BIOGRAPHIE
Director, screenwriter, theater director France, Portugal Cristèle Alves Meira, a trained actress, is first and foremost a theater director. She has directed Les Nègres, Splendid's by Genet, and Vénus by Suzan-Lori Parks at the Athénée-Louis Jouvet theater. She made her first documentary in Cape Verde, Som & Morabeza, in which she examines the question of immigration in Lusophone Africa through the theme of music, then, through the prism of Angolan youth to address its social realities with Born in Luanda. She then made two fiction short films, a summer film and a winter film, in her mother's village in Portugal: Sol Branco (White Sun), selected in many festivals, then Campo de Víboras (Field of Vipers), chosen among others for the International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand in 2017 where she returned in 2020 with Invisível Herói (Invisible Hero), which won the prize for Best European Film. Her last short film Tchau Tchau was in the National Competition last year in Clermont-Ferrand and continues its tour. Her first feature film, Alma Viva, will represent Portugal at the 2023 Oscars and will be released in French cinemas in March 2023. The film will be premiered at the Rio cinema on Friday, February 3rd, in the presence of the director. SHORT FILMS Director, screenwriter 2007: Som & Morabeza (co-dir. Julien Michel) 2010: Born in Luanda (co-dir. Julien Michel) 2014: Sol Branco (Soleil blanc) 2016: Campo de Víboras (Champs de vipères), International Competition Clermont-Fd 2017, Semaine de la Critique selection - Cannes Film Festival 2016 2019: Invisíbel Herói, Best Short Film Award Clermont-Fd 2020, Audience Award - Leiden Film Festival (Netherlands) 2020, Semaine de la Critique selection - Cannes Film Festival 2019 2020: Tchau tchau, National Competition Clermont-Fd 2021 FEATURE FILM Director, screenwriter 2022: Alma Viva, Semaine de la Critique selection - Cannes Film Festival 2022, Jury prize - Festival de Marrakech (Marocco) 2022, Best Young Director - Valladolid Film Festival (Spain) 2022.
FILMOGRAPHIE
- 2021 Tchau tchau N Director, Script, Cast / With, Script, Cast / With
- 2019 Invisivel Heroi I Director, Script, Script
- 2016 Campo de Viboras I Director, Script, Script
- 2014 Sol branco Director, Script, Cast / With, Script, Cast / With
- 2014 Born in Luanda Director, Referent, Sales