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Because Today is Saturday

Alice Eça Guimarães

Because Today is Saturday

PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPAIN ● 2025 ● 13' ● M/12 ● 2D digital

It's Saturday, and a woman struggles with the difficulty of reconciling her home life and her need to escape.

Technical Sheet
Director Alice Eça Guimarães ● Script Alice Eça Guimarães ● Animation Daniela Duarte, Ambre Gualtier, Ronni Shalev, Aurore Weickert, Carmen Gómez, Bea Moreno Poveda, Raquel Cruz Hevia, Uriel Valle Sánchez, Matilde Machado ● Music Gisela Fullà Silvestre ● Sound Gisela Fullà Silvestre ● Production Vanessa Ventura, Nuno Amorim (ANIMAIS, AVPL) / Claire Beffa, Sidonie Garnier (La Clairiére Ouest) / Carlota Pou, Bruno Simões (Studio Kimchi) ● Distribution AGENCIA - Portuguese Short Film Agency ●

19 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE - Sala Manoel de Oliveira | 19:00

Short Film Competition 3

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20 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE - Sala Manoel de Oliveira | 21:30

Vasco Granja Portuguese Competition

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22 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE - Sala 3 | 17:00

Award-Winning Shorts 2

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In the same session: Award-Winning Shorts 2

Dog Ear .Péter Vácz. 21'

Me and You and Smoke .Rachel Shiloach. 8'

Telephone Game .Laura Boráros. 2'

Between Hairs .Feno Dias, Theo Quinhones, Lucas Serra. 5'

Sappho .Rosana Urbes. 13'

And I Would Be Beautiful .Mathilde George. 11'

Shadows of Ourselves .Pedro Serrazina. 8'

In the same session: Short Film Competition 3

Dollhouse Elephant .Jenny Jokela. 12'

The Sounds of Things Ablaze .Hayat Najm. 7'

Imprint .Duncan Major. 5'

The Graffiti .Ryo Orikasa. 13'

Birds of Paradise .Tomek Ducki. 9'

Il burattino e la balena .Roberto Catani. 9'

Dr. Dr. Themefart .Andreas Hykade. 5'

BY THE WAY .Mahboobeh Kalaee, Ali Fotoohi. 7'

In the same session: Vasco Granja Portuguese Competition

Remember Me .Bárbara Barreto, Caroline Soares, João Cadima. 5'

Machinarium .João Pedro Oliveira. 10'

My Oddly Unexpected Bond .Carolina Batista. 11'

Arguments in Favor of Love .Gabriel Abrantes. 10'

Dog Alone .Marta Reis Andrade. 14'

Doe .Maria Lima. 5'

Shadows of Ourselves .Pedro Serrazina. 8'

Amarelo Banana .Alexandre Sousa. 13'

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