Natalia Freitas: “I can’t suppose life but art”

How critical was your stay in Germany for your training?

Natalia Freitas: My work and studies during a Film Academy Baden-Württemberg prepared me for veteran life in a film industry. If we hadn’t complicated in Germany, we would never have finished adult during Disney. we worked a extensive volume during a film academy, mostly though a break. we worked on scarcely 20 student-led brief films, including “Citipati”, “Wrapped” and “The Present”, that is formed on a Brazilian comic. we also constructed my possess brief film “Electrofly”.

How would we report a career trail that took we to Disney Picture Studios?

Natalia Freitas: It wasn’t easy for me: we started investigate animation in 2005, though usually changed to Disney in 2016. That meant some-more than 10 years of tough work, commitment, training and many productions, simply to grasp what we had always dreamed of.

Every step was planned. Even when we was still in Brazil, we knew that we would have to specialise if we wanted to be supposed by a vital studio. That’s because we motionless to investigate during a film academy.

What done we confirm to request for Disney?

Natalia Freitas: In Sep 2015 we was operative for a studio in Berlin and saw on a Disney website that there was a place going on a “Talent Development” programme. we practical – though with no genuine expectations.

Did we weight adult chances in advance?

Natalia Freitas: No, it was a initial time we had practical for a pursuit during Disney.

How did it feel when we were supposed by Disney?

Natalia Freitas: There were over 200 possibilities for only 3 places. we couldn’t trust it when we got a call that we was one of a three. we was during a cinema in Ludwigsburg with dual friends from a Film Academy during a time. we was so happy to get a news we couldn’t stop laughing.

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