CDMC - Feature film pitch

I was invited by Margarida Cardoso and Beatriz Batarda to pitch an animated feature film based on the novel/memoir Caderno de Memórias Coloniais by Isabela Figueiredo. The book is set in Mozambique and Portugal covering the period of the end of Portuguese colonialism.

The project was funded by the production company Midas Filmes and entered in two rounds of a film funding competition. We came second on both rounds.

The images here cover both rounds of the pitch. On the first round we were exploring 100% animation and on the second round we introduced rotoscoping as a way of combining live-action and animation.

Created and produced by Margarida Cardoso / Beatriz Batarda /Midas Filmes

Film director: Margarida Cardoso

Animation Director, Design and Animation: Filipe Alcada

Additional design and storyboards: Simona Ciraolo and Lara Kane

Additional animation: Laura Nailor

As part of the pitch we also produced several storyboards and character sheets. Here are some examples as well as some early developent visuals.