Green Belt
The homeland of Rossana Torres, a resident of Mértola in the Alentejo region and a student of António Reis’s, observed together with Hiroatsu Suzuki, a Japanese man from Kyoto who spent years in Okinawa. What might “postpasteurians” of modern cinema discover? The regularity of the line of the landscape, the mystery of traditional crafts, the simplicity of the world from a time before breakthroughs.
Hiroatsu Suzuki
Self-taught film-maker and visual artist. From an early age, he spent time at the Kyoto Museum and at a cinema club, watching classical films from both Japan and the rest of the world. After various experiences in independent films, he went to live in Okinawa, becoming interested in photography within a rural setting. He set off Europe with the aim of perfecting his visual artistic sense via photography and film watching. Having seen some Portuguese films, he came to Portugal to get to know more about this cinema. He met Rossana and begun filming around Mértola (Alentejo), making their first film.
Filmography
2009 Zielony pas / Cordão Verde / Green Belt (short, co-dir.)
2012 Smak crème brûlée / O Sabor do Leite Creme / The Taste of Crème Brûlée (co-dir.)
2018 Ziemia / Terra / The Earth (co-dir.)
Rossana Torres
Rossana Torres was born outside Portugal during her parents’ political exile. She came to Portugal as a child to study and live in her grandparents’ village. After the 1974 revolution, she joined her parents in Lisbon, studying visual arts and cinematography, working in film editing for several years. She has lived in Mértola for the last 25 years, teaching photography and video and leading film and animation workshops for children and young people. She has founded the 'Entre Imagem' Association both for making and producing films and for cultural and educative activities.
Filmography
2009 Zielony pas / Cordão Verde / Green Belt (short, co-dir.)
2012 Smak crème brûlée / O Sabor do Leite Creme / The Taste of Crème Brûlée (co-dir.)
2018 Ziemia / Terra / The Earth (co-dir.)