Helena Inverno is a filmmaker, transdisciplinary artist, curator, cultural mediator and independent film producer.
She has worked and studied in Lisbon, London, Zuerich, Rio, Tokyo, Brest, Marrakesh and Beja.
Presently in Alentejo, Inverno is collaborating and curating at Festival Giacometti and at Museu Rainha Dona Leonor annual bridging communities weekend.
Arts, Politics of Representation, Philosophy and Biology are areas of continuous research, questioning, experimentation and praxis.
Inverno values sharing creative processes with other artists, scientists and thinkers that intersect in performing arts, cinema, music and video art.
Inverno forms a duo with director and anthropologist Verónica Castro, where she explores the relationships and points of tension between cinema and anthropology.
Inverno collaborates with internationally renowned artists and has received commissions as film director, film editor, director of photography and director of sound.
Helena Inverno is a Central Saint Martins College / University of the Arts London alumni. She was mentored by avant-garde filmmakers while immersing in the Expanded Cinema and Pushing the Boundaries art movements.
Filmmaker
Transdisciplinary Artist
Curator
AWARDS
Honorable Mention FUSO - International Video Art Festival, Portugal 2021
Premium Event Turismo Portugal 2019
Best Film Editing XXII Caminhos do Cinema Portugês, Coimbra, Portugal 2017
Best Portuguese Feature Length 9th Indie Lisboa International Film Festival, Portugal 2012
Honorable Mention XVIII Festival Cine Eco, Portugal 2012
First Jury Prize 5e Concours International ACREQ - Association pour la Création et la Recherche Electroacoustiques du Québec, Canada1995
Email
helena.inverno@gmail.com
Phone
+351 966788829
FILM&VIDEOWORK
DOCUMENTARY
Público Alvo, doc, 67’, commissioned by Teatro Meia Volta e À Esquerda Quando Eu Disser in partnership with São Luiz Teatro Municipal premiered at São Luiz Teatro Municipal 125th Anniversary, Lisbon 2019
Andar em Frente / Moving Foward, doc, 34’, co-directed with Verónica Castro, produced by RTP and broadcasted at RTP2 Março 2017 / Monstrare - V Mostra Internacional de Cinema Social, Loulé 2019
Uma Elefante na Sala / Elephant in the Room, doc, 64’, co-directed with Verónica Castro, Zodiak, Helsinki 2016 / Festival Verão Azul, Algarve 2016 / Programme Utopias - Maria Matos Teatro Municipal, Lisbon 2016 / Festival Materiais Diversos, 2017
Uma Só Espera / You Only Wait Once, doc, 14', co-directed with Verónica Castro, Honorable Mention XVIII Festival Cine Eco, Portugal 2012
Jesus Por Um Dia / Jesus for a Day, doc, 71', co-directed with Verónica Castro, Best Portuguese Feature Length 9º Festival IndieLisboa, Portugal 2012 / XII International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana, Russia 2012 / Sevilla IX Festival Cine Europeo, Spain 2012 / PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art - ICONS, Russia 2012 / ANAMNESIS, Encontro de Cinema, Som e Tradição Oral, Vimioso, Portugal 2012 / Broadcasted on channel RTP 2, Portugal 2012 / Os filmes Libertam a Cabeça, Centro Cultural da Malaposta, Portugal 2012-13 / Flahertiana Echo (cinema venues circuit in 10 different russian towns), Russia 2013 / 31º Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay, Montevideo, Urugai 2013 / "os novos e novíssimos do cinema português", Cinema Nimas, Portugal 2013 / Broadcasted on channel RTP AMÉRICA - RTP ÁSIA - RTPi, March 2013 / Festival Verão Azul, Portugal 2013 / MALBA Museu de Arte Latinoamericano - Semana de Cine Portugués, Argentina, 2013 / Broadcasted on channel RTP AÇORES, April 2014-15 / CinANTROP, Portugal 2014 / 1º Edición Cinema Portugués, Cinemateca Nacional de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico 2016 / 1º Edición Cinema Portugués, Cineteca Nacional de Equador, Quito 2016
