Curtas I

No início das sessões, faremos sempre uma introdução curta ao conjunto de filmes (3’) e no fim, proporemos um pequeno debate (Máx 15’).

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Ciclo de Cinema Transformador

O cinema como ativador das transformações humanas: desde comportamentos, atitudes até as formas de relação com o outro e com a natureza.

Transformer Cinema | Short Film Screenings
Cinema as an activator of human transformations: from behaviors, attitudes to forms of relationship with others and with nature.

Dias 26 de novembro \ 17h30

Short Film Session I \ November 26th 17h30 | At the beginning of the sessions, we will always make a short introduction to the set of films (3') and at the end,
we’ll propose a short debate (Max 15').

  • THE LONG GOODBYE, de Aneil Karia

    UK, 2020, 13’

    Riz and his family are in the middle of a typical family day in their house, whilst a far right march plays out on the telly in the background, which eventually arrives at their front door, leading to a devastating outcome.

  • LAST TRAIN, de Weronika Tofilska

    Poland, 2010, 14’ | “Ostatni pociag” (POL)

    A middle-aged man wants badly to change his life and go back to the times when he was young, happy and in love.

  • NEXT FLOOR, de Denis Villeneuve

    Canada, 2008, 11’

    During an opulent banquet, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events destabilizes the endless symphony of abundance.

  • A DAY AT THE MALL REMINDS ME OF AMERICA, de Ayse Altinok

    USA, 2015, 5’

    "I wonder if Kanye knows that these girls are experimenting. As with rum. As with skin, all the ways to touch it." Ayse Altinok's adaptation of Sarah Blake's poem begins with a craving.

  • REVOLVER, de Chester Dent

    UK, 1991, 9’50’’

    Trapped in time, a man and a woman meet at a deserted cross road, again and again.

  • MY BIRD, de Alexandre Braga

    Portugal, 2017, 16’ | ”Meu Pássaro” (PT)

    A woman lives with her bird in an apartment, in the city. A canary in a cage suspended in her living room.' He' is engaged in this interaction: he sings, cheeps, wishing to tell her things... Always singing, he is one of the evocative elements of her 'lost nature' within her home. But only when she notices a new silence at home that some things will be found, 'heard' in her life.

  • I'M HERE, de Spike Jonze

    USA, 2010, 31’

    A young man faces the abrupt loss of his friend.

Curtas II

No início das sessões, faremos sempre uma introdução curta ao conjunto de filmes (3’) e no fim, proporemos um pequeno debate (Máx 15’).

Dias 26 de novembro \ 19h30

Short Film Session II \ November 26th 19h30 | At the beginning of the sessions, we will always make a short introduction to the set of films (3') and at the end,
we’ll propose a short debate (Max 15').

  • RUNNING THROUGH LIFE, de Helene Moltke-Leth

    Denmark, 2016, 8’

    A lyrical short film that explores the stress and expectations of modern society.

  • CHAMADA GERAL, de Manuel Vilarinho

    Portugal, 2010, 14’

    Baseado num poema de Mário Henrique Leiria.

  • BLUE, de Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    Thailand, 2018, 12’

    An insomniac lies in bed as theatrical backdrops unveil themselves and her sheet catches aflame.

  • TWO DIFERENT STRANGERS, de Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe

    USA, 2020, 32’

    A man trying to get home to his dog gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.

  • CASUS BELLI, de Yorgos Zois

    Greece, 2010, 11’

    People of different genders, classes, ages, nationalities are waiting in seven different queues creating a huge human line. Arriving at the end of the human tail, however, the countdown begins.

  • COCODRILO, de Jorge Yúdice

    Spain, 2019, 4’

    It's afternoon and Alicia sits down as usual with a cup of tea in front of the computer to watch VictorGaming, the favorite channel on Youtube. Victor, the young you tuber, answers questions from his followers and today Alicia has something important to say.

  • THE SILENT CHILD, de Chris Overton

    USA, 2017, 20’

    A deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.