The 28th edition of Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival ended last October 11th, with the closing ceremony and announcement of the awarded films. This year, as in the previous ones, Curtas Vila do Conde tours the country again with a selection of some of the best films of this edition. The "Best of Curtas" will screened some of the awarded films, and the "Curtinhas" session, dedicated to the youngest, is composed of small and fun films thought for the whole family.
The extensions of the 28º Curtas Vila do Conde depart on October 15th and will last until February 2020, in different cities throughout the country: Lisbon, Porto, Silves, Vila Real, Viseu, Odivelas, Madeira, Pombal and Évora.
In the program "Best of Curtas" will be presented the films "Elo" by Alexandra Ramires (winner of the prize for Best Animation), "Hidden" by Jafar Panahi (winner of the prize for Best Documentary), "Dustin" by Naïla Guiguet (winner of the prize for Best Fiction) and "Physique De La Tristesse" by Theodore Ushev ( winner of the prize for Public).
For the little ones, the session "Curtinhas" presents a selection of this festival competition where the jury itself is composed of children: "Au Large" by Mathilde Pepinster, "Black & White" by Jesús Pérez and Gerd Gockell, "The Witch and the Baby" and "O 28" by Otalia Caussé, Geoffroy Collin, Louise Grardel, Antoine Marchand, Robin Merle and Fabien Meyran, "Tobi and the Turbobus" by Verena Fels, Marc Angele, "Mathilda and the Spare Head" by Ignas Meilunas and "Luce & Me" by Isabella Salvetti.
In Lisbon and Porto, the Cinemateca Portuguesa and the Cinema Trindade, after having received the 17 films of the National Competition, are now showing a special program of two sessions. At the Cinemateca Portuguesa, the first session includes the films "Noite Turva" by Diogo Salgado, "O Rio Invisível" by Pham Ngoc Lân, "Dustin" by Naïla Guiguet, "Hidden" by Jafar Panahi. At Trindade Cinema, the program aligns with "Our Kingdom" by Luis Costa, "The Invisible River" by Pham Ngoc Lân, "Dustin" by Naïla Guiguet, "Hidden" by Jafar Panahi. The second session, scheduled at the Cinemateca Portuguesa and Cinema Trindade, includes "Elo" by Alexandra Ramires, "South" by Morgan Quaintance and "Physique De La Tristesse" by Theodore Ushev.
Extensions Calendar:
LISBON
Cinemateca Portuguesa
15, 16 Oct - Special Program
PORTO
Cinema Trindade
19, 20 Oct - Special Program
SILVES
Teatro Mascarenhas Gregório
24 Oct - "Best of Curtas”, “Curtinhas”
VILA REAL
Shortcutz Vila Real
3 Nov - "Best of Curtas”
VISEU
Shortcutz Viseu
6 Nov - "Best of Curtas”
ODIVELAS
Centro Cultural Malaposta
Dec - "Best of Curtas"
MADEIRA // FUNCHAL
Screenings Funchal
5 Dec - "Best of Curtas”
POMBAL
Auditório Municipal de Pombal
13, 20, 27 Feb 2021 - "Best of Curtas”, "My Generation", "Curtinhas”"
ÉVORA
Direção Regional da Cultura do Alentejo
19, 20 Feb 2021 - "Best of Curtas”, "My Generation", "Curtinhas”
The 28th edition of Curtas Vila do Conde was announced today at the closing ceremony of the festival. "The Unseen River" by Vietnamese Pham Ngoc Lân was the winner of the International Competition Great Prize. In the National Competition the big winner of the Best Film Award was Diogo Salgado with "Noite Turva". Discover the remaining winners below.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
GREAT PRIZE
Best film in competition, worth 2.000 euros
GIÒNG SÔNG KHÔNG NHÌN THAY
THE UNSEEN RIVER
Pham Ngoc Lân · Vietname/Laos · 2020 · FIC · 23’
Prizes for the best film in competition in each category
Animação
ELO
Alexandra Ramires · Portugal/França · 2020 · ANI · 12’
Documentário
HIDDEN
Jafar Panahi · França/Irão · 2020 · DOC · 19’
Ficção
DUSTIN
Naïla Guiguet · França · 2020 · FIC · 20’
AUDIENCE AWARD
For the film of the International Competition with the best average vote in the audience poll
PHYSIQUE DE LA TRISTESSE
