Saudade, perhaps...

Country: PORTUGAL , FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 12 mins.

Synopsis: A man, inside an old bathtub, thinks, wonders and travels through the memories of his childhood.

Credits:

Direction: José-Manuel Xavier

Writers: José-Manuel Xavier

Production: Rui Bastos Gonçalves (OH! Animation)

Animation: José-Manuel Xavier

Music: Nanu Figueiredo

Sound: Nanu Figueiredo, Ricardo Mealha

Distribution: Rui Bastos Gonçalves, OH! Animation

Age Classification: M/12

Wildflower

Country: SPAIN , BRAZIL Year: 2024 Duration: 6 mins.

Synopsis: A feeling of emptiness, a restless mind and two pieces of land. What is born from the void that unites them? ‘Wildflower’ is a poetic essay about the undesirable, the lack of control and duality that seeks to explore the different possibilities of interaction between human beings and the uncontrollable side of nature.

Credits:

Direction: Carina Pierro Corso

Writers: Carina Pierro Corso

Production: Bruno Simões, Carlota Pou

Animation: Carina Pierro Corso,Inês Peres Mesquita,Agnieszka Czachor

Music: Gisela Fullà Silvestre

Sound: Gisela Fullà Silvestre

Distribution: Ismael Martín (Selected Films)

Age Classification: M/12

T-ZERO

Country: PORTUGAL , HUNGARY Year: 2023 Duration: 11 mins.

Synopsis: In a city that was once typically Portuguese, codfish has been replaced by avocado salad, trees by cranes and historic centers by gourmet restaurants. A real estate agent tries to persuade customers to rent tiny apartments, even if it means evicting the people who live there.

Credits:

Direction: Vicente Nir?

Writers: Vicente Nir?

Production: Jonas César, AIM - Creative Studios

Animation: Alexandre Sousa, Ana Luísa Farinha, Cristina Neto, Vicente Nir?

Music: André Aires, Fernando C. Lapa

Sound: André Aires

Distribution: AIM - Creative Studios

Age Classification: M/12

thIS PerSON doES nOt EXiSt

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: Are we still human? the people illustrated in this film were all drawn and animated by hand, using as references non-real models resulting from image synthesizers and generative AI.

Credits:

Direction: Pedro Oliveira

Writers: pedro oliveira

Production: pedro oliveira (cérebro elástico)

Animation: pedro oliveira

Music: pedro oliveira

Sound: pedro oliveira

Distribution: pedro oliveira (cérebro elástico)

Age Classification: M/12

Three Comma Fourteen

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 12 mins.

Synopsis: An inner journey on the condition of children diagnosed with ADHD who struggle with their own vision of the world and what is expected from them. An allegory about the mind and behavior of these children.

Credits:

Direction: Joana Nogueira, Patrícia Rodrigues

Writers: Joana Nogueira, Patrícia Rodrigues

Production: Vanessa Ventura, Nuno Amorim (Animais, AVPL)

Animation: Patrícia Rodrigues, Rita Sampaio, Joana Nogueira, Daniela Duarte, Patrícia Figueiredo, Luís Vital, Hugo Santos, Maria Rikitina, Maria Avelar

Music: Nico Tricot

Sound: Duarte Ferreira

Distribution: Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency

Age Classification: M/12

Reason and Impulse - Disappear

Country: PORTUGAL , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.

Synopsis: One person's futile struggle to turn back time, and some silly little creatures.

Credits:

Direction: Ala Nunu

Writers: Ala Nunu, James Asturias

Production: COLA Animation

Animation: Ala Nunu, Ana Iutes, Tanaka Triboyi, Alicja Liss

Music: REASON AND IMPULSE - James Asturias

Sound: REASON AND IMPULSE - James Asturias

Distribution: Ala Nunu

Age Classification: M/12

With Each Passing Day

Country: PORTUGAL , SLOVENIA Year: 2024 Duration: 11 mins.

Synopsis: D. Piedade is an old mouse who lives in a small village in the mountainous interior of Portugal. Her existence is mainly composed of solitude and memories, and a rigid routine, guided by the regular rhythm of the clock and the tea she drinks with her friends, two sisters who live in the same village.

Credits:

Direction: Emanuel Nevado

Writers: Bruno Caetano, Pedro Vieira de Moura

Production: Bruno Caetano

Animation: Rosana van der Meer

Music: Filipe Raposo

Sound: Julij Zornik

Distribution: Alexandra Allen, Olharapo Filmes

Age Classification: M/6

Pietra

Country: PORTUGAL , BRAZIL Year: 2024 Duration: 13 mins.

Synopsis: In daydreaming about unlikely relationships, the flower - as delicate as it is revolutionary - represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.

Credits:

Direction: Cynthia Levitan

Writers: Cynthia Levitan

Production: Nuno Beato, Diogo Carvalho, Leticia Montalvá, Anna Szadkowska, Robert Banasiak, Vicente Mallols, Pablo Muñoz, Iván Madolell

Animation: Vicente Mallols,Enrique Giner,Nuria Bataller,Teresa Pérez

Music: Cristina Zadia

Sound: Marina Alcantud Gayà

Distribution: Ismael Martín (Selected Films)

Age Classification: M/12

Bursting at the Seams

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.

Synopsis: Narrations of 3 women about their experiences, their inner fight with being feminine and masculine, and their accepting journeys. A movie about girlhood and accepting ourselves, as women.

Credits:

Direction: Adriana Andrade, Daniela Tietzen, Luana Rodrigues

Writers: Adriana Andrade, Daniela Tietzen, Luana Rodrigues

Production: LSF - Filmes, Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário de Lisboa

Animation: Adriana Andrade, Daniela Tietzen, Luana Rodrigues

Music: /

Sound: Adriana Andrade

Distribution: LSF - Filmes, Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário de Lisboa

Age Classification: M/12

Percebes

Country: PORTUGAL , FRANCE Year: 2024 Duration: 12 mins.

Synopsis: With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called PERCEBES — the goose barnacle. From their formation, to the dish, in this journey, we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who live there.

Credits:

Direction: Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves

Writers: Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves, Regina Guimarães

Production: David Doutel, Vasco Sá (BAP - Animation Studio) | Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago (IKKI FILMS)

Animation: Inês Teixeira, Joana Teixeira, Leonor Pacheco, Laura Equi, Carolina Bonzinho

Music: Nicolas Tricot

Sound: Bernardo Bento

Distribution: AGENCIA - Portuguese Short Film Agency

Age Classification: M/12