# Regina Pessoa

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Portuguese artist (born 1969)

In this [Portuguese name](/source/Portuguese_name), the first or maternal [family name](/source/Surname) is *Póvoa* and the second or paternal family name is *Pessoa*.

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

## Biography

Regina Pessoa was born in [Coimbra](/source/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](/source/Charcoal_(art)), encouraged by her uncle.[1]

She graduated in [painting](/source/Painting) from [University of Porto](/source/University_of_Porto) in 1998 and during her time as a student took part in different [animation](/source/Animation) workshops, having participated in Espace Projets ([Annecy](/source/Annecy), 1995) with the short *A Noite*, which she would finish in 1999.[2]

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](/source/Tragic_Story_with_Happy_Ending)* is the most awarded [Portuguese](/source/Portugal) film ever.[3]

Her 2012 short animated film *[Kali the Little Vampire](/source/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 [RTP](/source/R%C3%A1dio_e_Televis%C3%A3o_de_Portugal) (1998)

- *A Noite* (1999)

- *Odisseia nas Imagens* - festival intro (2001)

- *[Tragic Story with Happy Ending](/source/Tragic_Story_with_Happy_Ending)* (2005)

- *[Kali the Little Vampire](/source/Kali_the_Little_Vampire)* - co-produced with [Folimage](/source/Folimage), [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) and Studio GDS (2012)

- *[Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days](/source/Uncle_Thomas%3A_Accounting_for_the_Days)* - co-produced with [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) and Les Armateurs (2019)

- *Altötting* - co-produced with [Andreas Hykade](/source/Andreas_Hykade) and [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) (2020)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Serpa_1-0)** Serpa, Ana (1 December 2008). ["Regina Pessoa – Happy story with happy ending"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090155/http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/regina-pessoa-happy-story-with-happy-ending/). *UP Magazine*. [TAP Portugal](/source/TAP_Portugal). Archived from [the original](http://upmagazine-tap.com/en/pt_artigos/regina-pessoa-happy-story-with-happy-ending/) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Biography and Filmography at Ciclope Filmes"](http://www.ciclopefilmes.com/regina-pessoa). Retrieved 5 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["História Trágica com Final Feliz - Filmes Portugueses"](http://filmesportugueses.com/historia-tragica-com-final-feliz/). Retrieved 5 May 2011.

## External links

- (in Portuguese) [Ciclope Filmes](http://www.ciclopefilmes.com/)

- [Watch films by Regina Pessoa](https://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/regina-pessoa/) at the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada)

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