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2K to 16mm/ 9’/ 2023/ Fiction/ Portugal
In a small and poor village, a local Saint controls the realm of the abyss, making it impossible for dead people to talk to their loved ones who are still living. Ima, a curious dead child, tries to meet the Saint, so he can let her talk to her beloved grandmother.
Script: Diogo Baldaia
Cinematography: Leonardo Simões
Sound: Marcelo Tavares, Rafael Cardoso
Editing: Diogo Baldaia
Production: Diogo Baldaia
Cast: Manuela Baldaia, Paulo Malafaia, Maria de Lourdes
Distributed by Portugal Film
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Screenings
[2023] IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
[2023] IndieLisboa, Portugal
[2023] EXiS - Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, South Korea
[2023] Festival Silhouette, France
[2023] BuSho - Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
[2023] Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romenia
[2023] Dili Film Festival, Timor
[2023] Festival Nouveau Cinema, Canada
[2023] Vista Curta, Portugal
[2023] Experimental Film Guanajuato, Mexico
[2023] FrontDoc, Italy
[2023] Molins Horror Film Festival, Spain
[2023] Cork International Film Festival, Ireland
[2023] Short Waves Festival, Poland [Jury Prize]
[2023] L’Alternativa, Spain
[2023] Screener Shorts, England
[2023] Beijing International Short Film Festival, China
[2023] Interface Video Art Festival, Croacia
[2024] Shortcutz Vilareal, Portugal
[2024] San Diego Underground Film Festival, USA [Jury Prize]
[2024] Cineclube Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
[2024] Landshuter Film Festival, Germany
[2024] Vilnius International Film Fest, Lithuania
[2024] DKF Interwaves, Poland
[2024] Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey
[2024] Moinho Cine Fest, Portugal
[2024] Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Iceland [Best Experimental Film]
[2024] Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA
[2024] Chicago Latino Film Festival, USA
[2024] Cinema Batalha, Portugal
[2024] Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Turkey
[2024] V-F-X Ljubljana, Slovenia
[2024] Cauldron International FIlm and Video Festival, USA
[2024] Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Canada
[2024] Friss Hús Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
[2024] Rooftop Films, USA
[2024] TRANAS AT THE FRINGE Festival, Sweden
[2024] Aegean International Film Festival, Greece
[2024] Minkino FIlm Festival, Indonesia
[2024] Pristina Film Festival, Kosovo
[2024] Cross-Border Film Festival Tribute to a Vision, Italy
[2024] Curt’Arruda, Portugal
[2024] Tacoma Film Festival, USA
[2024] TOHorror Fantastic Film Festival, Italy
[2024] +The Institute for Experimental Arts, Greece
[2024] Smells Like Teen Spirit, France
[2024] Festival International du Cinema D’Auteur de Rabat, Morocco
[2024] This is Short, USA [Stream]
[2023] IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
[2023] IndieLisboa, Portugal
[2023] EXiS - Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, South Korea
[2023] Festival Silhouette, France
[2023] BuSho - Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
[2023] Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romenia
[2023] Dili Film Festival, Timor
[2023] Festival Nouveau Cinema, Canada
[2023] Vista Curta, Portugal
[2023] Experimental Film Guanajuato, Mexico
[2023] FrontDoc, Italy
[2023] Molins Horror Film Festival, Spain
[2023] Cork International Film Festival, Ireland
[2023] Short Waves Festival, Poland [Jury Prize]
[2023] L’Alternativa, Spain
[2023] Screener Shorts, England
[2023] Beijing International Short Film Festival, China
[2023] Interface Video Art Festival, Croacia
[2024] Shortcutz Vilareal, Portugal
[2024] San Diego Underground Film Festival, USA [Jury Prize]
[2024] Cineclube Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
[2024] Landshuter Film Festival, Germany
[2024] Vilnius International Film Fest, Lithuania
[2024] DKF Interwaves, Poland
[2024] Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey
[2024] Moinho Cine Fest, Portugal
[2024] Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Iceland [Best Experimental Film]
[2024] Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA
[2024] Chicago Latino Film Festival, USA
[2024] Cinema Batalha, Portugal
[2024] Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Turkey
[2024] V-F-X Ljubljana, Slovenia
[2024] Cauldron International FIlm and Video Festival, USA
[2024] Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Canada
[2024] Friss Hús Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
[2024] Rooftop Films, USA
[2024] TRANAS AT THE FRINGE Festival, Sweden
[2024] Aegean International Film Festival, Greece
[2024] Minkino FIlm Festival, Indonesia
[2024] Pristina Film Festival, Kosovo
[2024] Cross-Border Film Festival Tribute to a Vision, Italy
[2024] Curt’Arruda, Portugal
[2024] Tacoma Film Festival, USA
[2024] TOHorror Fantastic Film Festival, Italy
[2024] +The Institute for Experimental Arts, Greece
[2024] Smells Like Teen Spirit, France
[2024] Festival International du Cinema D’Auteur de Rabat, Morocco
[2024] This is Short, USA [Stream]