Marina's Ocean

(Marina não vai à praia)
Cássio Pereira dos Santos | Drama, Fiction

2014 | 17 minutes | Brazil

A 15-year-old girl yearns to see the ocean, but her disability interferes. Unable to travel to the beach with her sister and friends, Marina strikes out on an adventure of her own.

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A 15-year-old girl yearns to see the ocean, but her disability interferes. Unable to travel to the beach with her sister and friends, Marina strikes out on an adventure of her own.

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Main credits

Santos, Cássio Pereira dos (film director)
Santos, Cássio Pereira dos (screenwriter)
Videira, Aline (actor)
Andrade, Amanda (actor)
Assunção, Cláudia (actor)

Other credits

Cinematography, Leonardo Feliciano; editor, Idê Lacreta.


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Festivals

New York International Children's Film Festival - Best Live-Action Short; Rochester International Film Festival - Certificate of Merit; Brazil Awards for Children's Films (FICI) - Winner Youth Showcase; Festival Cine Ceará - Best Script, Canal Brazil Award; Curta Taquary - Best Script, Thought Provoking FEPEC Award; FestCine Amazônia - Best Actress, Audience Award; Festival de Rio Bonito - Best Actress, Best Short Film; Cinema com Farinha - Best Cinematography, Audience Award; Porto Alegre Children's Film Festival - TVE Prize; Aspen ShortsFest; Chicago International Children's Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Cássio Pereira dos Santos

NATIONALITY: Brazil

YEAR: 2014

GENRE: Drama, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Portuguese

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults

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