Messing with Nature
sunday june 10 | 15.30 hrs | Dutch premiere

My Village Doesn’t Live Here Any More
“I was born beneath this water. I was 10 years old when it all happened. Some things I remember well, others are blurred and confused. People change address, new churches are built, new bakeries, houses and streets ... But in this case, everything changed at the same time. Perhaps it was a way of pretending that nothing moved at all.” During six years the makers shot this film in Luz Village (Portugal), condemned to disappear beneath the waters of the Alqueva dam. Especially for this project, a new village was constructed. But the forced migration does not pass very smoothly, since existing social structures, as well as the unique relation with nature are being disturbed. Combining these images with stories told by children who recollect their life during the moving process, this documentary presents the strange story of this village.

Catarina Mourão (Portugal) | Portugal | 2006 | 60 min | English subtitles

camera: Catarina Alves Costa / Catarina Mourão/ Paulo Menezes
sound: Armanda Carvalho / Catarina Mourão/ Olivier Blanc
editor: Pedro Duarte
producer: Laranja Azul

contact: Pedro Duarte / Laranja Azul
t: +35 1213881746
e: laranjazul@mail.telepac.pt
w: www.laranja-azul.com

After finishing her BA in law in 1992, Catarina Mourão started studying in the direction of filmmaking. In 2002 she finished her MA dissertation in Film with Commendation at the Department of Film and Television, University of Bristol. Since 1994 she has produced many films. With the film ‘A Dama de Chandor’ (The Lady of Chandor) from 1998 she won many prizes.