Aldeia dos Rapazes – Orfanato Sta. Isabel de Albarraque
Bárbara Virgínia's only short film is about an orphanage. She adopted a perspective exceptional for her era by filming at the children’s eye level.
15'
Portugal
IFFR 2018
Virgínia shot her short documentary on an orphanage the same year as her first long film. The camera – eye level with the children – expresses her solidarity with the latter, an exceptional perspective under Salazar’s rule. The adults are out of frame and the children have free reign.
Screens before Who Is Bárbara Virgínia?
Screens before Who Is Bárbara Virgínia?
- Director
- Bárbara Virgínia
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Production Year
- 1946
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 15'
- Medium
- Betacam Digi
- Language
- silent
- Producer
- Bárbara Virgínia
- Sales
- Cinemateca Portuguesa
- Screenplay
- Bárbara Virgínia
Programme IFFR 2018
Regained
Drawing upon cinematic memories: restored classics, films about film, experimental works, installations and retrospectives.
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Netherlands
IFFR 2018
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5'
Netherlands
IFFR 2018