LANGUAGES | 2024
CUTOUT ANIMATION | DRAGONFRAME | ADOBE PREMIERE | REAPER
ADOPT ME | 2024
STOPMOTION ANIMATION | DRAGONFRAME | ADOBRE PREMIERE | REAPER
SHORT FILMS
Short Film, Animation
Fiction
Technique: Charcoal Animation
04:41 min. / 281 seg.
H264 | Full HD/ QHD | 16:9 | Colour
Portugal
2026
Film developed as a Master’s thesis
Fiction
Technique: Charcoal Animation
04:41 min. / 281 seg.
H264 | Full HD/ QHD | 16:9 | Colour
Portugal
2026
Film developed as a Master’s thesis
In a room full of moving boxes, she sees her teddy bear, her faithful childhood companion, among her belongings, she hesitates. Where does the bear fit into her new life, which is about to begin? Should she let him go, or hold on to him forever?…
AWARDS:
NOMINATIONS:
Young Filmmaker Award (ages 15 to 25), National Competition - CINANIMA 2026
CREDITS:
Directed and Animated:
Mafalda Cruz
Reference Animation:
Carlos Silva
João Jordão
Mafalda Cruz
Music:
Diogo da Cruz
Advisor:
Sandra Ramos
Short Film, Animation
Documentary
Technique: 2D Digital Animation
02:54 min. / 174 seg.
H264 | Full HD | 5.1 | 16:9 | Colour
Portugal
2024
Documentary
Technique: 2D Digital Animation
02:54 min. / 174 seg.
H264 | Full HD | 5.1 | 16:9 | Colour
Portugal
2024
A café opens for another day of work.
The machines warm up, the first orders are
placed, the pace picks up, dishes clatter, until
the sun sets. Then it closes, ready to repeat it all
again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS:
Short Animated Film - PIAFF 2026
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CREDITS:
Directed and Animated:
Mafalda Cruz
Sound Design and Mixing:
Afonso Fidalgo
Advisor:
Pedro Serrazina
Short Film, Animation
Documentary
Technique: Rotoscope, Stop Motion, Cutout Animation, 2D Digital Animation, 2D Traditional Animation
03:53 min. / 233 seg.
H264 | Full HD | 16:9 | Colour
Portugal
2022
Film developed as the final undergraduate project
Documentary
Technique: Rotoscope, Stop Motion, Cutout Animation, 2D Digital Animation, 2D Traditional Animation
03:53 min. / 233 seg.
H264 | Full HD | 16:9 | Colour
Portugal
2022
Film developed as the final undergraduate project
Throughout an "artist's" life, art is viewed in very
different ways. In childhood, art is freedom,
emotion, whatever we want it to be.
However, when one begins to learn, art loses the
freedom it once had and becomes a set of rules to
be followed. Ultimately, all rules need to be
deconstructed for the artist's development.
NOMINATIONS:
Shortlist - School Films - FMA - Prémio Nacional da Animação 2022
Official Selection - MANIFEST - Mafra Animation Film Festival 2022
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CREDITS:
Directed:
Carolina Cardoso
Mafalda Cruz
Rúben Ricardo
Interviews conducted by:
Carolina Cardoso
Mafalda Cruz
Rúben Ricardo
Interviewers:
Gabriela Sastoque
Guilherme Vala
Luís Camões
Melânia Costa
Animation by:
Cutout Animation: Mafalda Cruz
Rotoscope: Mafalda Cruz
Stop Motion: Carolina Cardoso
2D Digital Animation: Carolina Cardoso and Rúben Ricardo
2D Traditional Animation: Rúben Ricardo
Music and Sound:
Tomás Almeida
Edited by:
Carolina Cardoso
Advisor:
Luís Vitém
GRAPHIC DESIGN
THE VIKING OF SIXTH AVENUE | 2020
CD/VINYL AND BOOKLET | PHOTOSHOP | INDESIGN | ILLUSTRATOR
THE VIKING OF SIXTH AVENUE | 2020
MUSIC VIDEO | AFTER EFFECTS
VIKINGS | 2020
TYPOGRAPHY | PROCREATE | FONTMAKER
MARTINELLI’S | 2022
3D AND MOTION GRAPHICS ADD | MAYA | ARNOLD | AFTER EFFECTS
3D MODELLING
DRAGON ISLAND | 2022
3D SCENERY MODELING | MAYA | ARNOLD | PROCREATE
GROUP WORK (MODELLING THE TREASURE CHEST + PAINTING THE ENVIROMENT)
DRAGON ISLAND | 2022
3D CHARACTER MODELING | MAYA | ARNOLD | PROCREATE
KIZAR O CANTEIRO | 2022
3D CHARACTER MODELING | MAYA | ARNOLD | PROCREATE
DINING HALL | 2021
3D SPACE MODELING | MAYA | ARNOLD