Claudia Varejao

Cláudia Varejão was born in Porto and studied at the Creativity and Artistic Creation Program of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership with the German Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin and the São Paulo International Film Academy. She also studied Photography at AR.CO in Lisbon. Cláudia is the author of the short film trilogy Weekend, A Cold Day and Morning Light. Ama-san, a portrait of japa- nese divers, was her feature debut, receiving dozens of awards around the world, followed by In The Dark- ness of the Theater I Take Off My Shoes and Amor Fati. Wolf and Dog, her previous film, premiered at the 79th Venice Film Festival and received the Best Film Award at the Giornate Degli Autori section. Kora, a short documentary film, takes her back to Venice. Cláudia’s films have been selected by and awarded at the most prestigious film festivals, in- cluding Locarno, Rotterdam, Visions du Reel, Cinema du Reel, Karlovy Vary, Art of the Real - Lincoln Center, Venice Film Festival, among many others.

Alongside her work as a filmmaker, she develops a career as a photographer and has been invited to give classes and workshops at various Film and Art schools. Her work, whether in cinema or photogra- phy, documentary or fiction, lives in close proximity to her characters.