Theodore Ushev · Canadá · 2019 · ANI · 27’
PORTUGUESE COMPETITION
BEST FILM
Prize
2.000 euros
Prize Pixel Bunker
2.500 euros, in services, sponsored by Pixel Bunker Lda
NOITE TURVA
Diogo Salgado · Portugal · 2020 · FIC · 14’
PRIZE Kino Sound Studio
4.000 euros in post-production services awarded to the best director, sponsored by Kino Sound Studio
ARMOUR
Sandro Aguilar · Portugal/Canadá · 2020 · DOC · 30’
AUDIENCE AWARD
SPA – Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores
For the film in the Portuguese Competition with the best average vote in the audience poll, 1.500 euros, sponsored by SPA - Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores
O NOSSO REINO
Luís Costa · Portugal · 2020 · FIC · 15’
VILA DO CONDE SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
One of the jury awards will be chosen as candidate to the nominees for the European Film Awards, short film category
NHA MILA
Denise Fernandes · Portugal/Suíça · 2020 · FIC · 18’
TAKE ONE! COMPETITION
The best film in the Take One! Competition will be awarded the following prizes:
PRIZE Showreel
1.500 euros in services and rental of equipment, sponsored by Showreel
PRIZE Instituto Português do Desporto e da Juventude
600 euros, sponsored by the Instituto Português do Desporto e da Juventude (IPDJ)
PRIZE Restart
Training and/or means of production and post-production with technical equipment or spaces, 500 euros, at Restart
PRIZE Agência da Curta Metragem
The awarded film will be distributed and promoted by Agência - Portuguese Short Film Agency, including its submission (and respective fees) to an international circuit of film festivals.
I DON’T LIKE 5PM
Francisco Dias · Portugal · 2020 · DOC · 9’
Escola das Artes – Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Honourable Mention:
CORTE
Afonso Rapazote, Bernardo Rapazote · Portugal · 2020 · FIC · 29’
Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema
PRIZE Blit
Prize for the best portuguese director, 2.000 euros, in services, sponsored by Blit
CORES DE OUTONO
Lucas Tavares · Portugal · 2020 · DOC/EXP · 7’
Ubi Cinema – Universidade da Beira Interior
MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION
PRIZE Coloreffects
For the best film in the Music Videos Competition, Sony equipment (Camera + lens), worth approximately 1,150 euros, offered by Coloreffects
BATIDA APRESENTA: IKOQWE – VAIVAI
Pedro Coquenão, Manuel Lino · Portugal · 2020 · 3’
EXPERIMENTAL COMPETITION
PRIZE Experimental
Para o melhor filme da Competição Experimental
For the best film in the Experimental Competition
SOUTH
Morgan Quaintance · Reino Unido · 2020 · DOC/EXP · 28’
CURTINHAS COMPETITION
PRIZE
For the best film in the Curtinhas Competition, elected by a group of thirteen children, aged between 8 and 12
TO: GERARD
Taylor Meacham · EUA · 2020 · ANI · 7’
Menção honrosa M/3
BLACK & WHITE
Jesús Pérez, Gerd Gockell · Suíça/Alemanha · 2020 · ANI · 5’
Menção honrosa M/6
TOBI AND THE TURBOBUS
Verena Fels, Marc Angele · Alemanha · 2019 · ANI/FIC · 7’
Menção honrosa M/10
LUCE & ME
Isabella Salvetti · Itália · 2019 · FIC · 10’
MY GENERATION
The film with the best average resulting from audience voting in the festival and high school screenings will be the winner of My Generation
I, JULIA
Arvin Kananian · Suécia · 2020 · FIC · 15'
Looking to the future, Curtas migrates partially to online for a month, allowing everyone to live the festival safely in their homes.
In addition to the sessions in Vila do Conde, Porto, Lisbon and Faro, Curtas regards the online as an opportunity to extend its programming to the whole country.
The digital pass of Curtas gives access to more than 150 films, including short and feature films of fiction, animation, documentary and experimental, and exclusive content, such as conversations with the directors of the competition and special programs, and even some films only available in the online version.
