Shrooms

SHROOMS’ starting point is a scientific study in which the psilocybin of magic mushrooms is used for the therapeutic treatment of depression. Using the premise of this study, SHROOMS follows Dan, a young Venezuelan man currently living in Lisbon, who collects magic mushrooms in the forest and distributes them in the city to those in need of help - like a New Age Robin Hood - using pigeons as carriers.

FESTIVALS:

[2023] Toronto International Film Festival [Canada]
[2023] New York Film Festival [USA]
[2023] Festival du Nouveau Cinéma [Canada]
[2023] Viennale [Austria]
[2023] Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur [Switzerland]
[2024] Thessaloniki Documentary Festival [Greece]
[2024] Glasgow Short Film Festival [United Kingdom]
[2024] Hong Kong International Film Festival (Short Film Competition's Jury Prize) [China]
[2024] Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS [Latvia]
[2024] Flatpack Festival [United Kingdom]
[2024] IndieLisboa - International Film Festival [Portugal]
[2024] Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg [Germany]
[2024] WPAC [China]
[2024] Mostra de Cinema Português em Macau [Macao]
[2024] Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Independent Cinema [Italy]
[2024] Guanajuato International Film Festival [Mexico]
[2024] Kinemastik International Short Film Festival [Malta]
[2024] International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala [India]
[2024] Satisfactory [Costa Rica]
[2024] Concorto Film Festival (Jury's Special Mention) [Italy]
[2024] Nashville Film Festival [USA]
[2024] 25 FPS (Audience Award) [Croacia]
[2024] Tramway Film Festival [Poland]
[2024] Cinespaña - Festival de Cinéma Espagnol et Portugais [France]
[2024] vistacurta [Portugal]
[2024] West Lake International Documentary Festival [China]
[2024] Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival [Germany]
[2024] Ljubljana International Film Festival [Slovenia]
[2024] Astrofest [Italy]
[2024] China Academy Awards of Documentary Film [China]
[2025] Vilnius Short Film Festival [Lithuania]
[2025] Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media [Germany]
[2025] Cineclube da Guarda [Portugal]
[2025] Batalha Centro de Cinema [Portugal]
[2025] CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém | MAC - Museu de Arte Contemporânea [Portugal]
[2025] Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival [Germany]