Everyday life, whether bright or terrible, emerges from our relationship with our surroundings, and in a way that space serves as a key element for the development of these fourteen stories, which inevitably shapes both a character’s behavior and the filmmaker’s eye.
After a decade of screening films, IndieLisboa decides to produce one, and invites four filmmakers to shoot in the Portuguese capital. The result is a perfect combination of genres and styles in this eclectic city portrait through the eyes of the four directors.
A servant embarks on a journey that takes him from Mount Vesuvius to the actual Campania to honor the last wishes of pastor Tommaso. His mission is to save a young buffalo in the ancient royal palace of Carditelo.
The setting of post-industrial Asturias is also an emotional desert in which a pre-retired miner with a gambling problem is constantly avoiding creditors. Chased by a ruthless police officer, he will be forced to run a sinister errand that will change his life.
Inaugurated by Lanusse’s military government and built under the motto “The neighborhood of the future”, Lugano I and II is today a place filled with signs and paths their promoters left for good. The film moves among the ghosts of the past and life in the present.
“What's the difference between the original and a copy?”, Belina Zavadisca asks herself in this film that combines a portrait of the Orellana twins and the replicas made during their time as mayors.
Amancio and Evangelina are an elderly couple living on the hills. He is willing to accompany her in her deathbed.
Using 16mm archive footage, Luciano Piazza presents a Lego city built with small pieces –with neon lights, casinos, and Elvis impersonators– and reveals the essence of the City of Sin.
Desde los rincones de la vida diaria, los espacios cotidianos e incluso sus mascotas, la realizadora recorre aquello que rodea su hogar en San Clemente del Tuyú como si estuviese mostrando un diario íntimo visual.
Films: Diario de un corto Días de lluviaThe Japanese filmmaker reveals the social issues in Japan through the stories of struggle of a provincial seafood processing plant’s workers.
Sofía, a young Argentine photographer, is invited to spend ten days in Israel with a group of thirty young people during the Gaza conflict. She returns with a travel log that’s part light portrait of a vacation, part an attempt to understand a 60-year-old conflict.
Turco, a fisherman in the Colombian Pacific shore, mourns the death of his son. While they celebrate the traditional waking rituals, he wanders around the city to perform his own mourning, but time passes and he needs to find a place to bury him.
Two local sheriffs recently appointed by the mayor of a remote Ukrainian city must deal with everyday felonies in times when the news about the war start becoming more and more noticeable through television and calls of duty.