Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days is about the special relationship between Regina Pessoa and her uncle. The short film is a testament to her love for this eccentric, who was an artistic inspiration and played a key role in her becoming a filmmaker. It’s also a moving tribute to a poet of the everyday who was obsessed by numbers and calculations. Pessoa takes the viewer to Portugal, reading a very personal letter to her late uncle, inspired by her many memories of the man. This narrative approach is at once poignant and compelling, highlighting her undeniable formal mastery and a distinctive engraving aesthetic that wields textures, shadow, and light to create an account that’s both personal and universal. Co-produced by Ciclope Filmes, the National Film Board of Canada, and Les Armateurs, this is world-renowned animator Regina Pessoa’s most personal work to date—an important film that celebrates love and difference.
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