“La Durmiente” explores the story of the medieval Infanta Beatriz of Portugal through fabulation and children’s imagination. Entirely shot at the Monastery of Sancti Spiritus in Toro, a space once inhabited by Beatriz and where her tomb lies, these children stage and interpret fragments of the life of this character erased by history, yet preponderant in the Portuguese dynastic crisis of 1383.
Maria Inês Gonçalves studied film at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, with a grant from the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Her graduation short "O Meu Pijama" premiered at the Premiers Plans D’Angers. “O Banho”, a short made in her Master’s degree, premiered at FidMarseille and was shown in ZINEBI, Festival dei Popoli, Bogoshorts, Laceno D’Oro, among others. “La Durmiente” is her first independent short film and was part of the film residency program NOKA Mentoring 2022.
