During April and May 2025, Julia Benedyktowicz and I visited Centro Rainha Dona Leonor (Vila do Conde, Portugal) once a week, to create a short film with a group of seniors living in the center. It was a challenging and very enriching experience.
Drawing from the participants’ childhood memories, the workshop proposed the creation of a collective film, exploring a variety of animation techniques. Methods such as object animation, cut-out animation, and frame-by-frame animation were be used to capture and express the emotions and feelings evoked by the participants recollections.
Workshop concept & guidance: Maria Trigo Teixeira & Julia Benedyktowicz
Direção e Coordenação da Programação Solar Animar 20: Mário Micaelo
Produção: Ana Luísa Martins
Voice-over & animation: Ilda Ribeiro, Isaura Simões, Jesuete Santos, Joaquina Canotilho, José Barbosa, Laura Almendra, Manuel Carvalho, Maria Lurdes, Amaro Margarida Taveira
Editing & sound design: Maria Trigo Teixeira & Julia Benedyktowicz
Distribution: Agência