SCHEDULE
22 TUESDAY
CINENOVA 2022 opening session
CINEMATECA — sala M. Félix Ribeiro
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Rua dos Anjos
Rua dos Anjos
DOCUMENTARY — 84min
A first feature film that starts from the principle of sharing between two women with different occupations — sex work and cinematographic work — and who try to start a dialogue, while both film and allow themselves to be filmed.
Maria Roxo, Renata Ferraz | Portugal, 2022
Maria Roxo, Renata Ferraz | Portugal, 2022
Film screening:
23 WEDNESDAY
Talk 1
— Coverage of a film festival
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
Between screenings, conferences, talks, and award ceremonies, there are countless activities to cover at a film festival. How does one cover an event as wide-ranging as a film festival?
In this conversation, we will hear the opinions of those who have already accomplished this task, giving their opinion and revealing the success formula.
(1) FILM SESSION — 72'
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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Bloody Gravel
Bloody Gravel
FICTION — 18min
A young couple attempt a difficult crossing into Iran from Afghanistan.
Hojat Hosseini | Iran, 2022
Tarbiat Modares University
Hojat Hosseini | Iran, 2022
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A Straight Story
A Straight Story
FICTION — 10min
A train journey between Poznán and Lublin in Poland turns into an intimist and cinephile photo-filmic essay.
João Garcia Neto | Portugal, Poland, 2021
NOVA FCSH
João Garcia Neto | Portugal, Poland, 2021
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When Light Goes
When Light Goes
EXPERIMENTAL — 22min
On the bank of the Koshi river, an eastern Nepal, poor old couple lives alone despite having children. They live in the dreams and memories of their children in the mist of hope.
Pratish Shrestha | Nepal, 2021
Oscar International College
Pratish Shrestha | Nepal, 2021
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Pirite
Pirite
DOCUMENTARY, EXPERIMENTAL — 9min
The São Domingos mine, located in Alentejo was exploited for a little over a century before it was abandoned. “Pirite” captures the remaining's of that mining through a sensorial and contemplative approach while questioning what does an explored and gutted landscape tell us about the way humans treat each other and the planet Earth? What does the São Domingos mine tell us about ourselves?
Hélder Beja | Portugal, 2022
NOVA FCSH
Hélder Beja | Portugal, 2022
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A Felicidade e Coisas Mórbidas
A Felicidade e Coisas Mórbidas
FICTION — 13min
After the unexpected death of the director film and crew try to meet again between segments of reality that are confused with fiction.
Débora Gonçalves | Portugal, 2022
ESMAD
Débora Gonçalves | Portugal, 2022
(2) FILM SESSION — 72'
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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Fiquei na Praia
Fiquei na Praia
FICTION — 12min
Facing difficulties in settling down in her first apartment, Laura returns to the space where she always felt happy, the beach where she went on holiday with her parents. She feels, for the first time, the need to let go of her childhood in order to create a space of her own.
Francisca Alarcão | Portugal, 2022
ESTC
Francisca Alarcão | Portugal, 2022
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Boys
Boys
FICTION — 8min
Isolated in the Czech countryside, Tomas, a ten year old boy, struggles to express his sexual curiosity towards his best frienSpain
Raghuvir Khare | Czech Republic, 2021
FAMU Prague
Raghuvir Khare | Czech Republic, 2021
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Tormento
Tormento
FICTION — 11min
All families have their resentments that are not told even though time goes by. Tormento is a story where time and memories intermingle on a spring sunny day, where they will have to face family problems whose schism is the illness of the mother, who can still resist life, according to her eldest daughter, but does not have a dignified life, according to her other siblings. Meanwhile, Rafa the father who has lived a whole life as the family nucleus, lives in himself an amalgam of feelings derived from an old and very familiar song.
Arturo Mombiedro | Spain, 2022
ECAM Barcelona
Arturo Mombiedro | Spain, 2022
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Lugares de Ausência
Lugares de Ausência
DOCUMENTARY — 27min
The hands question what they have in common with hands covered in cement, mud, dust, dressed in blue construction gloves and yellow cleaning gloves. Those hands that, instead of building houses, open windows, repeat images, stretch sounds and build films.
Melanie Pereira | Portugal, 2021
UBI
Melanie Pereira | Portugal, 2021
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In Between Glass and Walls
In Between Glass and Walls
DOCUMENTARY — 14min
Anne couldn't accept her own child Felix, who was born with Down syndrome. Anne tries to process her struggle through making theater with Sara, a 32-year-old woman with Down syndrome. Will it be possible for Anne to connect with her motherhood through her encounters with Sara?
