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Sofia Borges

SÚLU S ’ÁUA

Fiction | 4k | couleur | 30:14 | Portugal, Sao Tome & Principe | 2023

SYNOPSIS An exploration of an island dominated by violence and ghosts, where the only solution to return to a peaceful coexistence, between the world of the living and that of the departed and their relatives, is to settle the debts of the past. DIRECTOR`S NOTE This film intends to approach Portuguese colonialism in São Tome? e Príncipe, from the collective memory and its current impact on the population. The film is structured on collaborative practice, through the collective participation of the actors in the process of creation of the scenes and dialogues of the film. The "characters" were built from the actors' daily lives and personal histories, their interpersonal relationships, and the collective memory of colonialism. We have continuously sought to develop means for a deep understanding of reality, and the involvement of the community and actors in the collaborative, reconstructive, and constructive process of the film's material reality. Incorporating individual, collective, and historical knowledge and their perception of Portuguese colonialism. We have tried to maintain this complexity of different realities and times, which allows us to create the film, articulating DAILY LIFE, HISTORY, MEMORY, and FANTASTIC.

SOFIA BORGES was born in Portugal. She studied Visual Arts/ Painting and Curatorial Studies at Lisbon's Faculty of Fine Arts in Portugal. She works in visual arts, research, public space, video installation, and cinema, through proximity with communities, sustained by collaboration, dialogue, and participation. Her projects have been presented in different contexts: in communities, publications, public spaces, art biennials, and film festivals, awarded at Festival IndieLisboa in Portugal and other festivals in Italy, India and Spain. His latest video installation project was presented at the São Tomé Biennial of Art and will present in Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil in São Paulo (Brazil). GRANTS AND SUPPORT (selection between 2022-12) 2021-22 - ICA/Instituto de Cinema Audiovisual/ Ministério da Cultura de Portugal (PT) 2022 - Fundo de Apoio ao Cinema (PT) 2021-22 - Garantir Cultura/Ministério da Cultura de Portugal (PT) 2021-22 - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (PT) 2020-21 - l’Alliance française du São Tomé et Príncipe/ L’Institut français du Gabon (FR/STP) 2015 - Africa Cont. / Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (PT) 2013-15 - Duquesne University (USA) 2012-13 - Fundação Gulbenkian (PT)