Memory House / Casa de antigüedades

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Cristovam, a native from the Brazilian hinterland, works in a milk factory in a former Austrian colony in Brazil. He feels lonely, ostracized by cultural and ethnic differences. One day, he discovers an abandoned house filled with objects that remind him of his origins. He slowly settles in this house. Curiously, more objects start to appear without explanation, as if the place was «alive».

João Paulo Miranda Maria

João Paulo Miranda Maria was born in 1982 in Porto Feliz (Sao Paulo), inland city of Brazil. He graduated in Cinema and Master by Unicamp. João is a Teacher at UNIMEP University and coordinates a film collective called Kino-Olho in the city of Rio Claro, São Paulo. His cinema is inspired by the countryside reality where he lives. After participating in Critic’s Week – Next Step LAB, in partnership with Torino Film LAB, he developed Memory House at the Cinéfondation residency in Paris. Memory House is his first feature.

Filmography

– Memory House, feature film, 2020
Cannes 2020 Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2020 / Discovery section, San Sebastián Film Festival 2020 / New Directors

– Meninas Formicidas, short film, 2017
Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia | Italia (2017), Rio de Jaeniro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema | Brazil (2017) , Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | France (2018), México Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México | Mexico (2018) Awards : Goiânia Mostra Curtas | Best Film (Award SESC TV) | Brazil (2017), Festival Kinoarte de Cinema | Best sound | Brazil (2017), Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema | Best short film | Brazil (2017) – Command Action, short film, 2015 Festivals : Festival de Cannes – Compétition officielle court-métrage | France (2016), New York Film Festival | USA (2016), Hong Kong International Film Festival | Chine (2016), Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias | Colombie (2016) Awards : Prix : Festival de Cannes – Compétition officielle court-métrage | Mention Spéciale | France (2016) Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Brésil (2016) – The Girl Who Danced with the Devil, short film2016 Festivals : Semaine de la Critique – Festival de Cannes | France (2015), Brasilia Film Festival | Brésil (2015), Festival Internacional de curtas metragens de São Paulo| Brésil (2015), Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife | Brésil (2015) Awards : Brasilia Film Festival | Prix du Meilleur Son | Brésil (2015)

Production notes

I first met Joao Paulo at a Cannes FF workshop. I was struck by the unique way he approached narration as well as by his one-of-a-kind visual style. He developped the film at the Cinefondation residency program. The movie was shot in July-August 2019 in Brazil and is actually post-product in France. Many sales agents requested to see Joao Paulo’s first feature film.

Support

CNC – Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (confirmed) – Hubert Bals Europe (confirmed) – FSA Brasilian Fund (confirmed) – Aide après-réalisation Ile-de-France – TBC.

Original title: Memory House
Direction: João Paulo Miranda Maria (Premier film)
Country: France, Brésil
Année: 2019
Scenario: João Paulo Miranda Maria
Picture: Benjamín Echazarreta
Cutting: Benjamin Mirguet
Music: Nicolas Becker
Actors: Antonio Pitanga, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Sam Louwyck
Original version: Portugais
Awards: PRIX DES DISTRIBUTEURS ET EXPLOITANTS EUROPÉENS au festival Cinélatino 2020
Production: Maneki films, Bossa Nova Films
Coproduction: Maneki films