Magellan Magalhães
Synopsis
In the 16th century, after convincing Spanish royalty to fund his expedition, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (played with harrowing intensity by Gael García Bernal) sets his sights on Southeast Asia. Charting a course for the Malay Archipelago, he embarks on a brutal campaign of religious conversion and colonial conquest, but obsession and madness begin to take hold.
Filipino auteur and “slow cinema” practitioner Lav Diaz helms this starkly beautiful biopic, an unconventional epic centering violence against a series of stunning, languid landscapes. Deliberately paced and endlessly absorbing, Diaz subverts the genre’s conventions at every turn, rejecting traditional mythmaking in favor of a more exacting, critical eye. The result is an awe-inspiring history that examines the sinister cruelty fueling the Age of Discovery.
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Film Credits
- Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Paul Soriano, Mark Viktor
- Gael García Bernal, Ângela Azevedo, Amado Arjay Babon, Ronnie Lazaro, Hazel Orencio, Tomás Alves, Bong Cabrera, Baptiste Pintaux, Brontis Jodorowsky
- Rosa Filmes, Andergraun Films, Black Cap Pictures, Lib Films
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Two Times João Liberada Duas Vezes João Liberada
Synopsis
João, a young actress, is cast in a biopic to play the gender-nonconforming Liberada, who was persecuted by the Inquisition in 18th-century Portugal. At first thrilled to embody such a resilient, rebellious figure from history, she begins to clash with the film’s director over his inclination to portray Liberada’s suffering and the violence inflicted upon them. As Liberada’s ghost begins to haunt João, the director slips into a mysterious coma; João finds herself at the helm of the chaotic production, where through cinema she must make sense of her own relationship to Liberada and their legacy.
Paula Tomás Marques’s beguiling debut takes an inquisitive dive into the psychology of filmmaking and performance, asking critical questions on the ownership of storytelling. Through a blend of formal experiments and earnest playfulness shot on sunny 16mm, Liberada’s spirit and their place in trans history comes to life through João’s living, breathing present.
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Film Credits
- Cristiana Cruz Forte, Paula Tomás Marques
- June João, Paula Tomás Marques
- Jorge Jácome
- Fresco Mafalda
- June João, André Tecedeiro, Jenny Larrue, Alice Azevedo, Caio Amado, Eloísa d'Ascensão e Tiago Aires Lêdo
- Maria João Petrucci, Rodrigo Vaiapraia
- Fúria de Boi (Co-Production), Casa Estrela, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (Associated Producers)
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Shorts 2: Animation
Synopsis
Some worlds can only truly be conjured outside of physical reality. These eight thrilling shorts unfold in an inventive array of visual and narrative styles that come together to form a vibrant snapshot of contemporary animation. May not be suitable for all ages.
Paradaïz, an abstracted depiction of returning to Sarajevo, hums with absurdist humor and a real longing for home. This is not your Garden uses 3D scan data to capture a ghostly portrait of Bogota’s highland cloud forests, which are currently threatened by climate change and human development. One man’s plans for the future are laid out in Retirement Plan. Every resident chases their own version of happiness in the colorful apartment building at the center of Dollhouse Elephant. In the quiet sepia-toned countryside of Dog Alone, a young woman, her grandfather, and a nearby dog all confront loneliness. In dipolar bipolar, the internal life of a person managing bipolar disorder appears as pulsing, maximalist visions. As eight-year-old Agata boards a full bus from Poland to Belgium by herself in Autokar; she notices that those around her seem different. The present moment sits perfectly still in Ordinary Life.
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Shorts 10: Outré
VariousArgentina, Belgium, Canada, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, U.S.
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Dog Alone Cão Sozinho
Synopsis
Marta Reis Andrade weaves thriller overtones throughout this autobiographical tale exploring loneliness. Featuring the voices of her family members, a subdued color palette, and sharp-angled character design, the story follows Marta as she returns home to visit her widowed grandfather. When a dog howls in the distance due to abandonment, Marta goes to investigate and the world around her takes on a mysterious air.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 2: Animation.
Film Credits
- David Doutel, Vasco Sá, Olivier Catherin, Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago
- Marta Reis Andrade
- Inês Munhoz, Alberto Remelhe
- Adriano Dias De Andrade, António Joaquim Leite Dias De Andrade, Maria Margarida Leite Dias De Andrade, Maria Isabell Leite Dias De Andrade, Marta Reis Andrade, Maurício Bento, Renata Alves, Olivier Catherin
- Grilo
- BAP Animation Studio; IKKI Films
- https://agencia.curtas.pt/films/show/602
Shorts 10: Outré
Synopsis
The creators of these shorts unabashedly follow their own singular visions into wildly new and weird territories. Filled with fantastic imagery, oddball production design, and both animated and live-action storytelling, this program showcases the boundless possibilities of short film as a uniquely innovative art form.
Water Sports transports us to a hyper-stylized world ravaged by climate change where two students discover that emotional rather than physical strength offers their best chance of survival. In Arguments in Favor of Love, two animated ghosts revisit the conflicts and emotions that populated the landscapes of their previous shared life. A filmmaker narrates the events surrounding her abortion with poignance and irreverence while MS-paint style animation depicts the titular Abortion Party. A single woman navigates the difficult world of contemporary dating in Manakin by building a life-sized stuffed companion onto which she projects the images and words of a litany of single men. A young queer man on his way to a rave in the Argentine Pampas finds himself stranded in a rural tavern with a secret in the strikingly animated Luz Diabla. In a fantastical world suffused with eroticism, Once in a Full Moon follows a young vampire as he embarks on a quest that promises to grant him his heart’s truest desire: to consummate his love for the moon.
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