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Basil da Cunha / Portugal, Switzerland / 2023/ 24' | fiction

Script: Basil da Cunha
Sound: Rafael Cardoso
Editing: Basil da Cunha

After a violent police raid in a poor clandestine neighbourhood in Lisbon, a 7-year-old girl seeks to find her missing older brother. At the same time, a young newly released ex-convict tries to start anew, free from a life of crime. The fate of these two will cross in the worst way.

Croatian premiere of the film!

Festivals and awards:

04.2023
    Visions du Réel – Festival International de Cinema, Switzerland
04.2023
    International Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
    FIPRESCI Prize
07.2023
    Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
    Audience Award – International Competition, Best Portuguese Director
08.2023
    MDOC – Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival, Portugal
11.2023
    Entre Olhares – Mostra de Cinema Português, Portugal
11.2023
    International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Switzerland
    Best Swiss Film
11.2023
    Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
    Best Director
11.2023
    Porto/Post/Doc: Film & Media Festival, Portugal
    Honourable Mention Cinema Falado Competition
11.2023
    Gijón International Film Festival, Spain
    Youth Jury Award for Best Short Film in the Official section
11.2023
    Festival Cinéma Jeune Public, Switzerland
11.2023
    International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium
01.2024
    Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania
01.2024
    Journées de Soleure, Switzerland
    Best Short Film
02.2024
    Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
    Best European Film (European Film Awards Candidate)
03.2024
    Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
04.2024
    Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands
04.2024
    ICOFF – Internacional Short Film Festival from Euskadi Capital, Spain
04.2024
    BUSAN Short FF, Korea
04.2024
    Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium
05.2024
    Le Cri du court, France
05.2024
    BELDOCS – International Documentary FilmFestival, Serbia
05.2024
    Vienna Short Festival, Austria