Gabriel Abrantes

Wittgenstein said that the most profound problems could only be discussed in the form of jokes.

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Using a mix of Hollywood aesthetics with documentary strategies, the film follows a young indigenous girl from the Xingu National Park to São Paulo, where she falls in love with a robot that also happens to be a stand-up comedian. This strange story mixes the anthropology of humor, indigenous communities, and artificial intelligence.

directing

Margarida Lucas

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes

cinematography

Jorge Quintela

sound

Marcel Costa
Carlos Abreu

editing

Marcel Costa
Carlos Abreu

with

Margarida Lucas (voice)
Patrícia Soso (voice)
Amanda Rodarte
Gilda Nomacce
Ivo Müller

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Produced by Herma Films
With the financial support of Fundação de Serralves (PT), Bienal de São Paulo (BR), Colección Inelcom (SP), ICA - Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (PT)

S16mm transferred to 2K, 29min.
Color / 2.39:1 / 5.1 Dolby Sound
Language: Portuguese

2017 Berlin International Film Festival [Germany]
2017 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF [Romania]
2017 Shortfest | Aspen Film [USA]
2017 BAFICI [Argentina]
2017 Sicilia Queer [Italy]
2017 Curtas Vila do Conde [Portugal]
2017 Cinema No Pátio - Novo Cinema Português - GNRation [Portugal]
2017 Split Film Festival - International Festival of New Film [Croatia]
2017 Curtocircuíto - International Film Festival [Spain]
2017 BFI London Film Festival [UK]
2017 Festival du Nouveau cinéma [Canada]
2017 IndieCork Film Festival [Irland]
2017 Festival international du film de la Roche-sur-Yon [France]
2017 Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema [Brazil]
2017 Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife [Brazil]
2017 Festival Mix Brasil [Brazil]
2017 Caminhos do Cinema Português [Portugal]
2017 Verín International Short Film Festival [Spain]
2017 Berlinale Spotlight India - Kalpanirjhar Short Fiction Film Festival [India]
2017 Seville European Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Spain]
2017 Alcine Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares - EFA Short Matters! [Spain]
2017 Interfilm - International Short Film Festival Berlin - EFA Short Matters! [Germany]
2017 PÖFF - EFA Short Matters! [Estonia]
2017 Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS - EFA Short Matters! [Latvia]
2017 Leuven Short Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Belgium]
2017 European Film Awards [Germany]
2018 London Short Film Festival [United Kingdom]
2018 Pragueshorts [Czech Republic]
2018 Minimalen Short Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Norway]
2018 Les Ecrans Mixtes [France]
2018 Tampere Film Festival [Finland]
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara [Mexico]
2018 Glasgow Short Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [UK]
2018 Frames - Portuguese Film Festival [Sweden]
2018 Short Waves [Poland]
2018 Festival del Cinema Europeo - EFA Short Matters! [Italy]
2018 Festival Córtex (National Competition Main Award) [Portugal]
2018 Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen [The Netherlands]
2018 Eurocine – Festival de Cine Europeo en Colombia - EFA Short Matters! [Colombia]
2018 Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Germany]
2018 Hotspot Portugal [Belgium]
2018 Kyiv International Short Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Ukraine]
2018 Brussels Short Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Belgium]
2018 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen - EFA Short Matters! [Germany]
2018 Krakow Film Festival - EFA Short Matters [Poland]
2018 IN THE PALACE – International Short Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Bulgaria]
2018 Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau [Portugal]
2018 Tabor Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Croatia]
2018 European Film Festival Palic - EFA Short Matters! [Serbia]
2018 Curtas Vila do Conde - EFA Short Matters! [Portugal]
2018 Jerusalem Film Festival - EFA Short Matters! [Israel]
2018 Dokufest – International Documentary and Short Film Festival - Short Matters! [Kosovo]
2018 Sarajevo Film Festival - Short Matters! [Bosnia & Herzegovina]
2018 FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival - Short Matters! [Slovenia]
2018 BuSho – Budapest Short Film Festival - Short Matters! [Hungary]
2018 International Short Film Festival in Drama - Short Matters! [Greece]