KORA outlines the stories of refugee women living in Portugal. They all carry their past in their body and words, as well as their loved ones in portraits. From these memories we access the intimate and political gaze of those who reconstruct (their) present.
Cláudia Varejão was born in Porto and studied at the Creativity and Artistic Creation Program of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership with the German Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin and the São Paulo International Film Academy. She also studied Photography at AR.CO in Lisbon. Cláudia is the author of the short film trilogy Weekend, A Cold Day and Morning Light. Ama-san, a portrait of japanese divers, was her feature debut, receiving dozens of awards around the world, followed by In The Darkness of the Theater I Take Off My Shoes and Amor Fati. Wolf and Dog, her most recent film, premiered at the 79th Venice Film Festival and received the Best Film Award at the Giornate Degli Autori section. Cláudia’s films have been selected by and awarded at the most prestigious film festivals. Alongside her work as a filmmaker, she develops a career as a photographer. Her work, whether in cinema or photography, documentary or fiction, lives in close proximity to her characters.
