
Person
Adelina Pontual
Directing · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Biography
Adelina Pontual was born in Recife, graduated in Social Communication from UFPE and in Cinema, with a Specialization in Editing, from Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, in San Antonio de Los Baños, in Cuba. She was part of the group Vanretrô, formed during her Communication course in the 80s. In the 90s she was a partner in the production company Parabólica Brasil, together with Cláudio Assis and Marcelo Gomes. She is a director and screenwriter of short films and television programs, and her first work as a feature film director was with the documentary Rio Doce / CDU. She also works as a continuity writer, having performed this role in more than 20 Brazilian feature films.
Known for

ReTrato
Director

El Monstruo
Director

The Second Mother
Continuity

Carandiru
Continuity

Véio
Director

O Pedido
Director

Cachaça
Director

Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
2019

Eletrodoméstica
Thanks

Cosas de Mujer
Director
Filmography
- 2019Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
- 2015The Second MotherContinuity
- 2013Rio Doce/CDUDirector
- 2013ReTratoDirector
- 2005EletrodomésticaThanks
- 2005VéioDirector
- 2003CarandiruContinuity
- 1999O PedidoDirector
- 1997CachaçaDirector
- 1995Punk Rock Hardcore: Alto José do Pinho É do Caralho!Director
- 1991El MonstruoDirector
- 1989Cosas de MujerDirector
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