AKBANK SANAT

UK / Brazil / Animation / 2' / 3D Computer Animation / Color / 2008

Director: Carlos Fraiha N. de A. Barbosa
Script: Carlos Fraiha N. de A. Barbosa
Director of Photography: Carlos Fraiha N. de A. Barbosa
Producer: Carlos Fraiha N. de A. Barbosa
Edit: Carlos Fraiha N. de A. Barbosa
Sound: Carlos Fraiha N. de A. Barbosa
Music: Moritz Schmittat
Voive Over: Tom Hebdon

CV
Carlos Fraiha Nunes de Almeida Barbosa was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He had his formal training in character animation at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and since 2008 he has been working as an animator in the UK, having contributed to projects at The Mill, Passion Pictures, Partizan Lab and Annix Studios. Carlos has worked as a graphic designer and video maker, and produced documentary and experimental shorts. 'Ceci n'est pas une mouche' is his first animated film.

Synopsis

A story about a man in an art gallery, a painted fly that seems to be playing mind games on him, and an angry security camera that will not let him get too close to find out what is going on.

'Ceci n'est pas une mouche' is a story inspired by the painting 'Saint Catherine of Alexandria' by Carlo Crivelli and how it evokes the idea behind Magritte's 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' (this is not a pipe). In the 15th century, Crivelli painted a life-size fly next to a 30cm tall saint, and it seems both artists were playing with the theme of how images can be deceiving, of representation versus reality.

The film was completed over two months as part of the Transcriptions: Animation project for the National Gallery, London, and is a graduation project for the Postgraduate Diploma in Character Animation at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design/University of the Arts London.

Filmography
G. Leao (2004), As vezes num dia de chuva (2007)

Festivals
Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (USA, 2009)
Festival Internazionale del Cinema d'Arte (Italy, 2009) - JURY AWARD
Festival Internazionale del cinema d'animazione e fumetto di Dervio (Italy, 2009) - BEST CHARACTER AWARD
Toronto Animated Image Society Animation Showcase (Canada, 2009)
Athens Video Art Festival (Greece, 2009)
Propeller Studentfest Finalists - Screened at the Leeds Film Festival, Reading Festival, Latitude Festival and the Hull International Short Film Festival (UK, 2009)
Croq'Anime Festival of Animated Short Films (France, 2009)
Algarve International Film Festival (Portugal, 2009)
Message to Man International Film Festival (Russia, 2009)
International Short Film Festival of Montecatini Terme (Italy, 2009)
Durban International Film Festival (South Africa, 2009)
Festcine Festival de Cinema Universitario (Brazil, 2009)
ISCA - Istituto per lo Studio del Cinema di Animazione di Milano (Italy, 2009)
Leith Short Film Festival (UK, 2009)
Time Out 'On the Up' (UK, 2008)
The National Gallery, London (UK, 2008)
Istanbul International Children's Film Festival (Turkey, 2008)
Discovering Latin America Film Festival (UK, 2008)
Encounters Short Film Festival â€" Imagine Student Competition Finalists (UK, 2008)

Contact
Phone: 447972706433
E-Mail: carlosfraiha@gmail.com