director, producer, animator
Natália Azevedo Andrade (Braga, 1992) is a director and producer based in Porto, Portugal. Her work has been screened at festivals worldwide such as Tallinn Black Nights, Bucheon International Animation Festival and Curtas Vila do Conde. She has studied Animation at MOME Anim in Budapest and Painting at the University of Porto. Recently she participated in the Animation Sans Frontières Development Lab and the Open Workshop residency, while developing the short film “There Might Be Nothing Here”. Natália also works as a producer for AIM Creative Studios and an animator for projects such as "27" by Flóra Anna Buda (Palm d'Or, Annecy Crystal), "Hermit Island" by Gábor Mariai (awarded at Fantasia Montreal) and "In the Upper Room" by Alexander Gratzer (awarded at Vienna Shorts).
filmography
supported by ICA, IP (Portuguese Film Fund), Animation Sans Frontières Development Lab, Open Workshop Residency, TVPaint; pitched at MIFA Annecy - Portuguese Focus 2024, Fórum da Animação 2023, Curtas PRO 2024
2020 - thorns and fishbones - produced by Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (HU)
supported by NFI (Hungarian Film Fund); MA Graduation Film
selected screenings: PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival; International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima; Flatpack Film Festival; Anibar; Curtas Vila do Conde; CINANIMA; Caminhos (Honourable Mention); Animateka; La Guarimba; Athens Animfest; Leiria Film Fest (Best Portuguese Animation); MINIKINO Film week (Best Animation Short); Prémio Nacional da Animação (Schools' Category Winner)
2016 - hereafter produced by Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (HU); workshop film
selected screenings: Bucheon International Animation Festival; Animateka; Curtas Vila do Conde; Anibar
2015 - within - produced by Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (PT); BA graduation film
distributed by agência da curta metragem
selected screenings: Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival; Curtas Vila do Conde; CINANIMA; WOMANIMATION; Balkanima; ANIMAC; CINEMAX (television screening); Film Crash (Best Student Film); European Short Films Amarante (2nd Place, International Competition); available at MUBI and FILMIN
education and training
2024 - Open Workshop Residency @ The Animation Workshop, Viborg Denmark
2023 - GoCritic! @ Animateka Slovenia
2023 - Screenwriting: Core Elements @ Sundance Collab
2022 - Observer @ Cartoon Movie Pitching Event
2022 - Animation Sans Frontières European Animation Development Lab @ Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg + Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest + The Animation Workshop Viborg + Gobelins l'École de l'Image Paris
2019 - Animation MA @ Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
2017 - Film Criticism Workshop @ Curtas Vila do Conde
2014 - Fine Arts - Painting BA @ Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto
2011 - Experimental Animation @ Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto + UT Austin
2010 - Audiovisual Communication @ Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis
professional experience
present-2022 - Director and producer at AIM Creative Studios Porto:
for TV Series and short films in production; for TED-Ed select episodes; "Amarelo Banana" short film by Alexandre Sousa, in co-production with CUB Animation (HU), distributed by Agência da Curta Metragem and premiered in Rotterdam Film Festival
2024 - Pitch at MIFA Annecy - Portugal Focus and Curtas PRO
2023-2020 - 2D Animator - Miyu (FR), OddFellows (US), Animais AVPL (PT), AIM Creative Studios (PT), MOME Anim (HU)
selected projects: "27" by Flóra Anna Buda; "Cold Soup" by Marta Monteiro; "Hermit Island" by Gábor Mariai; "In the Upper Room" by Alexander Gratzer
2023 - Lecturer in 2D Animation at ETIC Lisbon
2023 - Member of ARA, Portuguese Animation Directors Association, APPA, Portuguese Animation Producers Association, presiding body of Casa da Animação - Associação Cultural
2023 - Pitch at Fórum da Animação, the Portuguese-Brazilian Co-Production Forum
2022 - is inequality inevitable? - directed episode of the World Economic Forum series for TED-Ed, produced by AIM Creative Studios
2021 - Jury for the Audiovisual Communication - Multimedia degree presentations at Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis.
2020 - Jury for the Student Animation Section of Olho Animation Film Festival
2015 - Co-mentor of the pixilation workshop at Open Doors Youth Voices + Adobe
selected exhibitions and publishing
2022 - "Limited Animation as Plot: a Perfect Blue Case Study" - Paper presentation at the 1# Ink and Motion Conference held at the School of Arts of the Catholic University of Porto.
2022 - Programmer for the Casa em Movimento decentralization iniciative by Casa da Animação.
2021 - Exhibition at Solar Cinematic Art Gallery, in the scope of ANIMAR; programming for the XXI century portuguese animation online restrospective.
2015 - "Crosta" Exhibition, at Galeria Painel, with Bárbara do Carmo. Text by Arlindo Silva and poster by Catarina Cubelo. Curatorship by Catarina Real, Tiago Madaleno, José Costa and Luís Ramos. With the support of the Fine Arts Faculty and the Public Health Institute of the University of Porto.
2011 - Writing collaboration with the illustrator Christina Casnellie for the independent publication Futuro Primitivo, edited by Chili com Carne.
press
2024 - Variety - "Portuguese Animation Leading Lights José Miguel Ribeiro, Nuno Beato, David Doutel & Vasco Sá Unveil Projects at Annecy (EXCLUSIVE)"
2022 - Screening of the film Thorns and Fishbones on national television, on the program CINEMAX
2021 - +12 Great Animation Right Now - Animation Obsessive
2016-2020 - Live and online Q&As related to the participation in international film festivals, such as Anibar, Animateka and Curtas Vila do Conde.
2020 - Online interview for Olho Animation Film Festival.
2020 - Article about Thorns and Fishbones and its participation in the online version of Flatpack Film Festival at Arte Capital.
2019 - Mention in the article "Eles estão a mudar o cinema português" by Sérgio Almeida for the newspaper Jornal de Notícias.
2016 - Profile in Design is So, the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design online newspaper.
2015 - Mention in the 2015 review articles of the National Competition of Curtas Vila do Conde, by João Araújo for the film blog À Pala de Walsh (article in Portuguese).
2015 - Screening of the film Within on national television, on the program CINEMAX, related to the participation on the festival Curtas Vila do Conde and their event O Dia Mais Curto.
2015 - Interview for Antena 3 about the participation of Within in Curtas Vila do Conde.
2015 - Video interview about the "Crosta" interview for TVU, the University of Porto's video portal (in Portuguese).