Constructing Coma with Fernanda Cardoso
Art forms are pushed forward by those who break from tradition. Individuals who constantly seek to place themselves in challenging and uncomfortable scenarios are the same ones whom lay the foundation for the next iteration of said artform. While it’s not often financially lucrative (what artistic innovation is ever met with support in the beginning stages?) it can meet overwhelming critical praise. When Director Cassiano Prado asked editor Fernanda Cardoso to work on a remarkably unusual new film project, it was with the confidence that the editor was herself an innovator. The resulting series Coma for Getty Images, is truly like nothing you have ever seen; particularly because it is a film which was manifested without filming its own scenes that related to the storyline. This already sounds a bit confusing. Coma won the Silver Lion award for Film at Cannes (2019) and the Gold award for editing in the Clube de Criação Brazilian ad festival. Perhaps never before has the work of an ...