Razan Hassan | Netherlands, 2022
The Netherlands Film Academy
Razan Hassan | Netherlands, 2022
(3) FILM SESSION — 88'
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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DOCUMENTARY — 18min
What does the future mean in a place that leaves no room for security? Mira and Alain are a couple. They talk about the future, happiness and love. But also about destruction, pain and leaving Lebanon. In an experimental documentary, they lay out their fears and longings, they explain and contradict each other and search for answers among rubble, dreams and memories.
Mira Merheb | Lebanon, 2022
Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Mira Merheb | Lebanon, 2022
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Mesa Posta
Mesa Posta
DOCUMENTARY — 10min
Mesa Posta is a film that lives of the violence of a life which is shown in the simplicity of the gestures of the one who interprets her. The habits, the believes and moments of this story are told trough the action of setting the table. The brutality of life is confronted with the beauty and grace of the objects that compose it: the table is set as life is told.
Beatriz de Sousa | Portugal, 2022
UBI
Beatriz de Sousa | Portugal, 2022
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Ciervo
Ciervo
ANIMATION — 10min
An emotionally haunting and visually beautiful experience, ‘Ciervo’ tells the story of a young girl who holds violence, submission, and independence in an uneasy balance as one morphs into the other.
Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma | USA, 2020
Rhode Island School of Design
Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma | USA, 2020
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Wetsuit
Wetsuit
FICTION — 19min
In an empty parking lot by the sea three young surfers take of a suit an dress another while complying with rituals of their growth.
João Salgado | Portugal, 2022
London Film School
João Salgado | Portugal, 2022
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Dogs do not eat grass
Dogs do not eat grass
FICTION — 14min
Anna lives in a world, where there's a few famous lesbian women, where God always listens to you, where beer treats beestungs, and love is unvoidable.
Júlia Bagossy | Hungary, 2022
University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest
Júlia Bagossy | Hungary, 2022
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No Fim do Mundo
No Fim do Mundo
DOCUMENTARY — 17min
On the edge of society, Cecílio wanders in an abandoned world while trying to recover family bounds, his only hope of rescue.
Abraham Escobedo-Salas | Portugal, Mexico, Hungary, 2021
Universidade Lusófona
Abraham Escobedo-Salas | Portugal, Mexico, Hungary, 2021
24 THURSDAY
(4) FILM SESSION — 34'
— ANIMATION
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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My thoughts are going to end me
My thoughts are going to end me
ANIMATION — 5min
My thoughts are going to end me is about being lost in your own head and about self-discovery. It asks a question, what is more real: surrounding us world or what's in our heads? A young woman begins a chase with herself, only to realize that she cannot escape her own head - she can only make peace with her thoughts.
Weronika Nowacka | Poland, 2022
University of the Arts Poznan
Weronika Nowacka | Poland, 2022
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Anok
Anok
ANIMATION — 2min
In a calm morning an elderly lady gets ready to go to a punk concert and meet up with her friends so they can go together.
Laura Duarte Pires | Portugal, 2022
ESEC - UAlg
Laura Duarte Pires | Portugal, 2022
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A Wish Beyond Death
A Wish Beyond Death
ANIMATION — 5min
In an interview with a humble postman, a mysterious death becomes the focus of his life as he was the first to discover the corpse. His days of innocently delivering letters in the Desert Hills now feel empty without the presence of the Sand Woman, whose death might turn out to be more violent than it seems.
Anna Maria Leventi | United Kingdom, 2022
Middlesex University London
Anna Maria Leventi | United Kingdom, 2022
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A Maior Gaiola do Mundo
A Maior Gaiola do Mundo
ANIMATION — 2min
A bird spies the pain of the world silenced by the sphere where he's confined. Due to his sense of freedom but without control over it his set of wings comfort themselves in the shadows that dance between life’s cycle. After a dispute of attention with his mirror the bird conquers the skies thinking he is now free. However, would that freedom be truly free? Or would it be just a bigger cage...
Marta Ribeiro, Catarina Colaço | Portugal, 2022
ESEC - UAlg
Marta Ribeiro, Catarina Colaço | Portugal, 2022
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Olive and Otis
Olive and Otis
ANIMATION — 5min
A young man walks home in a storm and is confronted by a ghost from his past in this short animated horror film about dysphoria, gender transition, and the self.
James Leong Holston | USA, 2022
California Institute of the Arts
James Leong Holston | USA, 2022
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Alien Humans
Alien Humans
ANIMATION — 5min
This omnibus animated work is based on my friend "Yuewei Wang ",including four episodes of Pearl,The Goldfish and Hole.We are, after all, aliens to anyone not ourselves.
