PENA (2025)
FEATURE FILM, DRAMA
Portugal
directed by André Graça Gomes
based on "Pena di vivere cosi" by Luigi Pirandello
main roles:
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1st Assitant Director
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Editor
A STRANGE VILLAGE
2024
SHORT, THRILLER
Portugal
UMA ESTRANHA ALDEIA
COMING SOON
A STRANGE VILLAGE (2024)
Short, Thriller
directed by Carlos Espírito Santo and Mariana Parasense
StreetMovies Productions
main roles:
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Co-Director
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Director of Photography
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Editor
Video Recording at PORTO FEMME film Festival
Volunteer work of video recording of cerimonies and public speech of the Film Festival
from 18 to 23 of April 2023
in Porto, Portugal
A short animated movie made during a STOP MOTION workshop conducted by Patrícia Rodrigues in the Film Festival "Porto Femme" in Porto, Portugal 2021
my roles:
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creation of a Puppet
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Animation of the Puppet for 5 to 10 second final videos
1618
2021
1h30, Drama, History
Portugal
directed by Luis Ismael
production: Lightbox Film & Advertising
The photo on the left is me charaterized
Main Role:
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extra (not credited)
synopsis: Rumors of people missing in the convent in Rascafria lead two young women to test their courage in front of a mysterious figure.
Produced in an Erasmus + youth mobility youth exchange in Rascafria, Spain.
Co-financed by the European Union
main roles:
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Script
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Production
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Sound Recording, Mixing, Foley
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Camera B (dream sequence)
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Edition
synopsis: Starting from the remembrance of a Portuguese language teacher today, we will follow Manuel, his father, a former combatant of the colonial war, constantly tormented by these memories. We will go with him to the depths of the physical places that obsess him - from the barracks of formation to the lakes and gardens of his youth and love - as well as the abyss of his memory - war and passion together, indestructible, in a battle that asks or screams immemorial existential doubts
main roles:
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assistant director
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assistant camera
I was credited with the name of Mariana Rodrigues
Movie Club "Cinema Paradiso"
2018-2019
Ylivieska, Finland
Cinema Paradiso was a movie club founded in Ylivieska, Finland, took place biweekly in the Youth Centre "Sputnik 2022" at night with the aim of exploring different types of cinema and promote critical thinking on movies.
main roles:
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Programming and screening of movies
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Discussion with the public about the movies
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Poster Design
Kalajoki Film Fest was a Film Festival that took place in Kalajoki, Finland, being the first and only edition "Tastes of Portugal" dedicated to Portuguese productions.
Click in the icon on the left "SEE INFO ABOUT" to know more about the Festival
main roles:
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CEO, Producer
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Head of Programming
A PORTUGUESE IN FINLAND - EVS VLOG is an online Serie available on Youtube about some moments of a Portuguese living in Finland during the period of EVS (European Voluntary Service) showcasing an cinematic point of view of Mariana Parasense's adventures.
Click on the button "WATCH THE SERIE" to visualize
main roles:
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Video recording
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Video Editing, Grading
"Pisada do Barro" is a short documentary about a workshop of Black Clay in Vilar de Nantes, Chaves, Portugal, in a village known for its culture of pottery with black clay. It showcases the process of working the clay with some told evidences how the process used to me made in the past by the ancient potter men.
main roles:
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Direction
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Camera
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Edition
The series follows three women - Natália Correia, Snu Abecassis, Vera Lagoa - who became major players in the cultural revolution that preceded the fall of the dictatorship that ruled Portugal for more than 40 years. Based on true events.
main roles:
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DIT - DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNICIAN
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Backups of the footage and audio
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3rd Camera Assistant to the DOP José António Loureiro
I was credited with the name of Mariana Rodrigues with the funcion of "Data Manager" on the original credits
THE LEGACY OF THOSE WITH NO NAME
2017
8', short, dark comedy
Portugal
directed by Ema Lavrador
O LEGADO DOS SEM NOME
Synopsis: A family from Trás-os-Montes region in Portugal discuss an hypothetical trip to Antartica at the table while simultaneously lots of incidents start to happen leading to everybody's death.
main roles:
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Production Designer
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Director of Photography
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Editing
Dramatic comedy-style short film produced in less than 3 hours: script, filming and editing
It showcases a short story of a person who is addicted to coffee
Produced in an Erasmus + youth mobility youth exchange in Rascafria, Spain
Produced by Youth Europa
Co-financed by the European Union
main roles:
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Production
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Sound Capture, Mixing, Foley
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Editing
Synopsis: Movement reverberates through space. The constancy of beauty, dynamic and fluidity oppose the world's inertia; moving like waves to reach balance.
Production by Universidade da Beira Interior with the support of ICA
main roles:
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Producer
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Director
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Editor
Synopsis: Karoline in a moment of isolation and frustration find her own inner light that shows her that life can be danced
Production: Universidade da Beira Interior
main role:
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Production
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Direction
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Edition
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Soundtrack
"This is a Film" (original title: "Isto é um filme") is a short experimental movie in a comedy like style that makes an alegory to the movies itself by exploring different dimentions (rooms) and colours connecting to states of consciousness and emotions.
Production: Universidade da Beira Interior
main role:
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Production
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Direction
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Direction of Photography
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Sound capture, Mixing
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Edition
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Soundtrack
© Mariana Parasense