AS THE FLAMES ROSE / O QUE ARDE CURA
A short film by João Rui Guerra da Mata
FIC / Portugal / 2012 / 26 minutos / HD colour
SYNOPSIS
At dawn on August 25th, 1988, Portugal wakes up with the largest fire ever since the Great Earthquake of 1755.
In Lisbon, Chiado district burns. Across the city, away from the smoke and fire, Francisco receives an unexpected phone call and flames from the past burst though his bedroom, suffocating his life.
CREDITS
Director: João Rui Guerra da Mata
Producer: João Figueiras, Blackmaria Produção Audiovisual
Script: João Rui Guerra da Mata
Cinematography: Rui Poças
Editing: Mariana Gaivão
Sound: Nuno Carvalho
Cast: João Pedro Rodrigues
Financed by: Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual (ICA) / Ministério da Cultura and RTP
Distribution and Sales: Agência – Portuguese Short Film Agency
AWARDS
Festival Internaziomale del Film Locarno, Pardi di Domani, Concorso internazionale, Suíça – The Film und Video Untertitelung Prize
Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal – Best Short Movie
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Roménia – Best Director
FILM FESTIVALS
2013 The 5th Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (HBRFest), Los Angeles
2013 Black Movie Festival, Switzerland
2013 NexT International Film Festival, Romania
2013 Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival, Germany
2013 Museum of the Moving Image, USA
2013 Joao Pedro Rodrigues Retrospective – Japan, Japan
2012 IndieLisboa – Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente, Portugal
2012 Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal
2012 Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
2012 Lisbon Queer Film Festival, Portugal
2012 Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Brazil
2012 Torino Film Festival, Italy
2012 Festival do Rio, Brazil
2012 Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal
2012 Festival de Cinema Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
2012 Slovak Queer Film Festival, Slovakia
2012 PinkScreens festival – Genres d’à côté , Belgium
2012 Mix Brasil Festival Culture of Diversity, Brazil
2012 Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom
