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The Hunchback
2016

by Gabriel Abrantes and Ben Rivers

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In this delirious sci-fi riff off of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Tale of the Hunchback, Rivers and Abrantes submerge us in a technological dystopia reigned by Dalaya.com, a mega-corporation that forces it’s employees to ‘relax’ at company-run medieval reenactments.

directing

Margarida Lucas

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes
Ben Rivers

cinematography

Jorge Quintela

sound

Pedro Melo
Carlos Abreu

editing

Pedro Melo
Carlos Abreu

with

Carloto Cotta
Gustavo Sumpta
Anton Skrzypiciel
Norman MacCallum
Mariana Mourato
Randolph Albright
Celia Williams
Elizabeth Bochman
Pedro Alfacinha
Jonathan Weightman
Maya Booth

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Produced by A Mutual Respect Productions [PT]
Co-produced by Les Films du Bélier [FR]

S16mm transferred to HD, 30 min.
Language: English

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awards

2017 Festival du Cinéma de Brive [France] – Distributors Award
2016 IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival [Portugal] – Best Portuguese Short Film
2016 Short Film Festival Leuven [Belgium] – Jury Award

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exhibitions & collections

Exhibitions
2017 Terra, Solar - Cinematica Art Gallery, Vila do Conde [Portugal]

screenings

2016 IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival [Portugal]
2016 Locarno Film Festival [Switzerland]
2016 São Paulo International Short Film Festival [Brazil]
2016 Queensland Film Festival [Australia]
2016 BFI - London Film Festival [United Kingdom]
2016 FIFIB - Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux [France]
2016 Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife [Brazil]
2016 Torino Film Festival [Italy]
2016 Short Film Festival Leuven [Belgium]
2017 Glasgow Short Film Festival [United Kingdom]
2017 Raumstation [Germany]
2017 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival [United Kingdom]
2017 BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente [Argentina]
2017 Jeonju International Film Festival [South Korea]
2017 Locarno in Los Angeles [USA]
2017 Cinemateca Portuguesa - May [Portugal]
2017 Sicilia Queer International New Visions Film Festival [Italy]
2017 NexT International Film Festival [Romania]
2017 Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau [Macao]
2017 A Gulbenkian e o Cinema Português [Portugal]
2017 Cinema No Pátio - Novo Cinema Português - GNRation [Portugal]
2017 FestCurtas BH - Festival Internacional de Curtas de Belo Horizonte [Brazil]
2018 Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media [Germany]

full cast and crew

Cast
Carloto Cotta
Gustavo Sumpta
Norman Maccallum
Mariana Mourato
Celia Williams
Randolph Albright
Pedro Alfacinha
Elizabeth Bochmann
Anton Skrzypiciel
Maya Booth
Jonathan Weightman
William Hawkey
Lucas Hawkey
Francisca Duarte
Njamy Uolo
Sofia Sousa

Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes
Ben Rivers

Assistant Director
Natxo Checa

Director of Photography
Jorge Quintela

1st Assistant Camera
Pedro Bastos

Camera Operator
Ben Rivers

Sound Director
Pedro Melo

Art Director
Maria José Branco

Set Design
Marta do Vale

Costume Assistant
Teresa Campos

Art Department
Rute Correia

Special Fx Prosthetics
Oldskull FX
João Rapaz

Make-Up
Raquel Laranjó

Production Management
Galeria Zé dos Bois

Production Director
Joana Botelho

Production Coordinator
Marta Furtado

Production Assistants
João Marcos Silva
Manuel Poças
Gonçalo Paiva

Editing
Margarida Lucas

Post-Production Studio
Ingreme, Lisbon

Head of Post-Production
Ricardo Portela

Post-Production Manager
Alexandra Duarte

Colorist
Andreia Bertini

Sound Editing and Mix
Carlos Abreu

Music
3 songs, Op. 42 - I. Abendständchen
Johannes Brahms
sung by Ensemberlino Vocalo

Album for Male Voices, Op. 30 - II. Badn Lat
Edvard Grieg
sung by Papalin

VFX and Compositing
Mário Gaspar
Rui Rosa
Alexandre Guia
Celso Leite
André Martins

3D Modeling
Rui Romano
Myke Mendes
Pedro Benjamim
Vitor Teixeira
Henrique Melo

Foley Artist
Daniel Gries

Foley Studio
Maia, Paris

Foley Sound Recordist
Jules Evrard

Lab
I-Dailies, London

Lab Head
Nigel Horn
Clive Noakes

Lab Liaison
Phoebe Davey

Telecine
Dan Crussel

Lighting Rental
Smiling, Lisbon

Lighting Rental Head
Vera

Camera Rental
EPC, Lisbon

Camera Rental Head
Hugo Albuquerque

Filmed on Kodak Vision III S16mm
with the support of Kodak
through Cristina Pereira

Segway Specialist
360 Portugal - Arquitecto Santiago Ribas
Wolfdog Wranglers

Lugar do Poço:
Miguel Félix
Célia Crespo

Produced by
A Mutual Respect Productions

Producers
Natxo Checa
Marta Furtado
Gabriel Abrantes

Co-Produced by
Les Films du Bélier

Co-Producer
Justin Taurand

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