Água Fria - Cold Water in "Público" newspaper
Água Fria is almost 14 minutes of reflection on being Portuguese or, at least, "on a certain way of being Portuguese". It's a film "about disappointments, about memories, about sensations". The short film was selected for Clermont-Ferrand, in France, considered the most important International Short Film Festival in the world.
It was supposed to be just a scene from a film about the Portuguese coast, which Pedro Neves is preparing. But when the director saw the images he captured, months after visiting the São Bartolomeu do Mar pilgrimage, in Esposende, he realized that it could be more than that.
Água Fria is almost 14 minutes of reflection on being Portuguese or, at least, "on a certain way of being Portuguese". It's a film "about disappointments, about memories, about sensations". The short film was selected for Clermont-Ferrand, in France, considered the most important International Short Film Festival in the world. And the international journey doesn’t stop there.
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Cold Water was selected for International Short Film Festival of São Paulo in Brazil
More great news: Cold Water / Água Fria was selected for the International Short Film Festival of São Paulo, Brazil. Kinoforum is one of the most important short film festivals in Brazil.
As Melusinas à Margem do Rio was selected for the Doc Alliance Feature Film Award
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Cold Water in the International Competition of Festival Regards Sur Le Court Métrage au Saguenay
O Cold Water / Água Fria is in the International Competition of Festival Regards Sur Le Court Métrage, no Quebec, Canada.
Lucefece won the Cinema Falado Competition at Porto Post Doc
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