DODU - O RAPAZ DE CARTÃO

Dodu - The Cardboard Boy

Portugal. 2010. Color. 5 min. Animación. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: José Miguel Ribeiro.
  • Editing: Adriana Castro; José Miguel Ribeiro.
  • Animation: João Gargaté; José Miguel Ribeiro; Luis Soares.
  • Producer: Nuno Beato; José Miguel Ribeiro; Eva Yébenes.
Dodu is a very sensitive boy. He lives on a hostile city for children and he's forced to spend many hours indoors. Each time Dodu scratches the cardboard's surface, he creates extraordinary worlds inhabited by singular creatures that help him to cope with his emotions and to grow.

José Miguel Ribeiro
José Miguel was born in 1966 in Portugal. He graduated in Visual Arts at Fine Art School in Lisbon and studied Drawing and Puppets Animation in Lazzenec-Bretagne – Rennes and in Filmógrafo – Oporto in 1993/94. During several years he taught Puppets Animation in Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. He co-directed 'O Ovo', which won several international awards and other short animations for Portuguese version of Sesam’s Street. In 2007 he founded, with Nuno Beato and Eva Yébenes, the production company Sardinha em Lata.
"Viagem a Cabo Verde" (2010) / "Passeio de domingo" (2009) / "Abraço do vento" (2004) / "As coisas lá de casa" (2003) / "Almada sem carros dia europeu sem carros" (2002) / "Timor loro sae" (2000) / "Salão Lisboa Spot" (2000) / "A Suspeita" (1999) / "Cinanima Spot" (1999) / "O Jardim da Celeste" (1996) / "O banquete da rainha" (1996) / "Ovos" (1995)