hungria
  • [2007] Era New Horizons Film Festival, Polónia
  • [2007] Nuremberg Human Rights International Film Festival
  • [2007] Rencontres Internationales du Cinema Documentaire, Montreal, Canadá
  • [2008] Rencontres Cinematographiques de Cérbère, França

 

Film Festivals and Showings:

  • [2005] Doc’s Kingdom, Serpa, Portugal
  • [2005] World Film Festival Montreal, Canada
  • [2005] The Independent Film Lab Meeting, Bruxelas, Bélgica
  • [2006] Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • [2006] DocPoint — Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland
  • [2006] Leeds International Film Festival, Reino Unido
  • [2006] VI Encontros de Viana, Portugal
  • [2006] Docusur, Tenerife, Spain
  • [2006] Festival Internacional de Artes e Cultura Portuguesa, Madrid, Espanha
  • [2006] Docúpolis, Barcelona, Espanha
  • [2006] Dockanema – 1.o Festival do Filme Documentário, Maputo, Moçambique
  • [2006] DocNZ International Film Festival (Experimental Documentary), Wellington, NewZealand
  • [2006] Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, Paris, France
  • [2007] Reflets du Cinema Iberique et Latino-Americano, França
  • [2007] Festival Internacional de Artes e Cultura Portuguesa, Berlim, Alemanha
  • [2007] Neues Kino aus Portugal, Berlim, Alemanha
  • [2007] Un Tour d’Europe du Doc, Rencontres Européennes du documentaire, Paris
  • [2008] Festival Arte Maré, França
  • [2008] Rencontres Cinematographiques de Cérbère, França
  • [2009] 12.o International Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, Turquia 10th International Documentary Conference
  • [2010] Festival É Tudo Verdade
  • [2013] Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
  • [2013] Pacific Film Archive, 2013
  • [2016] Jardins Efémeros, Viseu
  • [2016] Kino-Palais, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • [2017] “O que pode uma imagem”, Seminário Internacional de Cinema, Centro Cultural Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Espanha
  • [2017[ Festival de Cine Documental de Bogotá, Colômbia

TV broadcasts:

  • ARTE France (France)
  • YLEThema (Finland)
  • TV-Cinema (Portugal)

Susana de Sousa Dias was born in Lisbon, in 1962. She has a Doctorate in Fine Arts (Audiovisual), a master’s degree in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, a degree in Painting and a bachelors degree in Cinema. She studied music at the National Conservatory. Among her works are “Natureza Morta – Visages d’une dictature” (2005, Atalanta Prize, TaiwanIDF), “48” (2009, Grand Prix Cinéma du Réel, FIPRESCI prize, among others), Still Life | Stilleben (installation, 2010) and “Obscure Light” (2017). Fordlandia Malaise (2019) is her most recent film.

Susana’s works were exhibited at international film festivals and exhibitions (Viennale, Visions du Réel, Sarajevo IFF, Torino FF, PhotoEspaña, Documenta, etc.). In 2012 she received a tribute from Cinéma du Réel and was a guest artist at the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, New York. That same year she formed a group that directed the Doclisboa, International Film Festival for two consecutive editions (2012-2013). She is a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon.

⤍ Press Book (EN / PDF / 3 MB)

Synopsis

Within an image, another one is always hiding. Using only archive footage and without words, Still Life aims to rediscover and delve into the opacity of images made during the 48 years (1926-1974) of Portuguese dictatorship (news, war footage, propaganda documentaries, photos of political prisoners and also previously never seen rushes) in order to foster new interpretations.

Credits

Written and directed by: Susana de Sousa Dias


Original soundtrack: António de Sousa Dias


Editing: Susana de Sousa Dias, with Helena Alves and Valérie Brégaint


Cinematography: Vasco Riobom


Production: Ansgar Schaefer (Kintop) and Xavier Carniaux (Amip)
 Kintop and Amip in association with Arte France «La Lucarne»


Support: Centre National de la Cinématographie, Procirep and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.