Wen Pang | Japan, 2021
Tokyo University of the Arts
Wen Pang | Japan, 2021
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Wonderfully Made
Wonderfully Made
ANIMATION — 7min
A young boy with a rare skin condition overcomes his insecurity of being unique, as he is swept into an exciting and beautiful adventure, where herediscovers the wonder of all creation.
Joseph Hoh | Australia, 2022
Swinburne University of Technology
Joseph Hoh | Australia, 2022
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Dear Yeda
Dear Yeda
ANIMATION — 3min
Dear Yeda is a short experimental animation that flows like a moving poem of memories in honor of my grandmother. By using 2D hand-drawn animation and digital collage, the film explores fragments of places and objects that belonged to her, such as a porcelain teacup and a wooden sculpture of a deer. It moves from one image to another like a stream of memories as it embraces the feeling of recalling a loved one by the smallest of things. Through Portuguese narration (with English subtitles), the film touches upon my grandma's passing and the memory loss associated with it..
Renata Pereira | USA, 2022
School of Visual Arts NYC
Renata Pereira | USA, 2022
Talk 2
— Decentralizing university cinema - animation in Portugal
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
After the session 4 screening, a showcase exclusively of animation short films, we will discuss animation cinema in the academic context, Portuguese and international, and the addition to the selection of this years' edition of CINENOVA. There will be a conversation reflecting on animation from production and idealization to dissemination and reception to decentralize university cinema.
(5) FILM SESSION — 69'
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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Ready-Made
Ready-Made
DOCUMENTARY — 19min
In March 2021, the French Ministry of Justice announced the construction of a prison with a capacity of 1000 places at the gates of the small village of Crisenoy, near Paris, along the highway...
Corentin Courage | France, 2022
École Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumiere
Corentin Courage | France, 2022
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Mergen
Mergen
FICTION — 26min
On the strife-torn Central Asian steppe, the boy Mergen must defend his family in the place of his absent father. He will do so with courage, cunning, and above all, a mystical gift from his grandmother. An exciting historical thriller enriched with ancient magic.
Raiymbek Alzhanov | Kazakhstan, 2020
Kazakh National Academy of Arts
Raiymbek Alzhanov | Kazakhstan, 2020
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ELLE
ELLE
FICTION — 14min
Elisabeth, called Elle, is in her 50s and somehow stuck in life. One day she meets Julia, a student filmmaker, who is very intrigued by Elle and decides to film a portray of her. We follow Elle, Julia and her flat mates throughout a summer day full of joy and laughter, but also witness Elle going through a big change in her life.
Alexandra Kurt | Germany, 2021
University of Television and Film Munich
Alexandra Kurt | Germany, 2021
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Transportation Procedures For Lovers
Transportation Procedures For Lovers
EXPERIMENTAL — 10min
Kisses soldiers and spirits that sing in flames — an investigation about new means of transportation of our bodies.
Helena Estrela | Portugal, Spain, Brazil, 2021
University of Television and Film Munich
Helena Estrela | Portugal, Spain, Brazil, 2021
CINESOCIALIZING
AEFCSH
— DJ Gosto Dti
— DJ BerGum
25 FRIDAY
SPECIAL FILM SESSION
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
Screening of the films Banana Motherf*cker and Where my friend painted a picture, by Pedro Florêncio, professor and researcher at FCSH. After the films, there will be a conversation with the director, focusing on two main issues or perspectives: the author's cinema; and how a film made within the scope of a Master's degree can leave the academy and have a national and international projection.
(6) FILM SESSION — 77'
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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Wings For Butterflies
Wings For Butterflies
ANIMATION — 4min
An abstract paint on glass animated short in which the creatures of a redwood forest face off against the forces of man in a fight for their survival.
Tilly Wallace | United Kingdom, 2021
University for the Creative Arts, Farnham
Tilly Wallace | United Kingdom, 2021
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Night Visit
Night Visit
FICTION — 25min
Ruthie spends an unusual night with a guy from her village. After discovering the troubling circumstances that led to their unexpected romantic encounter, she must seek the truth and find her own way to confront him.
Mya Kaplan | Israel, 2021
Tel Aviv University
Mya Kaplan | Israel, 2021
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Mar de Azul
Mar de Azul
DOCUMENTARY — 8min
An attempt to encapsulate an encounter through time between a mother and her son. Through a third entity, two subjects can meet, understand and recognize each other as human beings, with personal and shared passions, through the vastness of time.
Juan Carlos Ballesteros | Venezuela, 2022
Universidad de los Andes - Mérida
Juan Carlos Ballesteros | Venezuela, 2022
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Alaúde
Alaúde
FICTION — 25min
After the arrival of a band of Fado at Sobrosa António is amazed with the possibility of seeing live music for the first time. Therefore, the boy escapes his work responsibilities with his father and uses his family's money to buy the ticket and enters de showroom without anyone else. What happens next is a story about responsibility and growth developed through António's relationship with his father Vitor which's background brings us Fado's musical genera.
