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Adelina Pontual

Adelina Pontual

Director · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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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.

Directed

  1. Cachaça (1997) — Director
  2. Rio Doce/CDU (2013) — Director
  3. ReTrato (2013) — Director
  4. Punk Rock Hardcore: Alto José do Pinho É do Caralho! (1995) — Director
  5. El Monstruo (1991) — Director
  6. Cosas de Mujer (1989) — Director
  7. O Pedido (1999) — Director
  8. Véio (2005) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography (2019)