Broadcasters: ARTE (France and Germany) amd YLE Teema (Finland)


Distribution: Doc&Co.

Festivals & Screenings

Official Selection – Competition:

  • [2005] Doclisboa — III Festival Internacional do Documentário, Lisboa, Portugal
  • [2006] III Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • [2006] Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
  • [2006] Filmer à Tout Prix, Bruxelas, Bélgica
  • [2006] Palmarès du 33e Concours Internationaux de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges, França
  • [2006] Jihlava International Film Festival, República Checa
  • [2007] Visions du Réel, Nyon, Suíça
  • [2007] Jerusalém International Film Festival, Israel
  • [2007] Slow Film Festival, Eger, Hungria
  • [2007] Era New Horizons Film Festival, Polónia
  • [2007] Nuremberg Human Rights International Film Festival
  • [2007] Rencontres Internationales du Cinema Documentaire, Montreal, Canadá
  • [2008] Rencontres Cinematographiques de Cérbère, França

 

Film Festivals and Showings:

  • [2005] Doc’s Kingdom, Serpa, Portugal
  • [2005] World Film Festival Montreal, Canada
  • [2005] The Independent Film Lab Meeting, Bruxelas, Bélgica
  • [2006] Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • [2006] DocPoint — Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland
  • [2006] Leeds International Film Festival, Reino Unido
  • [2006] VI Encontros de Viana, Portugal
  • [2006] Docusur, Tenerife, Spain
  • [2006] Festival Internacional de Artes e Cultura Portuguesa, Madrid, Espanha
  • [2006] Docúpolis, Barcelona, Espanha
  • [2006] Dockanema – 1.o Festival do Filme Documentário, Maputo, Moçambique
  • [2006] DocNZ International Film Festival (Experimental Documentary), Wellington, NewZealand
  • [2006] Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, Paris, France
  • [2007] Reflets du Cinema Iberique et Latino-Americano, França
  • [2007] Festival Internacional de Artes e Cultura Portuguesa, Berlim, Alemanha
  • [2007] Neues Kino aus Portugal, Berlim, Alemanha
  • [2007] Un Tour d’Europe du Doc, Rencontres Européennes du documentaire, Paris
  • [2008] Festival Arte Maré, França
  • [2008] Rencontres Cinematographiques de Cérbère, França
  • [2009] 12.o International Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, Turquia 10th International Documentary Conference
  • [2010] Festival É Tudo Verdade
  • [2013] Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge
  • [2013] Pacific Film Archive, 2013
  • [2016] Jardins Efémeros, Viseu
  • [2016] Kino-Palais, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • [2017] “O que pode uma imagem”, Seminário Internacional de Cinema, Centro Cultural Tabakalera, San Sebastian, Espanha
  • [2017[ Festival de Cine Documental de Bogotá, Colômbia

TV broadcasts:

  • ARTE France (France)
  • YLEThema (Finland)
  • TV-Cinema (Portugal)
Susana de Sousa Dias

Susana de Sousa Dias was born in Lisbon, in 1962. She has a Doctorate in Fine Arts (Audiovisual), a master’s degree in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, a degree in Painting and a bachelors degree in Cinema. She studied music at the National Conservatory. Among her works are “Natureza Morta – Visages d’une dictature” (2005, Atalanta Prize, TaiwanIDF), “48” (2009, Grand Prix Cinéma du Réel, FIPRESCI prize, among others), Still Life | Stilleben (installation, 2010) and “Obscure Light” (2017). Fordlandia Malaise (2019) is her most recent film.

Susana’s works were exhibited at international film festivals and exhibitions (Viennale, Visions du Réel, Sarajevo IFF, Torino FF, PhotoEspaña, Documenta, etc.). In 2012 she received a tribute from Cinéma du Réel and was a guest artist at the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, New York. That same year she formed a group that directed the Doclisboa, International Film Festival for two consecutive editions (2012-2013). She is a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon.

Press Kit

⤍ Press Book (EN / PDF / 3 MB)

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