Experimentação do Andor, video doc, 2’03’’, in Patrimonial File of Cultural Imaterial Nacional about the Manifestation of Mãe Soberana cult in Loulé, Portugal 2015 , Armação do Andor, video doc, 2’46’’, iin Patrimonial File of Cultural Imaterial Nacional about the Manifestation of Mãe Soberana cult in Loulé, Portugal 2015
Hitsuzendo, 2'21'', with Tanchu Terayama, Tóquio, Japão 2015
VIDEO ART
to hope ft Maria João, video art, 3’25’’, music composed and arranged by Sara Ross, single released in several platforms, November 2022
timenessless, video and concert, 45’, music by Electroacoustic Music Ensemble - Süse Ribeiro, Rui Rodrigues and Vítor Rua, Espelho D’Água, Lisbon 2021, Festival Giacometti, Portugal 2022
transhumance, video, 7’, co-directed with Verónica Castro and Bouchra Ouizguen, Honorable Mention FUSO - International Videoart Festival 2021
Ode to Solitude, video installation, 8’, Institute of Global Solitude by The Blitz TheatreGroup / Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon 2016
One Flower, video and performance, 8’, Institute of Global Solitude byThe Blitz TheatreGroup / Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon 2016
Swimming, video installation and performance, 3’53’’, Institute of Global Solitude by the The Blitz TheatreGroup / Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon 2016
Sunset, video installation, 8’20’’, Institute of Global Solitude by The Blitz TheatreGroup / Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon 2016
Shajarah, installation video loop 12’, co-authors Bouchra Ouizguen and Verónica Castro, XV Mode Parcours, Brussels 2015
A Força do Andor / The Force of the Palanquin, installation, video 12', 2'23'' and 42'' & audio 14' and 24'33'', co-author Verónica Castro, Convento de Santo António, Loulé, Portugal 2015
Water Drawings, video loop 11', Festival Verão Azul, Lagos, Portugal 2014
No espaço que separa as coisas, installation, audio 14'31'', co-author Catarina Botelho, ECOS#3, Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, Palácio Sinel de Cordes, Portugal 2014
pool, video, 11’, original music by Dean Whitbread, London 2008 / Video Danse Festival du Breuil, France 2009 / Siberia Night Film, London, R.U. 2009 / Festival Verão Azul, Portugal 2011
SexyMFvideo, video, 11', co-author Verónica Castro, performance by Ana Borralho e João Galante, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon 2006 / 11º Royal Anthropological Institute International Film Festival, U.K. 2009 / Siberia Night Film, London U.K. 2009 / Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2009 / Laznia Contemporary Art Centre, Gdansk / Poland 2009; Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris 2010 / Vortex, Skopje, Macedonia 2010
Comer o Coração / Eating your heart out, video loop 12', sculpture by Rui Chafes and choreography by Vera Mantero, 26th S. Paulo Biennal Brazil 2004 / CCB, Lisbon, 2004 / Palácio de Queluz, Portugal 2005 / Videoevento, Turin, IItaly 2005 / 4º Festival internacional de Castilla y León, Salamanca, Spain 2008
14 Movimentos na Cidade, video, loop 28', 2002, Collective Exhibition, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon 2002 / Festival Dasem, Marseille, France 2002
CR-HI/X00, video, 10'52'', Festival X, Lisbon 2000
The Cherry Orchard, video, 12', 1996, artistic direction by Melanie Swarovski, Lethaby Gallery, London 1996
Urban Mine, video/inst, loop 22' Dali Gallery, London 1996
Smile, video/inst, 11'29'', BAFTA, London 1996
Scratched Eye, video, 1'43'', 1995, Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, 1996; Video Bouyash, Lion, France 1996
Sono Fundo, video, 1'42'', 1995, original electro-acoustic music by David Benke, Pandeamonium Festival, I.C.A., London, 1996 / Time Zones, Bari, Italy 1997 / Festival X, Lisbon, 1997 / Swarovski Gallery, London, 1999
