Flores

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 through 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.

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 [Macao]
[2018] ExiS festival [South Korea]
[2018] Beyond Cataclysm [United Kingdom]
[2018] Encuentros Cinematograficos Cámara Lúcida [Ecuador]
[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 International Queer Film Festival (Jury's Special Mention) [Germany]
[2019] Special focus at Tabakalera [Spain]
[2019] Queensland Film Festival Artist Residency Special Program [Australia]
[2019] Syros International Film Festival [Greece]
[2019] Gimli Film Festival [Canada]
[2019] MK Gallery - Exposição Paula Rego [UK]
[2019] Concorto Film Festival [Italy]
[2019] Shorts México - Mexico International Short Film Festival [Mexico]
[2019] Cinemateca Portuguesa [Portugal]
[2019] Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival - Single Screening [USA]
[2019] Casa das Mudas - Madeira [Portugal]
[2019] REDCAT - Single Screening [USA]
[2019] Flying Film Festival - Swiss Airlines [Switzerland]
[2019] Programa Queer Lisboa - Galeria de Arte Gasworks [UK]
[2019] Single Screening - Portico Library in Manchester [UK]
[2020] Single Screening - Brighton CCA [UK]
[2020] Le Cinéma Club [USA]
[2020] Art/Doc Festival [Israel]
[2020] One World Romania [Romania]
[2020] Ecology Without Nature: Industries, Communities and Environmental Memory [USA]
[2020] Screening at EKKM (Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia) [Estonia]
[2020] Film Making as Spatial Speculation - Trojan Horse Summer School [Finland]
[2020] Future analogue - Art Gallery of New South Wales' Together in art [Australia]
[2020] Screening at Museum of Impossible Forms [Finland]
[2020] Edge of Cinema [Netherlands]
[2020] Scottish Queer International Film Festival [UK]
[2020] Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF [Romania]
[2021] Curtas Vila do Conde (New Voices Programme) [Portugal]
[2021] Milano Design Film Festival [Italy]
[2021] Metrograph [USA]
[2022] Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media [Germany]
[2022] Common Ground [Germany]
[2022] Cinemax no Nimas [Portugal]
[2022] Milano Design Film Festival at IIC Chicago [USA]
[2022] Florestas Queer [France]
[2022] Halle Nord [Switzerland]
[2022] e-flux [USA]
[2022] Directing Workshop of Apordoc's Educational Project [Portugal]
[2022] Milano Design Film Festival at IIC Stockholm [Sweden]
[2022] KFFK - Film Festival Cologne [Germany]
[2022] Tramway Glasgow [UK]
[2022] Batalha Centro de Cinema [Portugal]
[2023] Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Special Program) [The Netherlands]
[2023] Florestas Queer [Portugal]
[2023] Wuhan Photography Art Center [China]
[2023] Fotonoviembre [Spain]
[2024] Block Cinema [EUA]