João Pedro Barbosa Magalhães | Portugal, 2021
Southampton Solent University
João Pedro Barbosa Magalhães | Portugal, 2021
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Filme de Quarto
Filme de Quarto
FICTION — 15min
In an emptied apartment in the center of São Paulo, a woman shares a room with an image.
Raffaella Rosset | Brazil, 2021
FAAP
Raffaella Rosset | Brazil, 2021
(7) FILM SESSION — 58'
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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Espelho Eu
Espelho Eu
EXPERIMENTAL, DOCUMENTARY — 9min
In the mirror I see different places, unknown stories of times that aren't mine. I'm made of layers and more layers of “not me's”. I adapt to the “me” they want me to be. I want to be a free form.
Biatriz Alves Ribeiro | Portugal, 2022
ESTC
Biatriz Alves Ribeiro | Portugal, 2022
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Punkada
Punkada
FICTION — 15min
“Today I'm going to tell the world through this uncommon look by being on this narrow street where we are more than one. Our voice only dictates until someone decides to put an end to this soul which is going to be forgotten…”
Gonçalo Barata Ferreira | Portugal, 2022
Universidade Lusófona
Gonçalo Barata Ferreira | Portugal, 2022
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Night by Night
Night by Night
FICTION — 21min
The night is blue and the moon is yellow. A renowned private eye is hired to observe a lonesome pianist. Film noir archetypes return in a story about watching and being seen. An invitation for human interaction is answered in a surreal jazz club.
Jules Mathôt | Belgium, 2021
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Jules Mathôt | Belgium, 2021
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In A Kinda Ordinary System
In A Kinda Ordinary System
DOCUMENTARY — 13min
Made entirely from the archival materials of the Lodz Film School, the film shows a cross-section of the life of an average citizen during the times of the Communist Regime, strongly marked by a political situation.
Mikołaj Piszczan | Poland, 2021
Lodz Film School
Mikołaj Piszczan | Poland, 2021
(8) FILM SESSION — 79'
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
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Há um profeta nas Olaias, tenham cuidado!
Há um profeta nas Olaias, tenham cuidado!
DOCUMENTARY, FICTION — 8min
Portugal, 1911: times aren't the easiest for those with faith. After the 1stPortuguese Republic implantation the process of secularizationof the State gains strength. A woman known as A Brasileira practices miracles and is persecuted in Olaias. Her magic and history cross times, seas and rock my nieces sleep.
Lucas Camargo de Barros | Portugal, 2021
NOVA FCSH
Lucas Camargo de Barros | Portugal, 2021
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Os Tempos Conturbados
Os Tempos Conturbados
DOCUMENTARY — 21min
“Until when Angola…” Filomena Lopes remembers the first moments of Angola’s independence. A fictionized story through photograph archives.
Carlos Alberto Tavares Pedro | Portugal, 2022
ESAD
Carlos Alberto Tavares Pedro | Portugal, 2022
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Isthmus (a narrowing of land)
Isthmus (a narrowing of land)
DOCUMENTARY — 7min
Isthmus (a narrowing of land) weaves together indigenous wisdom and storytelling to explore the memory of and resistance against extractive colonialism in the south of Mexico. The film interacts with different voices in the landscape and attempts to escape human-centrism.
Mara Chavez | Mexico, Austria, Sweden, 2022
Linnaeus University
Mara Chavez | Mexico, Austria, Sweden, 2022
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Love Death and Everything In Between
Love Death and Everything In Between
FICTION — 24min
Experiencing their son's life after his unnatural death while navigating their failing marriage; mourning parents Mira and Pradeep cannot overcome their grief but start to build their lives around it.
Soham Kundu | United Kingdom, 2022
University of the Arts London
Soham Kundu | United Kingdom, 2022
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Lugar Nenhum
Lugar Nenhum
EXPERIMENTAL — 19min
A rehearsal film about the identity of gay men in today's world communicated through a 90's pop sensation, the history of a road without doors and the colour blue.
Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro | Portugal, Brazil, 2021
FBAUL
Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro | Portugal, Brazil, 2021
26 SATURDAY
CINENOVA's AWARDS & FINALE
NOVA FCSH, Auditorium B1
— Best Film Award
— Best Portuguese Filme Award
— Audience's Choice Award
Homage to Professor João Mário Grilo, with the screening of the film “Viagem aos Confins de um Sítio onde nunca estive”, about the exhibition 'O Peso do Paraíso' by Rui Chafes (2014, 24 min).