Directing
Amarante Abramovici
Born 1978-01-03 · Aix-en-Provence - Bouches-du-Rhône - France
Filmmaker with a degree in directing from La Femis, Paris. Graduated from the University of Paris III, Sorbonne. She was selected for the Cannes Film Festival - Cinéfondation section, with Gaia (2004) and for the Cinéma du Réel, with Circa Me (2002). She has made films in collaboration, such as The Culture of Capital (2003) or Travelling 70′-76′ (2007). Between 2005 and 2013 she collaborated with the Serralves Museum. She programs film sessions and cycles in alternative venues in Porto, and collaborates in educational projects focusing on cinema. She has taught Cinema and Video at FEUP, Universidade Lusófona do Porto, FAUP and ESAP, and is currently a PhD student researching amateur cinema produced during the Portuguese revolution.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
In the childhood circus, time stops for a last dance under the big top. Juggle with the images, the memories, the dreams, the fears, the desires and the stories that we tell ourselves before we fall asleep.
Circa Me
2002
NRThe residency project began as a bi-weekly film club. From the start, the idea of stepping to the "other side" of the camera and creating a film together was present. The result is a film that is a meeting place: for those who seek images and those who see them, for those who seek home and those who have already found it.
Residência
2025
NRThe residency project began as a bi-weekly film club. From the start, the idea of stepping to the "other side" of the camera and creating a film together was present. The result is a film that is a meeting place: for those who seek images and those who see them, for those who seek home and those who have already found it.
Residência
2025
A film by Amarante Abramovici
Junho
2024
NRA journey through the Portuguese Ongoing Revolutionary Process
O Çul Verão
2005