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DIRECTOR
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN BOTH
P
AND
SCRIPTWRITER ,
2012 WITH THE A LBERT R.
B ROCCOLI A WARD . I N 2011 SHE DIRECTED HER
FIRST SHORT FILM , M K S PITFIRE , AND IN 2012, HER
SECOND , A S THE D AYS W ENT B Y . H ER FILMS HAVE BEEN
SCREENED AROUND THE WORLD IN USA, F RANCE ,
P ORTUGAL , P OLAND , K AZAKHSTAN , T HAILAND , G HANA
AND B RAZIL – INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL SELECTION AT
C AMERIMAGE F ILM F ESTIVAL 2013. I N THE MEANWHILE ,
ORTUGUESE
PRESENTED IN
N IGHT T RAIN
L ISBON , DIRECTED BY B ILLE A UGUST – THAT HAD ITS
PREMIERE AT B ERLIN I NTERNATIONAL F ILM F ESTIVAL -,
AND THE 26 EPISODE SERIES ENTITLED O S F ILHOS DO
R OCK , DIRECTED BY P EDRO V ARELA AND STREAMED AT
THE PORTUGUESE NATIONAL TV , RTP . W HILE A S T HE
D AYS W ENT B Y IS GOING AROUND THE FESTIVALS
CIRCUIT , F ILIPA IS ALREADY WORKING ON HER NEXT
PROJECT .
TV AND CINEMA INCLUDING THE FEATURE
TO
With its beauty and melancholy, As The Days Went
By is a psychologically complex portrayal of the
dyna mics of love. Keeping dialogue to a wonderful
minimum, Filipa Ruiz closely follows the intimate
details and rhythms of her characters' daily life. The
story of Hans, a writer seeking for inspiration, and
his unconfessed love for Jenny is told with a
mixture of naturalism and magic realism that
infuses everyday life with a special vibrancy. And
behind the came ra, the talented director uses an
energetic narrative structure to inject unexpected
images and fresh emotions into the film. We are
pleased to present Filipa Ruiz for this year's
WomenCinemakers Edition. Filipa, tell us about
your trajectory as a filmmaker. What inspired you
to express yourself in this medium?
I understand Arts as the medium that human beings
found to preserve their memory through time. It
Interview•by•Dora Tennant
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