“SKIN RIVER”
SAFF 2022 Award Winner
Agostinho works at the night shift. Unable to explain a strange seizure leaving the factory, he wanders through his routine, aware of the impossibility of change.
Director Biography
Mário Macedo was born in 1989. He ¬finished his studies at the School of Arts at UCP Porto and in the European Film College in Denmark. In Copenhagen he creates, together with other artists, 73collective - a community of young directors that focus on highly personal projects. His short documentary film Uncle Rui (2011) and Sinless Maria (2016) both premiered at DocLisboa Festival. The second won the National Grand Prix at FEST 2017 and both ¬films were featured in the New Vision of Portuguese Directors at the Portuguese Cinematheque in the same year. Also works as a photographer, having been exposed in different showcases and also been used by different musicians for their album covers. Right now he’s producing two new short ¬films in Croatia and he’s writing a ¬fiction TV series.
Filmography
Uncle Rui (2011) - 29' - Doc
Sinless Maria (2016), 29' - Doc