Adelina Pontual
- Directing
- Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Biography
Adelina Pontual was born in Recife, graduated in Social Communication from UFPE and in Cinema, with a Specialization in Editing, from Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, in San Antonio de Los Baños, in Cuba. She was part of the group Vanretrô, formed during her Communication course in the 80s. In the 90s she was a partner in the production company Parabólica Brasil, together with Cláudio Assis and Marcelo Gomes. She is a director and screenwriter of short films and television programs, and her first work as a feature film director was with the documentary Rio Doce / CDU. She also works as a continuity writer, having performed this role in more than 20 Brazilian feature films.
Known for
Filmography
- Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
- The Second Mother · Continuity
- Rio Doce/CDU · Director
- ReTrato · Writer, Director
- Eletrodoméstica · Thanks
- Véio · Writer, Director
- Carandiru · Continuity
- O Pedido · Writer, Director
- Cachaça · Director, Writer
- Perfumed Ball · Assistant Director
- Punk Rock Hardcore: Alto José do Pinho É do Caralho! · Director, Writer
- Samydarsh – Os Artistas da Rua · Director
- El Monstruo · Director, Writer
- Cosas de Mujer · Director, Writer