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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2001 - 14.21 July

Sections & Films

THE COLOR WHITE

Category: Edition 2001

Synopsis
Fred is a blind boy who lives alone with his mother. Out of his dull routine, in which nothing ever changes, he speculates continually about the color of things and claims to prefer the color white, which represents for him everything that is unattainable.

Original Title O branco
Italian Title The Color White
Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Short Film
Duration 23'
Production Year 2001
Directed by Angela Pires, Liliana Sulzbach
Screenplay Angela Pires
Main cast Francisco Milanez, Laura Coelho, Lígia Rigo

 regista angela piresANGELA PIRES

Angela K. Pires was born in Port Alegre, Brazil. In 1994 he began his career as an editor, working mainly with advertising. In 1999 he moved to fiction films and documentaries, working both as a director and as a director. He curated The Invention of Childhood, winner of 17 awards, including Best Editor and Best Film. He has written and directed The Color White, winner of 16 awards, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Special Jury Mention at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2001, Ms. Pires moved to Austin, Texas, where she edited The Package, The Prison and The Street and Lasting Images.

 regista Liliana SulzbachLILIANA SULZBACH

Liliana Sulzbach is a Brazilian director, born in Blumenau, Santa Catarina.
She graduated in journalism and holds a master's degree in Political Science at the UFRGS. He also studied at the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin).
She has worked at Spiegel TV Germany as a documentary author and director and in Hamburg as Kino Kompanie / Hamburg as assistant director and set designer.
He is director of Tempo Porto Alegre, production coordinator and cinematographic and television center of Zeppelin Filmes, since 1996, where he has made numerous documentary films and TV series. National Coordinator of INPUT (International Public Television Conference).