ARCA D'ÁGUA

Water Ark

Portugal. 2009. Color. 23 min. Ficción. 35mm.
  • Film Director: André Gil Mata.
  • Scriptwriter: André Gil Mata.
  • Producer: Rodrigo Areias.
In a lake surrounded by buildings, a man builds a boat. The dream of an impossible journey, in freedom’s search of the memories from an eternal past. A reflection on the effect of time and space’s metamorphoses in a man’s life and in his happy death.

André Gil Mata
André was born in 1978. He studied Mathematics. He worked in photography and theatre. André founded the Photography and Cinema Laboratory Átomo47. He is one of the members of 'Bando à Parte'. 'Arca d'Água' is his first film as a director.