The Girl with the Occupied Eyes

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 8 mins.

Synopsis: Once upon a time, there was a little girl who, even when out and about, was always distracted. Eyes fixed on her phone, she didn’t notice the world around her or anyone who wanted to play with her. What could be done to “disoccupy” her eyes?

Credits:

Direction: André Carrilho

Writers: André Carrilho

Production: Hemi Fortes, Filipe Araújo

Animation: André Carrilho, Luís Vital, João Silva

Music: Nuno Costa

Sound: Pedro Carvalho, Sara Godinho, Rui Pereira

Distribution: Blablabla Media

Age Classification: M/6

The bird from within

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 6 mins.

Synopsis: The film follows a woman and the bird that lives inside of her, and how their inability to coexist leads to physical wounds to her body.

Credits:

Direction: Laura Anahory

Writers: Laura Anahory, Ana Anahory, Guilherme Mateus

Production: Laura Anahory

Animation: Laura Anahory

Music: Vasco Almeida

Sound: Vasco Almeida, Lucía Beaumont

Distribution: Jaime Neves (Escola das Artes - Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

Age Classification: M/12

UPS!

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 11 mins.

Synopsis: A boy lives surrounded by an oppressive cacophony of sounds within a dysfunctional family. A day at the beach might be the long-awaited opportunity for a break from a hellish existence. The parents, the boy, and his sister put everything they can in the family car and drive away. The boy dreams of playing with his bucket and shovel in the sand, by the sea, but it’s not easy to reach the destination. If they arrive at the beach, will they enjoy a peaceful day or face something unexpected?

Credits:

Direction: Galvão Bertazzi, Luís Canau

Writers: Galvão Bertazzi

Production: Humberto Santana (Animanostra)

Animation: André Ferrão, Osvaldo Medina

Music: Galvão Bertazzi

Sound: João Penedo

Distribution: Humberto Santana (Animanostra)

Age Classification: M/12

The Hunt

Country: PORTUGAL , JAPAN Year: 2024 Duration: 8 mins.

Synopsis: A group of soldiers, lost in the woods, must face the traumas of their past and the terrifying forces stalking them.

Credits:

Direction: Diogo Costa

Writers: Diogo Costa

Production: Bruno Caetano, Susana António, COLA, Carlota Pou, Bruno Simões, Studio Kimchi

Animation: David Mourato, Rita Novais, Pedro Oliveira, Sofia Santos, Tiago Coimbra, Manuel Belo, Susana Barata, Selene Melgar, Karolina Tomaszewska, Diana Sánchez, Lucas Tarin, Jokin de los Toyos, Juan José Espinós

Music: Alex Gregson

Sound: Alex Gregson

Distribution: Olharapo Filmes

Age Classification: M/12

Paulinha

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 3 mins.

Synopsis: A music video about a man's fantasy romance with his neighbour, Paulinha.

Credits:

Direction: Ana Marta Mendes

Writers: Os Filmes do Pinguim

Production: Os Filmes do Pinguim

Animation: Ana Marta Mendes, Jorge Ribeiro, Laura Conde

Music: Raul Manarte

Sound: Raul Manarte

Distribution: Raul Manarte

Age Classification: M/12

Iris

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 15 mins.

Synopsis: A man begins to suffer from a strange eye disease that threatens the foundations of his life. He resorts to surgery, but its failure drags him into frustration and despair. In the moment of greatest alienation, when it seems that strangeness has enveloped everything around him, he discovers that perhaps the foundations of his world are deeper than he thought, that perhaps there is beauty and poetry in the way the world reveals itself before his eyes.

Credits:

Direction: João Monteiro

Writers: Luis Vintém

Production: Filmes da Praça

Animation: João Monteiro, Luis Vital, Ninon Bernard

Music: Nicolas Snyder

Sound: Nicolas Snyder, Vivian Williams

Distribution: Filmes da Praça

Age Classification: M/12

VENI VIDI NON VICI

Country: PORTUGAL , UNITED KINGDOM Year: 2024 Duration: 4 mins.

Synopsis: A short documentary-style film that exposes the brutal nature of bullfighting practices in Portugal, by focusing on the cynical way real pro-bullfights arguments shock with reality. The animation on screen follows an informal discussion between two friends, whose opinions diverge when bullfights become the subject of conversation.

Credits:

Direction: Leonor Calaça

Writers: Leonor Calaça

Production: Leonor Calaça

Animation: Leonor Calaça

Music: Leonor Calaça

Sound: Leonor Calaça - Sound Design // Voice Acting - Tiago Negrão Pinheiro e Richard Remédios

Distribution: Leonor Calaça

Age Classification: M/12

It shouldn’t rain tomorrow

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

Synopsis: Feeling that her mother may no longer be able to live on her own, a woman moves back to her childhood home. As she tries to adapt to the new situation, her mother continues to drift away.

Credits:

Direction: Maria Trigo Teixeira

Writers: Maria Trigo Teixeira

Production: Jonas César (AIM Creative Studios), Karsten Matern (Wait a Second!)

Animation: Marta Magnuska

Music: Falk Meutzner

Sound: Nico Voß

Distribution: AGENCIA - Portuguese Short Film Agency

Age Classification: M/12

Nenúfares

Country: PORTUGAL Year: 2024 Duration: 2 mins.

Synopsis: In a colorful and engaging two-minute animation, a small story is developed within the language of experimental cinema. The narrative explores the relationship between two very different characters, drawing a comparison between them and two animals: an elephant and a bird. Each animal represents one of the human figures, as they attempt to become similar to each other in order to be together.

Credits:

Direction: Maria Lima

Writers: Maria Lima

Production: Maria Lima

Animation: Maria Lima

Music: Angelic-choir-6793 - Pixabay

Sound: Zapslat and pixabay

Distribution: Maria Lima

Age Classification: M/12

Sequential

Country: PORTUGAL , FRANCE Year: 2025 Duration: 12 mins.

Synopsis: In a fantastic sequence of events, a young man confronts not only his personal fears but also the adversities of life. A story of growth and the search for a path of inspiration.

Credits:

Direction: Bruno Caetano

Writers: Bruno Caetano, Manuel Ruas Moreira

Production: COLA animation

Animation: Niccolò Gioia, Rosana van der Meer

Music: Filipe Raposo

Sound: Carlos Abreu

Distribution: /

Age Classification: M/12