THE GARBAGE MAN

2022
11’50”
Portugal
Colour
Animation

On a hot August afternoon, gathered at the table, the family members remember uncle Botão: the Colonial War, emigration to France, where he lived and worked thirty years as a garbage man.

Laura Gonçalves graduated in animation from the Fine Arts Faculty Lisbon, in 2009. In 2012 she completed an MA Degree in Animation at the Arts University College of Bournemouth. She works for Sardinha em Lata Studio as an animator for many Portuguese animation directors.