Miragem Meus Putos
Full HD/ 24’/ 2017/ Fiction/ Portugal
An elementary school class without a teacher, a contract signing with a giant football club and a new year’s eve party. Three tales tinged with aspiration and the desire to escape express a look into a youth absorbed by the power of dreams and the harshness of reality. A generation facing growth in tension with the future.
Script: Diogo Baldaia
Cinematography: Leonardo Simões
Sound: Nuno Henrique
Editing: Diogo Baldaia
Production: Diogo Baldaia, Maura Carneiro, Manuel Rocha da Silva
Cast: Luis Maza, João Marcelo, Maura Carneiro, Duarte Águas, Ricardo Alves
Distributed by Portugal Film
With the Support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
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Screenings
[2017] IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival [Best Portuguese Short Film Award] Portugal
[2018] IFFR | International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
[2018] Glasgow Short Film Festival [Special Mention from the Jury of the International Competition] Scotland
[2018] Issni N’Ourgh International du film Amazigh, Morocco
[2018] Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands
[2018] Abraço Lindo - Cinemateca Portuguesa, Portugal
[2018] Abraço Lindo - Cinema Passos Manuel, Portugal
[2018] Festival Córtex, Portugal
[2018] FRONTEIRA – Festival Internacional do Filme Documentário e Experimental, Brazil
[2018] European Media Art Festival - Osnabrück, Germany
[2018] VIS Vienna Shorts Film Festival [Best Film of the competition Fiction & Documentary] Austria
[2018] Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany
[2018] Milano Film Festival, Italy
[2018] CurtoCircuito, Spain
[2018] Aesthetica Short Film Festival, England
[2018] Entrevues Belfort, France
[2018] NexT International Film Festival [Cristian Nemescu Award for Best Direction] Romania
[2019] Premiers Plans - Festival de Angers, France
[2019] Ciclo de Cinema Irreal, Portugal
[2019] Frames - Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden
[2019] Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
[2019] Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau, Macao
[2019] Mostra de Cinema Português - EntreOlhares, Portugal
[2020] NoBudge, USA
[2020] Depois do Estouro - Sessão de Cinema II, Portugal
[2020] Cine à Roda, Portugal
[2020] Shortcutz Guimarães, Portugal
[2020] Estados da Juventude - Cineclube Zoom, Portugal
[2021] Cinemax, Portugal
[2021] Cinemax no Nimas, Portugal
[2021] BuSho – Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
[2023] Cine Clube Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
[2024] Cinema Batalha, Portugal
[2024] Smells Like Teen Spirit, France, Novembro
[2017] IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival [Best Portuguese Short Film Award] Portugal
[2018] IFFR | International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands
[2018] Glasgow Short Film Festival [Special Mention from the Jury of the International Competition] Scotland
[2018] Issni N’Ourgh International du film Amazigh, Morocco
[2018] Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands
[2018] Abraço Lindo - Cinemateca Portuguesa, Portugal
[2018] Abraço Lindo - Cinema Passos Manuel, Portugal
[2018] Festival Córtex, Portugal
[2018] FRONTEIRA – Festival Internacional do Filme Documentário e Experimental, Brazil
[2018] European Media Art Festival - Osnabrück, Germany
[2018] VIS Vienna Shorts Film Festival [Best Film of the competition Fiction & Documentary] Austria
[2018] Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany
[2018] Milano Film Festival, Italy
[2018] CurtoCircuito, Spain
[2018] Aesthetica Short Film Festival, England
[2018] Entrevues Belfort, France
[2018] NexT International Film Festival [Cristian Nemescu Award for Best Direction] Romania
[2019] Premiers Plans - Festival de Angers, France
[2019] Ciclo de Cinema Irreal, Portugal
[2019] Frames - Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden
[2019] Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
[2019] Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau, Macao
[2019] Mostra de Cinema Português - EntreOlhares, Portugal
[2020] NoBudge, USA
[2020] Depois do Estouro - Sessão de Cinema II, Portugal
[2020] Cine à Roda, Portugal
[2020] Shortcutz Guimarães, Portugal
[2020] Estados da Juventude - Cineclube Zoom, Portugal
[2021] Cinemax, Portugal
[2021] Cinemax no Nimas, Portugal
[2021] BuSho – Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
[2023] Cine Clube Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
[2024] Cinema Batalha, Portugal
[2024] Smells Like Teen Spirit, France, Novembro