Susana de Sousa Dias was born in Lisbon in 1962. She completed a thesis in Aesthetics and Art Philosophy and holds University degrees both in Painting (Lisbon University) and Cinema (National School of Theatre and Cinema). She studied music at the National Conservatory of Music and is currently preparing a PhD in Aesthetics, Art Science and Technology (University Paris 8). Susana is presently working on a theoretical and practical research in the field of the relationships between Cinema and Contemporary Art with a special focus on archive. She is lecturer at Lisbon University of Fine Arts. In 2001 she founded the production company KINTOP. Her film Natureza Morta - Visages d'une dictature (2005) has been shown in Festivals and screenings in five continents, and won several awards (Prémio Atalanta Filmes at DocLisboa 2005, Merit Price at Taiwan International Documentary Festival, in 2006, Honorary Mention at the Slow Film Festival, Hungry in 2007). Obscure Light (documentary feature) and Natureza Morta - Stillleben (installation on three screens) are the works she is presently working on.
The Emissaries of Khalom
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Still Life
O Segredo das Pedras Vivas
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Obscure Light
Fordlandia Malaise
Criminal Case 141/53
Almada Negreiros Vivo, Hoje
Journey to the Sun
Obscure Night - "Ain't I a Child?"Porque é que mostramos as horas da luz e da escuridão no mesmo círculo? [Tentativa]Fordlândia Panacea
