Formas e fronteiras da narrativa cinematográfica: o cinema de Sandro Aguilar

Description

For multiple reasons, cinema has shaped itself early on as a new tool for narrative construction. Being an art of image, cinema was often related to a merely illustrative technique of written stories, with its formal qualities being neglected. Since then,
narrative and its properties, i.e., its narrativity, have been approached in different ways by various filmmakers over the decades, some of whom try to circumvent pre-established classical norms, directing their work towards more experimental approaches. This dissertation focuses on the role of narrative and fictional construction in cinema, with the work of Portuguese director Sandro Aguilar as the object of study. In
order to understand how fiction and diegesis are used by the filmmaker from the perspective of experimental and sensory exploration, in which narrative consequence and conclusion are deferred, the narrative forms in his work and their implications in the context of a deconstruction of the narrative paradigm are analyzed. Aiming to analyze the methods and tools he uses, from the shooting process to editing, three axes of investigation into his cinema were established: the use of narrative and the subversion of classical devices; the close relationship between documentary optics and fictional space; and the experimental and structural aspect.
Throughout this study, an attempt is made to understand how certain predetermined logics by the spectator are at the root of a conflicting relationship with certain works considered experimental, as these logics are confronted with new codes that each film establishes. With this, we hope to contribute to the development of a broad perspective and thought on a type of cinema sometimes considered hermetic or inaccessible.

Period	2025
Held at	NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal