It’s with great pleasure we introduce you director Cláudia Alves and her movie “El Cartero” (The Postman).

Biography

Cláudia Alves (Lisbon, 1980) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Portugal. She studied documentary filmmaking at the International Film School of San Antonio de Los Baños (Cuba), founded by Gabriel García Marquez and other significant Latin-American intellectuals. Earlier she graduated from the Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon and has also studied in the Fine Arts’ Academy of Brera, Milan.

Cláudia worked in several short and medium-length films as director and cinematographer in Portugal, Brazil and Cuba. Her documentaries have been broadcasted in Portuguese Television and screened in numerous international film festivals. ‘Compact and Revolutionary‘ which conceptualize the contradictions and disappointments of the situation in Cuba, was recognized with many international awards.

“Tales on Blindness” is her first feature-length documentary.

Biography

Living on / 2012 / 52’
Compact and Revolutionary / 2011 / 33’
The Postman / 2011 / 10’
Intra-walls Brigade / 2010 / 16’
For my grandmother / 2010 / 8’
Passengers / 2009 / 13’
Luch Time / 2009 / 4’
Private Domain / 2009 / 52’
The Next Occasion / 2008 / 36’
The Occasion / 2005 / 48’