PAPEL DE NATAL

Christmas Wrapping Paper

Portugal. 2015. Color. 30 min. Animación. .

Film Director: José Miguel Ribeiro.

Dodu, a fearless little cardboard boy, Camilla, an enchanting 8 year old girl and Santa, a Father Christmas for every day, rescue Camilla’s father from the claws of the Waste Monster. As part of their adventure they recycle the wrapping paper from the Christmas presents...

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)