Amélia & Duarte

What if it there was a place where we could revisit the memories of a relationship? In this archive of remembrances we are guided through the story of Amélia and Duarte, two people that felt out of love and are trying to cope with the feelings that come after a relationship has ended. Their loss was so deep that they tried to divide, wrap, cut, torn and ultimately erase all recollections of each other…

Regie: Alice Guimarães, Mónica Santos
Buch: Mónica Santos
Storyboard: Alice Guimarães
Art direction: Marta Lima,
Mónica Santos
Animation: Alice Guimarães,
Mónica Santos
Director of photography:
Manuel Pinto Barros
Editing: Martha Ewa Wojakowska
Amélia: Sara Costa
Duarte: Gilberto Oliveira
Narrator: James Cosmo
Music: Pedro Marques
Sound: Klangerfinder, Jürgen Swoboda
Technical Direction: Ralf Bohde
Visual effects: Matthias Bäuerle,
Yannick Stark
Funding: MFG Baden-Württemberg
Production: Abi Feijo, Ciclope Films
Production manager: Marta Lima,
Bianca Just
Co-production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann
Studio FILM BILDER, 2015

Awards:
Best Animated Film, Arouca Film Festival, Portugal, 2016
Special Jury Award, Soria Film Festival, Spain, 2016
Best Animated Film, Brooklyn Film Festival, New York, USA, 2016
Best Animated Film, National Competition, Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2016
Sophia Award for Best Animated Short, Portuguese Academy of Cinema, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
Vasco Granja Award, Monstra Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016
António Gaio Award, Cinanima Espinho, Portugal, 2015
Special Mention for innovative approach in animation, Balkanima, Belgrad, Serbia, 2015
2nd Prize Animated Short Film Adult Jury, Chicago International Children´s Film Festival, 2015
2nd Prize Animated Short Film Youth Jury, Chicago International Children´s Film Festival, 2015
Best Professional Short Animation, Portuguese Animation Awards, 2015
Audience Award, Portuguese Animation Awards, 2015
Audience Award, Portuguese competition, Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2015
Canal+ Award for a Portuguese film, Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2015
Zlatko Grgic Award for best first film, Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, 2015

[stefanocarioli]

One of the best stop motion clips I've ever seen.

[Jokaanan]

I love the ending - when we return to the room of Amores Perdidos (Lost Loves). By the end, the audience is likely thinking about a particular breakup in their own lives, so I imagine that everyone who watches the video has their own breakup box somewhere in that room.

[rihabtahir]

first time I actually fell in love with this art!

[arcelinasantiago]

Adorei! Imaginação, criatividade, arte ! Os pormenores são deliciosos! Tudo importa nesta curta metragem, onde tudo foi tão bem pensado ... Direi, está perfeito! Parabéns!

[OceanFairy]

I saw this movie in Annecy this summer and instantly fell in love with it! It's amazing!

[kasberge]

This is my favorite ever stop-motion movie, I am sure this will not change within the years and end up somewhere in a box.

[innerchild.inc.]

oh my god
This is so beautiful
Good work and thank you for making this.

[valstachowski]

That was beautiful, it brought a tear to my eye

[anagomes]

Tão perfeito! Parabéns a toda a equipa!!!!

[alessandroarmando]

This short movie reminds me Svankmajer's animation, both in its stop-motion technique and in its surrealistic-dada aesthetics. Wonderful work of art.

[toccafondimario]

Special! Awesome! Thank you for this "bday gift"

[sebas]

Eso fue, muy creativo. Me gusto lo caricaturizado que estuvieron los actores aquí, le dieron un muy buen toque de gracia. Una muy buena historia de desamor entre personas y amor a los recuerdos.

[묘니-rr]

I think this video deserve more likes and views
It is underrated

[PessoaNBeat]

Sem reparos!! Parabéns por este belo trabalho.

[romulosossego]

Isso é MUITO bom, cara. Muuuiito boom !!!

[NinaBaklachyan]

This is incredibly beautiful and awesome!!!

[РодионРаскольников-ою]

Супер стильно! Жизненно! Высоко художественно! Браво!

[PigsXing]

Wow something so quality and in depth and found in my bed on a Tuesday afternoon. The things one can simple stumble upon. Great work really fantastic emotion :)

[skatarino]

Está lindo... Vou comer um gelado 🍦 ao vosso trabalho, venham mais 20 👏✌

[christiancastillo]

You guys are incredible, your visual narrative is awesome, the resources, the lightening, the objects, oh my god, the objects, the voices, the visual metaphors, the richness of the topics and the variety of the visuals are stunning, I'm an all enthusiast of your work