FLOWERS / FLORES
A short film by Jorge Jácome
FIC / Portugal / 2017 / 26’ / Super 16mm / DCP, Apple ProRes / 1.78 – colour
SYNOPSIS
In a natural crisis scenario, the entire population of Azores is forced to evict due to an uncontrolled plague of hydrangeas, a common flower in these islands.
Two young soldiers, bound to the beauty of the landscape, guide us to the stories of sadness of those forced to leave and the inherent desire to resist by inhabiting the islands. The filmic wandering becomes a nostalgic and political reflection on territorial belonging and identity, and the roles we assume in the places we came from.
CREDITS
Director: Jorge Jácome
Producer: João Figueiras, Blackmaria Produção Audiovisual
Script: Jorge Jácome, David Cabecinha
Cinematography: Marta Simões
Editing: Jorge Jácome
Sound: Marco Leão
Music: Terry Riley
Production: Lydie Bárbara, Rodrigo Candeias
Art Direction: Laura Brasil
Cast: André Andrade, Pedro Rosa, Gabriel Desplanque, Jorge Jácome
Financed and Supported by: Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual (ICA) / Ministério da Cultura / Walk & Talk / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Distribution and Sales Portugal Film – Portuguese Film Agency
AWARDS
2017 IndieLisboa – International Independent Film Festival (New Talent Award – Short Film) Portugal
2017 25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival (Grand Prix), Croatia
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias – FICCI (Best Short Film Award), Colômbia
2018 Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival (First Prize for the Best Film; Youth Prize for the Best Film), Spain
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (Short Film Competition Special Mention), Mexico
2018 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival – BIEFF (BIEFF 2018 Main Award), Romania
2018 Lovers Film Festival – Torino LGBTQI Vision (Irregular Lovers Award), Italy
2018 Hamburg International Short Film Festival (Best Short from the International Competition; Audience Award), Germany
2019 Xposed Xposed International Queer Film Festival (Jury’s Special Mention), Germany
FILM FESTIVALS
2017 IndieLisboa – International Independent Film Festival (New Talent Award – Short Film), Portugal 2017 Curtas Vila do Conde Portugal
2017 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
2017 San Sebastian Film Festival ,Spain
2017 25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival (Grand Prix), Croatia
2017 Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland
2017 Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival (CAMIRA Jury Award), Spain
2017 New York Film Festival, USA
2017 Festifreak Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata, Argentina
2017 Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux, France
2017 International Short Film Festival Winterthur (Promotional Award of the International Competition), Switzerland
2017 Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil
2017 Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
2017 Verín International Short Film Festival (Best Short Film Award), Spain
2018 Portland International Film Festival, USA
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias – FICCI (Best Short Film Award), Colombia
2018 Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival (First Prize for the Best Film; Youth Prize for the Best Film), Spain
2018 Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (Short Film Competition Special Mention), Mexico
2018 IBAFF – Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia, Spain
2018 Short Waves Festival, Poland
2018 Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK
2018 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival – BIEFF (BIEFF 2018 Main Award), Romania
2018 Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2018 Sarasota Film Festival, USA
2018 European Media Art Festival – Osnabrück, Germany
2018 Lovers Film Festival – Torino LGBTQI Vision (Irregular Lovers Award), Italy
2018 Crossing Europe, Austria
2018 Other Uses 06 – EMPAC, USA
2018 Festival Rulfiano de las Artes, Mexico
2018 Cristina Enea Foundation, Spain
2018 FICMEC – The International Environmental Film Festival of the Canary Islands, Spain
2018 Hamburg International Short Film Festival (Best Short from the International Competition; Audience Award), Germany
2018 Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, Spain
2018 Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau, China
2018 ExiS Festival, South Korea
2018 Beyond Cataclysm, United Kingdom
2018 Encuentros Cinematograficos Cámara Lúcida, Peru
2018 Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta
2018 Almagro International Film Festival, Spain
2018 FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia
2018 Festival Ruacanto, Portugal
2018 EUREKA University Film Festival, Colombia
2018 Queer Lisboa | Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer, Portugal
2018 Regards sur Courts (short film competition special mention), France
2018 Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Russia
2018 Tacoma Film Festival, USA
2018 Underdox | International Film Festival for Experiment & Document, Germany
2018 Curt’Arruda – Festival de Cinema de Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal
2018 Close-up – Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Portugal
2018 dokumentART – European Film Festival, Germany
2018 Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia
2018 Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
2018 Indielisboa London Sessions, UK
2018 November Film Festival, UK
2018 A Gulbenkian e o Cinema Português, Portugal
2018 NexT International Film Festival, Romania
2019 London Short Film Festival, UK
2019 Cinematek – Extensão Punto de Vista, Belgium
2019 Zinegoak – Bilbao International LGBT Film and Performing Arts Festival, Spain
2019 Ciclo de Cinema Irreal, Portugal
2019]Frames – Portuguese Film Festival, Sweden
2019 MicroCinema: Short Films from Portugal, USA
2019 Alternative Syntax | Light Industry, USA
2019 Kinemathek Hamburg e.V. – Metropolis Kino, Germany
2019 Xposed Xposed International Queer Film Festival (Jury’s Special Mention), Germany