Each film is available the day after its premiere in Curtas, and for a period of two weeks, or until it reaches a maximum capacity of 524 spectators.
For those who follow Curtas abroad it will also be possible to access around 60 of the films in the programme and all the interviews made with the directors.
Digital pass (access to the whole programme online): 10€
Short films: 1.20€
Feature Films: 2.40€
Available only from 3 October, at http://online.curtas.pt.
Curtas presents several panoramas that are attentive to the most interesting works in some European countries, namely Poland and Romania.
In the same way, Panorama Nacional presents a selection of short films recently produced at a Portuguese level, making it possible this year to watch films by David Pinheiro Vicente (winner in 2018 of the award for Best Portuguese Short Film in Curtas), Clara Jost, João Fazenda and the duo Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela.
The European Panorama Poland will be screened on October 3rd at 5pm at the Municipal Auditorium and the European Panorama Romania at the same location on October 9th at 5pm. Panorama Nacional will be screened in hall 1 of the Municipal Theatre on October 9th at 5pm.
NATIONAL PANORAMA
October 9th, Sala 1, Teatro Municipal de Vila do Conde, 5pm
MESA
João Fazenda · Portugal · 2020 · ANI · 6’
MEINE LIEBE
Clara Jost · Portugal · 2020 · DOC/EXP · 6’
O CORDEIRO DE DEUS
David Pinheiro Vicente · Portugal/France · 2020 · FIC · 15’
A DANÇA DO CIPRESTE
Mariana Caló, Francisco Queimadela · Portugal · 2020 · DOC/EXP · 37’
EUROPEAN PANORAMA: POLAND
October 3rd, Auditório Municipal, 5pm
THE BRIEFING
Filip Drzewiecki · Polonia · 2018 · DOC · 19’
YOU ARE OVERREACTING
Karina Paciorkowska · Polónia · 2018 · ANI · 4’
BAD NIGHT STORY
Nawojka Wierzbowska · Polónia · 2019 · FIC · 15’
THE HUNT
Mateusz Jarmulski · Polónia · 2018 · ANI · 8’
PLAY
Piotr Sułkowski · Polónia · 2018 · FIC · 13’
THE TOUGH
Marcin Polar · Polónia · 2019 · DOC · 14’
STORY
Jola Bańkowska · Polónia · 2019 · ANI · 5’
EUROPEAN PANORAMA: ROMANIA
October 9th, Auditório Municipal, 5pm
MONSTER
Laura Pop · Romania · 2018 · ANI· 4’
SOMEWHERE
Paul Muresan · Romania · 2018 · ANI · 9’
THE TOWER OF PISA
Bogdan Ilieșu · Romania · 2019 · FIC · 21’
OFFSEASON
Ioachim Stroe · Romania · 2019 · FIC · 18’
LUNA MEA
Claudiu Mitcu · Romania · 2020 · FIC · 18’
Short films seem to be back in fashion again, with several renowned authors recently returning to this format. A session that celebrates the short film and presents a set of works by internationally renowned filmmakers who have since established themselves in feature films and who insist on returning to short films.
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Whether it is a form of experimentation with the possibilities of cinema, or as a way to get around the constraints of a traditional production, or the immediate result of an increasing ease of sharing a work with the public through new technologies, there are several examples, from works presented at festivals such as Yorgos Lanthimos ("Nimic"), the recording of a cinematic trip by João Pedro Rodrigues ("Potemkin Steps") and José Luis Guerin ("De una Isla") or even Jonathan Glazer's film ("The Fall") which interrupted the BBC's broadcast. For many it is a return to a format they adopted at the beginning of their career, a path from short to feature that is part of a director's normal journey. It is this path that allows shorts to be a window to the future of their authors, a reflection of a defining time of their cinema. |
PROGRAM:
POTEMKIN STEPS
João Pedro Rodrigues · Portugal · 2019 · DOC · 3’
NIMIC
Yorgos Lanthimos · Germany/United Kingdom/USA · 2019 · FIC · 12’
THE FALL
Jonathan Glazer · United Kingdom · 2019 · FIC · 7’
DE UNA ISLA
José Luis Guerin · Spain · 2019 · FIC · 25’
