Regina Pessoa

'''Regina Maria Póvoa Pessoa Martins''' (born 16 December 1969) is a Portuguese filmmaker and [[Animation|animator]].

== Biography == Regina Pessoa was born in [[Coimbra]], but lived in a village near the city until she was seventeen. Without a TV, she spent her time reading, listening to the older ones telling stories and also painting her grandmother's house doors and walls using [[Charcoal (art)|charcoal]], encouraged by her uncle.<ref name="Serpa">{{cite news|url=http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/regina-pessoa-happy-story-with-happy-ending/|title=Regina Pessoa – Happy story with happy ending|last=Serpa|first=Ana|date=1 December 2008|work=UP Magazine|publisher=[[TAP Portugal]]|accessdate=7 October 2014|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090155/http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/regina-pessoa-happy-story-with-happy-ending/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

She graduated in [[painting]] from [[University of Porto]] in 1998 and during her time as a student took part in different [[animation]] workshops, having participated in Espace Projets ([[Annecy]], 1995) with the short ''A Noite'', which she would finish in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography and Filmography at Ciclope Filmes|url=http://www.ciclopefilmes.com/regina-pessoa|accessdate=5 May 2011}}</ref>

In 1992 she started working in Filmógrafo - Estúdio de Cinema de Animação do Porto, where she collaborated as animator in various films.

Her short ''[[Tragic Story with Happy Ending]]'' is the most awarded [[Portugal|Portuguese]] film ever.<ref>{{cite web|title=História Trágica com Final Feliz - Filmes Portugueses|url=http://filmesportugueses.com/historia-tragica-com-final-feliz/|accessdate=5 May 2011}}</ref>

Her 2012 short animated film ''[[Kali the Little Vampire]]'' was awarded the Hiroshima prize at the 2012 Hiroshima international animation festival, the "1st Prize Animated Short Film – CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2013", "The Golden Gate Award for Best Animation Short - 56th SAN FRANCISCO INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2013", "40TH Annie Awards Nomination in the Best Animated Short Subject Category 2013", Nomination for the Cartoon d’Or 2013.

== Filmography == * ''Ciclo Vicioso'' - campaign against smoking co-directed with Abi Feijó and Pedro Serrazina for GlaxoWellcome (1996) * ''Estrelas de Natal'' - co-directed with Abi Feijó for [[Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|RTP]] (1998) * ''A Noite'' (1999) * ''Odisseia nas Imagens'' - festival intro (2001) * ''[[Tragic Story with Happy Ending]]'' (2005) * ''[[Kali the Little Vampire]]'' - co-produced with [[Folimage]], [[National Film Board of Canada]] and Studio GDS (2012) * ''[[Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days]]'' - co-produced with [[National Film Board of Canada]] and Les Armateurs (2019) * ''Altötting'' - co-produced with [[Andreas Hykade]] and [[National Film Board of Canada]] (2020)

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==External links== * {{in lang|pt}} [http://www.ciclopefilmes.com/ Ciclope Filmes] * [https://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/regina-pessoa/ Watch films by Regina Pessoa] at the [[National Film Board of Canada]]

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