Thaís Vidal

 

Thaís Vidal was born in Recife and is 23 years old. She has a degree in journalism from the Federal University from Pernambuco (Brazil) with a monograph entitled Creative Economy: Prospects for creative market in Recife and challenges for the development of a Creative City and is studying for a master's degree. She has been a cultural producer of cinema and music since 2010. After different jobs as a production assistant and producer, in 2013, she decided to work on her own projects, with partners. She did her first film as director, Out of Order, a short documentary about creativity, premiered in December, and has started to produce three more films, one as director and two as producer. She also started up her company, has written screenplays for new films, and undertaken projects in music and photography. 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vidal.a.thais

A film Thaís worked on: João Ila (with subtitles)  

A link to download Thaís' university final project (in portuguese but with abstract in english): https://www.dropbox.com/s/atvwqurgvku6py5/trabalho_final_v5_tv.pdf

Journal Entries

Journal Entries

Welcome to Recife

Thu 10 Apr, 2014

The exchange is the main gain, I already knew this, but here I am taking the opportunity to reinforce that feeling.

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Bristol, January 2014

Thu 23 Jan, 2014

During the time I was in Bristol, many questions came in my mind, about the project, the city and my role within it. Having the opportunity to be in England exchanging knowledge and ideas with this group was very interesting. Also being able to display the first documentary I directed and lead questions . 

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First week

Sun 12 Jan, 2014

I believe that everything a person constructs is linked to what she carries and who she is, reflecting its history. Since I arrived in Bristol I have been able to live with me in a different way and with the Recife: The Playable City’s partners too. I believe that everyone is growing, and as I still do not know exactly where it leads to, but the opportunity to be able to exchange being rich. Throughout the week, we had access to several discussions around the concept of Playable and it was interesting to feel the "chaos" and realize how much we can take from it.

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