Rita Cruchinho

Nascimento : , Lisbon, Portugal

História

Born in 1974 in Lisboa, Portugal. Between 1986 and 1991 studied animation in ACARTE, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, with Zepe as teatcher. In 1998 graduated in architecture and began her professional life in her own multidisciplinary studio, MODO. In 2006 studied animation in Bristol School and Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa. From 2007 to 2010 worked with several film directors (José Miguel Ribeiro, Pedro Serrazina, David Doutel & Vasco Sá and others). Vígil is her first work as an independent film director.

Filmes

Vígil
Vígil
Director
One day, Vigil stumbles upon his everyday life. Does his individual development lead him to a wider space of freedom or to the tragic awareness that, after all, he is no more than a part of a whole?
Viagem a Cabo Verde
Viagem a Cabo Verde
Animation
This is the story of a sixty day long walk in Cape Verde. No mobile phone, no watch, no plans for what to do next – only the bare essentials in the backpack. Out traveller explores the mountains, the villages, the sea, a talking tortoise, the goats, the music, the dry haze, the people of Cape Verde and an essential part of himself.