556459, video, 2'39'', original electro-acoustic music by David Benke, First Jury Prize 5e Concours International ACREQ, Montreal, Canada 1995 / Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, 1996 / Time Zones, Bari, Italy 1997 / Festival X, Lisbon, Portugal 1997
- +(minus, plus), video, 1'18'', 1994, original electro-acoustic music by David Benke, Time Zones – Solle via della musicha possibille, Bari, 1997 / Festival X, Lisboa 1997
The Plank, video dance, 2'57'', 1994, choreography by Rachel Thew, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon 1995
Mãezíssima, video, 29'', with Sara Anahori, Film-Coop, London 1993
Eye video loop 4', Back Hill Gallery, London 1993
Lions, video loop 7', Back Hill Gallery, London 1993
ANIMATION
Sun Bruise, 2'10'', London 1994 / Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland 1994 / Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia 1995 / Fine Art Museum, New Siberia, Russia 1995
VIDEO ON SET / LOCATION
A Valsa do Peito / Breast Waltz, educational video, 24', choreography by Paula Varanda, Cine-Teatros of Mértola, Castro Verde, Beja, Ferreira do Alentejo and Silves, Portugal 2014/5
Fio Feliz, educational video, 26'29'', music and dramaturgy by Margarida Mestre, PEQUENO GRANDE C, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal 2014
Movimentos da Terra, video, 20', choreography by Paula Varanda, Cine-Teatros of Mértola and Castro Verde, Portugal 2010
Sarárá, video, 16', poetry recital by Margarida Mestre accompanied with portuguese guitar by João Lima, Centro Cultural de Campo Maior, Évora, Portugal, 2008
Coup d’État, video, 45', choreography by Francisco Camacho, Citemor, Portugal 2006
Hitch, video inst, 5 episodes 12' each, choreography by Francisco Camacho, Museu Ferroviário de Coimbra, Capital Nacional da Cultura Coimbra, Portugal 2003
Um Estar Aqui Cheio, video/inst, 6 episodes aprox. 10' each, 2001, choreography by Vera Mantero and installation by Nadia Lauro, Le Quartz, Brest 2001 / Capital Europeia da Cultura Oporto, Portugal 2001
VIDEO PROMOS
Culture as a Living System of Life, video-talk by Carlos A González-Carrasco SIETAR UK, Syracuse University, London 2015
Mais Pra Menos Que Pra Mais, 10', choreographic and artistic direction by Vera Mantero, Culturgest and Maria Matos Teatro Municipal, Lisboa, Portugal 2015
Poemas para Bocas Pequenas, 6'19'', 56'' e 54'', dramaturgy by Margarida Mestre, Maria Matos Teatro Municipal, Portugal 2014
World of Interiors, , 11', video co-author Verónica Castro, performance by Ana Borralho & João Galante, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon 2010
On Marche, 6 videocasts in Blog Critique (http://onmarche5.over-blog.com/), produção Compagnie ANANIA , Festival de Danse Contemporaine - ON MARCHE, 5º édition, Marrakesh 2010
Reframing Complexity in International Leadership & Management, educational videocast, 28', presentation by Carlos Gonazalez-Carrasco, York University, York, U.K. 2009
Matriz, 3 videoclips, “Rio Acima”, “Voltarei à minha terra” & “Jus a lo, mar”, musical project by Teresa Salgueiro, Lusitânia Ensemble, DVD edited by Farol / Warner Bros, Portugal 2009
Tudo Gira, 3’ and 18’ videos, choreography by Margarida Mestre, Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa 2009
O Labirinto, a Morte e o Público, 54', choreography bye João Samões, CCB 2007
Fuga em mim menor, 7', choreography by Margarida Mestre, Museu Serralves, Oporto 2003
Que suporta e separa e contêm os dois mundos e ondula, 82’, choreography by Vera Mantero, CCB , Lisbon 2003
Um Estar Aqui Cheio, 5', choreography by Vera Mantero, Le Quartz, Brest 2001
IN PROGRESS
Ser Homem, feature length documentary, co-directed with Verónica Castro, film partially presented at Lisbon Screenings IndieLisboa International Festival 2023, to be released soon.
